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| Colin Ward | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | September 5, 1970 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Nashville Knights Atlanta Knights Utah Grizzlies Dayton Bombers HC Gherdëina Bracknell Bees Belfast Giants | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1994–2004 | ||
Colin Ward (born September 5, 1970) is a Canadian retired ice hockey forward.
Ward was born in Edmonton, Alberta. He played junior hockey with the Red Deer Rustlers and New Westminster Royals. Ward was a member of the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team for four years. [1]
After playing in the IHL and ECHL, Ward moved to the United Kingdom in 1997, signing for the Bracknell Bees. With the team, Ward won the British Ice Hockey Superleague title in 2000. He then moved to the newly formed Belfast Giants in 2001 and won his second Superleague title in 2002 in the Giants' second year in the league. Ward retired in 2004 after seven seasons in the UK. His number 11 jersey was retired by the Belfast Giants.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1987–88 | Red Deer Rustlers | AJHL | 53 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 160 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Red Deer Rustlers | AJHL | 57 | 41 | 28 | 69 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | New Westminster Royals | BCJHL | 48 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Western Michigan University | NCAA | 42 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Western Michigan University | NCAA | 36 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Western Michigan University | NCAA | 37 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Western Michigan University | NCAA | 40 | 31 | 19 | 50 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | Nashville Knights | ECHL | 64 | 41 | 29 | 70 | 108 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 1995–96 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Nashville Knights | ECHL | 65 | 52 | 55 | 107 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1996–97 | HC Gherdëina | Italy | 41 | 40 | 55 | 95 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Bracknell Bees | BISL | 32 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | Bracknell Bees | BISL | 41 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | Bracknell Bees | BISL | 42 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Belfast Giants | BISL | 44 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2001–02 | Belfast Giants | BISL | 48 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Belfast Giants | BISL | 32 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 47 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| ECHL totals | 136 | 95 | 85 | 180 | 167 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 16 | ||||
| BISL totals | 239 | 89 | 92 | 181 | 150 | 46 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 20 | ||||
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