Paul Dixon (ice hockey)

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Paul Dixon
Born (1973-08-04) 4 August 1973 (age 49)
Sunderland, UK
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Head Coach (former Defence)
Shot Right
EIHL team
Former teams		 Guildford Flames
Durham Wasps
Humberside Seahawks
Sheffield Steelers
Newcastle Vipers
Playing career 1989–2010

Paul Dixon (born 4 August 1973) is a former ice hockey defenceman and player-coach from Sunderland, England. He is currently the head coach for the Guildford Flames of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the top-tier of hockey in the United Kingdom.

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Playing career

After working his way through the Durham Wasps youth system, Dixon made his first appearance for the senior side in the 1989/90 season. After the 1990/91 season, Dixon moved to the Hull-based Humberside Seahawks where he helped them gain promotion to the Heineken League Premier Division Dixon then played a season with the Sheffield Steelers where he and the team achieved the same feat. He moved back home to play for the Durham Wasps for 3 years until they were sold and moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1996, where he spent another 3 years playing for the Newcastle-based team, now known as Newcastle Vipers.

In the summer of 1999 Dixon made the move south to Surrey-based outfit the Guildford Flames where he remains as player/head coach. From the start of his Flames career Dixon was given the alternate captain position. After being awarded the Alan Weeks Trophy in 2001, he was made captain of the side, a position he held until taking over as head coach in 2007, thus making him the longest serving Flames captain. During his time with the Flames, Dixon was selected to the British National League first all-star team on three occasions (2001, 2004 & 2005) and the second team once (2003), as well as the English Premier Ice Hockey League first all-star team in 2006 & 2007. [1] and second all-star team in 2008 and 2009. Since 1999, he has helped the Surrey team to an ntl: Christmas Cup championship as well as a BNL league title, two BNL play-off championships, 2 EPIHL League titles and 2 EPIHL Cup titles. He currently sits in 6th for All-time Flames points, and is the highest scoring defenceman.

Playing record

Year by Year Record

Includes Play-Offs & Cups

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes. All Stats from either Eurohockey.net' or Guildford Flames' websites

ClubYearLeagueGPGAPtsPIM
Durham Wasps89–90BHL392111312
Durham Wasps90–91BHL53491328
Humberside Seahawks91–92BHL5213173032
Sheffield Steelers92–93BNL4011223328
Durham Wasps93–94BNL5814294340
Durham Wasps94–95BNL519263528
Durham Wasps95–96BNL478253328
Newcastle Cobras96–97ISL500888
Newcastle Cobras97–98ISL545101520
Newcastle Riverkings98–99ISL524266
Guildford Flames99-00BNL507323930
Guildford Flames00-01BNL625273240
Guildford Flames01-02BNL372121422
Guildford Flames02-03BNL598233136
Guildford Flames03-04BNL6410405016
Guildford Flames04-05BNL686374322
Guildford Flames05-06EPL5011273824
Guildford Flames06-07EPL5912465866
Guildford Flames07-08EPL549384748
Guildford Flames08-09EPL577303732
Guildford Flames09-10EPL596323844
Career TotalsGPGAPts.PiMs
1115153503656608
BHL14419375672
BNL53680273353290
ISL1569202932
EPL28945173218214

Coaching career

For the 2005/2006 season, head coach Stan Marple announced that Dixon would be undertaking assistant coach duties while still playing for the Guildford Flames. During the 2006/2007 season, Marple announced it would be his last and that Dixon would take over as player/head coach after the season. [2] His first new signing was star forward Lukas Smital from local rivals the Bracknell Bees. [3] In his first season as Flames coach Dixon led his team to another EPIHL Championship with a 30–5–5 league regular season record, earning him EPIHL coach of the year. 2008/09 was less successful with a 3rd-place finish in the league and no silverware with a regular season record of 34–17–3.

Coaching Career statistics

Including League, Cups and Playoffs

  
YearTeamLeagueGamesWLOT/T %FinishPlayoffsCup
2007–08 Guildford Flames EPIHL 61431350.7451stLost semi-finalGroup Stage
2008–09 Guildford Flames EPIHL 61381850.6643rdLost semi-finalRunners Up
2009–10 Guildford Flames EPIHL 62401930.6694thRunners UpWinners

International play

Dixon was first selected to play for Team GB in the 1995 IIHF World Championship Division I (Formerly Pool B). Between 1995 and 2004, Dixon made 54 Appearances scoring 4 goals and adding 15 assists. It was widely thought that Dixon had retired from International Ice Hockey, which was disproved in January 2008 with Dixon's inclusion into the GB squad for the Euro tournament in France, although he had to pull out through injury. [4]

International playing record

Year-by-year record

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes. All stats from either Eurohockey.net

CompetitionYearGPGAPtsPIM
World Championships Group B9551122
World Championships Group B96711214
World Championships Group B9770110
World Championships Group B9840222
World Championships Qualification9930000
World Championships Group B9970110
World Championships Group B0070220
World Championships Division 10151230
World Championships Division 10250332
World Championships Division 10441234
TotalsGPGAPtsPIM
GB Totals544151924

Honours and awards

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References

  1. ↑ "British League All-star Teams Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine ". No Date. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Marple steps back from Flames". 8 Sept. 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
  3. ↑ "Smital Signs with Flames". 11 May 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
  4. ↑ "Great Britain name squad". 14 January 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
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