Shannon Hope

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Shannon Hope
Born (1962-11-25) November 25, 1962 (age 60)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 189 lb (86 kg; 13 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Played for Peterborough Pirates
Cardiff Devils
Playing career 19842000

Shannon Hope (born November 25, 1962) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defender who played for the Peterborough Pirates and the Cardiff Devils as well as for the Great Britain national team, for whom he was the captain between 1995 and 1997. He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Hope was born in Peterborough, Ontario.

After retiring from playing, Hope started his own ice hockey clothing business, Shinedog. Hope rejoined the Devils organisation as Director of Hockey in 2008 when the team was bought by Comms Direct owner Matt Burge and continues to work towards re-establishing the 'Next Generation Devils' brand within Wales and the UK.

Awards and honours

Career statistics

Club

  Regular season [3]  Playoffs [4]
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1984–85 Peterborough Pirates BHL 1 20547613040
1987–88 Cardiff Devils BHL 122342761122
1988–89Cardiff DevilsBHL 12327608750
1989–90Cardiff Devils BHL Prem 322144654962686
1990–91Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem3614516576754916
1991–92Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem301534496052121411
1992–93Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem331749667084131714
1993–94Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem571668841068312158
1994–95Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem429516010360884
1995–96Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem367293652614514
1996–97Cardiff Devils ISL 42211136773252
1997–98Cardiff DevilsISL38210124491342
1999–00Peterborough Pirates BNL 311268551034

International

  Tournament [4]
YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1992 Great Britain World Championships Pool C 20000
1993Great Britain World Championships Pool B 70224
1994Great Britain World Championships Pool A 601114
1995Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B611214
1997Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B702210

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "All Star Teams". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  2. Leach, Martin (23 November 1997). "Lamb to the slaughter". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  3. "Shannon Hope's profile at hockeydb.com". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
  4. 1 2 "Shannon Hope - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved 2007-11-15.

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