Stephen Cooper (ice hockey)

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Stephen Cooper
Born (1966-11-11) 11 November 1966 (age 52)
Durham, England, United Kingdom
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defender
Shot Left
Played for Durham Wasps
Cardiff Devils
Manchester Storm
Newcastle Riverkings
Nottingham Panthers
Hull Thunder
Coventry Blaze
National teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Playing career 1980–2002

Stephen Cooper (born 11 November 1966) is a retired British ice hockey player. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame and is the older brother of fellow Hall of Fame member, Ian Cooper.

United Kingdom Country in Europe

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north-western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state, the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The United Kingdom's 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi) were home to an estimated 66.0 million inhabitants in 2017.

Ice hockey team sport played on ice using sticks, skates, and a puck

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually consisting of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team.

The British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1948 and is the third oldest ice hockey Hall of Fame in the world, behind the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame and the International Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hall honours individuals who have made important contributions to the sport of hockey in Britain. The Hall houses displays and exhibitions of memorabilia depicting significant contributions of players, coaches, referees and other individuals.

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Awards and honours

The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1980 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League. The league replaced three regional leagues: the Inter-City League in southern England, the English League North in northern England and the Northern League in Scotland.

The Alan Weeks Trophy is awarded to the Best British Defenceman in the British Ice Hockey Leagues as voted by Ice Hockey Journalists UK.

The IIHF World Championship Division I is an annual sports event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The divisional championship is played in two groups.

Career statistics

Club

  Regular season [10]  Playoffs [10] [11]
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1980–81 Durham Wasps ELN 50110
1981–82Durham WaspsELN141232
1982–83Durham Wasps BHL 1 2479161240114
1983–84Durham Wasps BHL Prem 32715223042247
1984–85Durham WaspsBHL Prem352335585742136
1985–86Durham WaspsBHL Prem3519365557514510
1986–87Durham WaspsBHL Prem3314253974627912
1987–88Durham WaspsBHL Prem3421507144657128
1988–89 Cardiff Devils BHL 12414415548
1989–90Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem3019405947642610
1990–91Durham WaspsBHL Prem3533508310686162210
1991–92Durham WaspsBHL Prem3617365362857128
1992–93Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem3514516540845912
1993–94Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem4430841147186101630
1994–95Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem2712172918755102
1995–96Cardiff DevilsBHL Prem351837554862576
1996–97 Manchester Storm ISL 3347112060110
1997–98Manchester StormISL2849132090332
1998–99 Newcastle Riverkings ISL192571260110
1999–00 Nottingham Panthers ISL4228102260004
2000–01 Hull Thunder BNL 254232744
2001–02 Coventry Blaze BNL11561174
2002–03Coventry BlazeBNL44934437910661210

International

  Tournament [11]
YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1986 Great Britain World Junior Championships Pool C 513414
1989Great Britain World Championships Pool D 43474
1990Great Britain World Championships Pool D
1992Great Britain World Championships Pool C 51454
1993Great Britain World Championships Pool B 70446
1994Great Britain World Championships Pool A 60114
1996Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B70336
1999Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B70002
1999Great BritainWorld Championships Pool A Qualifiers31010
2000Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B72462

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  2. ↑ "All Star Team season 86–87". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "All Star Team season 87–88". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  4. ↑ "All Star Team season 88–89". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  5. ↑ "All Star Team season 89–90". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  6. ↑ "All Star Team season 92–93". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  7. ↑ "All Star Team season 93–94". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  8. ↑ "World Championship Best Defenceman Award Winners". A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
  9. ↑ "All Star Team season 00–01". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  10. 1 2 "Stephen Cooper's profile at hockeydb.com". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  11. 1 2 "Stephen Cooper – player profile and career stats". European Hockey.net. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
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