Ronnie Wood (ice hockey)

Ronnie Wood (born 13 November 1960) is a retired Scottish professional ice hockey player who played between 1980 and 1993 in the United Kingdom. He is credited, with David Gardner-Brown, for creating the Sheffield Steelers in 1991,[1] for whom he was also the General Manager between 1991 and February 1993.[2]

Ronnie Wood
Born	(1960-11-13) 13 November 1960 Scotland, GBR
Position	Forward
Played for	Murrayfield Racers Dundee Rockets Fife Flyers Tayside Tigers Solihull Barons Ayr Bruins Sheffield Steelers
Playing career	1980–1993

Playing career

After making his senior level debut in the 1980–81 season for the Murrayfield Racers, who he helped to win the Northern League, Wood joined the Dundee Rockets for the 1981–82 season. He played for Dundee for the next six season, helping them to win the Northern League and the Scottish National League in 1981–82, the Autumn Cup in 1983, the British Hockey League in 1982–83 and 1983–84 and the playoffs in 1982, 1983 and 1984.

Wood joined the Fife Flyers for the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons before he joined the Tayside Tigers for the end of the 1988–89 season. He then joined the Solihull Barons for the start of the 1989–90 season, which he finished with the Ayr Bruins before returning to Solihull for the 1990–91 season.

After Solihull folded in 1991, he helped form the Sheffield Steelers with David Gardner-Brown and played for them for the next two seasons, helping them gain promotion from English League Division 1 to the British League Division 1 and then the Premier Division. In 1998 Wood moved to South Africa where he coaches at club, Provincial and National Team level. He has coached South African Senior National men's team To Silver in I.I.H.F.World s Div 3 and is currently coaching in Cape Town.

Honours and awards

• Named to the Northern League All Star B Team in 1981.[3]
• Named to the BHL All Star Second Team in 1983 and 1984.[3]
• Named to the BHL Premier Division British Players All Star Team in 1987.[3]
• Number 7 jersey retired by Sheffield Steelers.[2]

Records

• Most goals (58) and points (91) for the Murrayfield Racers in 1980–81.[4]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1980–81	Murrayfield Racers	Northern (UK)		33	58	33	91	48
1981–82	Dundee Rockets	Northern (UK)		14	29	26	55	20
1981–82	Dundee Rockets	SNL		8	20	24	44	10
1982–83	Dundee Rockets	BHL								3	4	2	6	2
1983–84	Dundee Rockets	BHL		31	62	57	119	34		6	8	5	13	8
1984–85	Dundee Rockets	BHL		33	56	47	103	50
1985–86	Dundee Rockets	BHL		36	33	41	74	36		6	5	3	8	18
1986–87	Dundee Rockets	BHL		36	64	60	124	47		5	4	9	13	2
1987–88	Fife Flyers	BHL		32	17	25	42	8		6	6	6	12	4
1988–89	Fife Flyers	BHL		20	23	28	51	20
1988–89	Tayside Tigers	BHL		14	15	16	31	12
1989–90	Solihull Barons	BHL		27	18	18	36	16
1989–90	Ayr Bruins	BHL		6	1	3	4	0
1990–91	Solihull Barons	BHL		34	28	29	57	16
1991–92	Sheffield Steelers	BHL		32	43	50	93	28		6	5	4	9	2
1992–93	Sheffield Steelers	BHL		27	3	9	12	2		6	5	2	7	0
Totals				383	470	466	936	347		38	37	31	68	36

Footnotes

1. "Ronnie Wood - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
2. "A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey entry". Retrieved 31 December 2007.
3. "All Star Teams". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
4. "1980-81 Murrayfield Racers [BHL] player statistics". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 31 December 2007.

References

• A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey
• European Hockey.Net
• Ice Hockey Journalists UK
• The Internet Hockey Database

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database