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

Career statistics
    Regular season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1980–81Murrayfield RacersNorthern (UK)3358339148
1981–82Dundee RocketsNorthern (UK)1429265520
1981–82Dundee RocketsSNL820244410
1982–83Dundee RocketsBHL34262
1983–84Dundee RocketsBHL31625711934685138
1984–85Dundee RocketsBHL33564710350
1985–86Dundee RocketsBHL3633417436653818
1986–87Dundee RocketsBHL36646012447549132
1987–88Fife FlyersBHL321725428666124
1988–89Fife FlyersBHL2023285120
1988–89Tayside TigersBHL1415163112
1989–90Solihull BaronsBHL2718183616
1989–90Ayr BruinsBHL61340
1990–91Solihull BaronsBHL3428295716
1991–92Sheffield SteelersBHL324350932865492
1992–93Sheffield SteelersBHL273912265270
Totals3834704669363473837316836

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.
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