Angela Taylor (ice hockey)
Angela Taylor (born 24 April 1987)[1] is a British former ice hockey forward. She is Great Britain's all time leading goal scorer with 70 points, earning 54 caps for her country.
| Angela Taylor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 24, 1987 Paisley, Scotland | ||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
ZSC Lions SC Reinach Slough Phantoms Lee Valley Lions University of New Hampshire | ||
| National team |
 | ||
| Playing career | 1998–2018 | ||
Career
From 2005 to 2009, Taylor played for the University of New Hampshire. She would put up 59 points in 140 NCAA games, winning four consecutive Hockey East League championship.[2]
For the 2009-10 season, Taylor played with the Lee Valley Lions in the English National League 2, the first non-goaltender woman to play in a British men's senior league. She would score 17 points in 14 games, becoming the first woman to score in a British men's senior league and the first to score a hat-trick. That year, she would also play for the Slough Phantoms in the Women's Premier League as they won the championship.
In 2010, she signed with SC Reinach in Switzerland, becoming the first British woman to play professional hockey outside of the UK.[3] She would spend one year at the club before switching to ZSC Lions, where she would play for the next seven seasons.
In April 2018, she announced her retirement from hockey, having won five Swiss championships.[4][5]
International
In 2008 she captained the Great Britain women's national ice hockey team.[6]
She was the fifth player in UK hockey history to reach 50 caps with the women's national team.[7]
Personal Life
She was born in Paisley.[8] She attended St Andrew's Academy.[9]
She has a degree in psychology.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2010-11 | SC Reinach | SWHL A | 19 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2011-12 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A | 14 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A | 18 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 16 | ||
| 2013-14 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A | 19 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2014-15 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A | 18 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 2015-16 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2016-17 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A | 17 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2017-18 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||
| SWHL A totals | 117 | 113 | 154 | 267 | 158 | 48 | 25 | 54 | 79 | 70 | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
References
- "Angela Taylor profile - Ангела Тайлор Профиль". Eurohockey.com. 24 April 1987. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/ice-hockey-angela-storms-record-2614167
- https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/ice-hockey-queen-angela-play-2586347
- https://swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/58-swiss-ice-hockey/swhl/11765-zsc-s-angela-taylor-and-katrin-nabholz-retire-from-hockey
- https://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/2018/04/06/taylor-announces-retirement/
- Williams, Ollie (2 September 2008). "BBC SPORT | Other sport... | Ice Hockey | GB's Olympic ice hockey dream". BBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- https://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/2018/03/31/special-50th-caps-for-taylor-henry/
- "Angela Taylor". Eliteprospects.com. 24 April 1987. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- https://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,4716/angela-taylor/