Paul Sample (ice hockey)

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
team= Belfast Giants
former_teams = Sheffield Steelers
Cardiff Devils
league = EIHL
position = Forward
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 182
nationality = UK
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|5|26
birth_place = Newcastle, England, UK
career_start = 2000
career_end =

Paul Sample (born May 26, 1982 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League.

Sample played in the British National League for the Milton Keynes Kings, Cardiff Devils and the Dundee Stars before moving to the Elite League with the Belfast Giants in 2003, scoring 18 goals and 40 points in 61 games. After one season in Belfast, Sample signed with the Sheffield Steelers where his offensive numbers were greatly shortend, scoring just 4 goals and 9 points in 59 games. Despite this, Sample stayed with the Steelers for a second season before rejoining the Cardiff Devils who were now members of the Elite League. With 13 goals and 31 points in the 2006-07, Sample was slated to return to his high-scoring day with Belfast, until he suffered a knee injury during the 07-08 season which kept him out for the remainder of the season and effectively ended his spell with the Devils.

In 2008, Sample resigned with the Belfast Giants.

External links

*hockeydb|58144|Paul Sample