- Ronnie Wood (ice hockey)
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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played_for =Murrayfield Racers Dundee Rockets Fife Flyers Tayside TigersSolihull Barons Ayr Bruins Sheffield Steelers
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nickname = Rocket
nationality = United Kingdom
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birth_date = c. 1960
birth_place =Scotland
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career_start = 1980
career_end = 1993
halloffame =Ronnie Wood (born c. 1960) is a retired Scottish professional
ice hockey player who played between 1980 and 1993 in theUnited Kingdom . He is credited, with David Gardner-Brown, for creating theSheffield Steelers in 1991,cite web | title = Ronnie Wood - player profile and career stats | url = http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=24036 | publisher = European Hockey.Net | accessdate = 2007-12-31 ] for whom he was also the General Manager between 1991 and February 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 theDundee Rockets for the 1981–82 season. He played for Dundee for the next six season, helping them to win the Northern League and theScottish National League in 1981–82, theAutumn Cup in 1983, theBritish 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 theTayside Tigers for the end of the 1988–89 season. He then joined theSolihull Barons for the start of the 1989–90 season, which he finished with theAyr 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.Honours and awards
*Named to the Northern League All Star B Team in 1981.cite web | title = All Star Teams | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/allstarteams.htm | publisher = Ice Hockey Journalists UK | accessdate = 2007-12-31 ]
*Named to the BHL All Star Second Team in 1983 and 1984.
*Named to the BHL Premier Division British Players All Star Team in 1987.
*Number 7 jersey retired bySheffield Steelers .cite web | title = A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey entry | url = http://www.azhockey.com/Wo.htm#Wood,%20Ronnie | accessdate = 2007-12-31 ]Records
*Most goals (58) and points (91) for the
Murrayfield Racers in 1980–81.cite web | title = 1980-81 Murrayfield Racers[BHL] player statistics | url = http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0013451981.html | publisher = The Internet Hockey Database | accessdate = 2007-12-31 ]Career statistics
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References
* [http://www.azhockey.com/ A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey]
* [http://www.eurohockey.net/ European Hockey.Net]
* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/ Ice Hockey Journalists UK]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ The Internet Hockey Database]External links
*eurohockey|24036|Ronnie Wood
*hockeydb|39286|Ronnie WoodPersondata
NAME= Wood, Ronnie
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH=1960
PLACE OF BIRTH=Scotland
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