Bruce Hardy

Bruce Hardy
Date of birth	May 4th 1962
place of birth	Comox , British Columbia , Canada
size	199 cm
Weight	115 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1981-1984	EHC Essen-West
1984	St. Catharines Saints
1984-1988	ECD Sauerland
1988-1989	Düsseldorfer EG
1989-1993	SERC Wild Wings
1993-1995	BSC Prussia
1995-1996	EC Hannover Adler Mannheim
1996-1997	EHC Trier
1997-1999	REV Bremerhaven
1999-2000	Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs
2002-2003	EC Bad Kissingen

Bruce Hardy (born May 4, 1962 in Comox , British Columbia ) is a former German - Canadian ice hockey player who played in the DEL for the Preussen Devils , the EC Hannover and the Adler Mannheim .

Player career

The 1.99 m tall, Canadian-born striker began his career at EHC Essen , for whom he played in the 2nd Bundesliga until 1984 . After a brief engagement in North America with the St. Catharines Saints from the American Hockey League , he finally moved to the ECD Iserlohn in the ice hockey Bundesliga .

The left-shot was on the ice for three years for the Sauerlanders and then signed a contract with league rivals Düsseldorfer EG during the 1987/88 season . Other Bundesliga stations up to the founding of the DEL in 1994 were the Schwenninger ERC , where he formed the most dangerous rank of the year alongside Grant Martin and Wally Schreiber , and the BSC Prussia . In the following season Hardy played for the EC Hannover and the Adler Mannheim .

In 1996 the attacker moved to the second-class " 1st league " at EHC Trier , and Bruce Hardy ended his professional career two years later at the also second-class REV Bremerhaven .

Coaching career

In early 2008 he was briefly assistant coach at the second division ice hockey team Schwenninger Wild Wings, at the side of his brother-in-law Greg Pruden.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1981/82	EHC food	2nd BL		50	40	37	77	40
1982/83	EHC food	2nd BL		46	43	35	78	71
1983/84	EHC Essen-West	2nd BL		42	56	37	93	70
1984/85	St. Catharines Saints	AHL		9	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
1984/85	ECD Iserlohn	1st BL		17th	7th	9	16	16		3	3	2	5	2
1985/86	ECD Iserlohn	1st BL		45	22nd	21st	43	70		9	0	4th	4th	21st
1986/87	ECD Iserlohn	1st BL		39	14th	15th	29	24		3	2	2	4th	6th
1987/88	ECD Iserlohn	1st BL		23	18th	15th	33	20th		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Düsseldorfer EG	1st BL		8th	4th	1	5	4th		10	2	4th	6th	11
1988/89	Düsseldorfer EG	1st BL		36	18th	23	41	46		11	2	2	4th	10
1989/90	Schwenninger ERC	1st BL		36	17th	25th	42	39		10	6th	8th	14th	6th
1990/91	Schwenninger ERC	1st BL		42	17th	27	44	22nd		4th	3	3	6th	6th
1991/92	Schwenninger ERC	1st BL		44	25th	35	60	38		3	1	0	1	2
1992/93	Schwenninger ERC	1st BL		40	18th	25th	43	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	BSC Prussia	1st BL		38	14th	13	27	13		7th	0	2	2	2
1994/95	BSC Prussia	DEL		44	13	24	37	24		12	2	8th	10	4th
1995/96	EC Hanover	DEL		34	10	21st	31	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Adler Mannheim	DEL		14th	2	8th	10	16		8th	4th	1	5	6th
1996/97	EHC Trier	1.Lg		47	20th	44	64	63
1997/98	REV Bremerhaven	1.Lg		38	21st	32	53	32
1998/99	REV Bremerhaven	BL		37	23	21st	44	52
2. Bundesliga 1 overall				260	203	206	409	328
1st Bundesliga overall				368	174	209	383	314		60	19th	27	46	66
DEL total				92	25th	53	78	62		20th	6th	9	15th	10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation ) ¹ ) and successor leagues (1st division, Bundesliga)

Web links

• Bruce Hardy at hockeydb.com (English)
• Bruce Hardy at eurohockey.com