Dave Phillips

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Dave Phillips Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 14, 1987
place of birth Beverley , England , UK
size 191 cm
Weight 82 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2002-2003 Kingston Jets
2003-2008 Hull Stingrays
2008-2009 Belfast Giants
2009-2010 Rockford IceHogs
Toledo Walleye
2010-2011 Toledo Walleye
Chicago Wolves
Gwinnett Gladiators
Lake Erie Monsters
Adelaide Adrenaline
2011 Lake Erie Monsters
Adelaide Adrenaline
2011–2012 Coventry Blaze
SønderjyskE Ishockey
2012-2015 Belfast Giants
2015-2016 Manchester Storm
since 2016 Sheffield Steelers

David "Dave" Phillips (born August 14, 1987 in Beverley , England ) is a British ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Sheffield Steelers in the Elite Ice Hockey League since 2016 .

Career

Dave Phillips began his career as a hockey player in the 2002/03 season with the Kingston Jets in the English National Ice Hockey League . The defender then moved to the Hull Stingrays , with whom he first played in the British National League and the English Premier Ice Hockey League in the following years , before running up for Hull in the Elite Ice Hockey League from 2006 to 2008 . For the 2008/09 season, the right-shooter was committed by Hull's league rivals Belfast Giants . With the Northern Irish, he immediately won the EIHL Challenge Cup and the EIHL Knock Out Cup.

In the summer of 2009 Phillips signed a contract with the Rockford IceHogs from the American Hockey League . For the farm team of the Chicago Blackhawks he played a total of 56 games in the 2009/10 season , in which he prepared six goals. He also came on loan to six appearances for the Toledo Walleye in the ECHL . The British international, who made history as the first player to start ice hockey in Great Britain and make it into the AHL, joined the Chicago Wolves for the 2010/11 season within the AHL . In his first year with the Wolves, he played mainly for Chicago's ECHL farm team Toledo Walleye, as well as for their ECHL league rival Gwinnett Gladiators . He also played repeatedly on loan for the AHL team of the Lake Erie Monsters .

For the 2011 season of the Australian Ice Hockey League , which takes place during the summer break of North American ice hockey, the Phillips twins signed a contract with the Adelaide Adrenaline . For the team, Dave Phillips scored four goals in six games and also provided an assist. For the 2011/12 season he returned to his British homeland and first signed a contract with the Coventry Blaze from the Elite Ice Hockey League, before returning a season later to his former club and league competitor Belfast Giants. In 2014 he was able to win the EIHL main round with the Northern Irish and become British champions . After a year at Manchester Storm , he has been playing for the Sheffield Steelers since 2016 , with whom he won the EIHL playoffs in 2017.

International

For Great Britain, Phillips took part in the junior division of the U18 World Championships in 2004 in Division II and in 2005 in Division I as well as in the U20 World Championships in 2006 in Division II and in 2005 and 2007 in Division I.

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009, 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 , when he was promoted to with the British for the first time after relegation in 1994 the highest performance level of the world championships succeeded. He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver 2010 , Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
AHL regular season 2 64 0 9 9 65
AHL playoffs 1 4th 0 0 0 0
ECHL regular season 2 50 3 9 12 32
ECHL playoffs - - - - - -
EIHL regular season 10 475 35 119 154 808
EIHL playoffs 6th 22nd 2 2 4th 26th

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ belfastgiants.com, Phillips is Rockford bound!
  2. ↑ yorkshirepost.com, Phillips earns new deal with Chicago Wolves
  3. ↑ adelaideadrenaline.com, VIP Adrenaline Signs British Pair: British siblings Kevin and David Phillips will join the Adrenaline in their quest for 2011 glory. ( Memento from January 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Phillips, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Phillips, David (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Beverley , UK