Jonathan Boxill

Jonathan Boxill
Date of birth	April 25, 1989
place of birth	Bracknell , England , UK
size	178 cm
Weight	72 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2002-2005	Swindon Leopards
2003-2005	Swindon Cougars
2004-2005	Swindon Wildcats
2005-2009	Northwood Preparation School
2009-2013	New England College
2013-2015	Nottingham Panthers
2015	Adelaide Adrenaline
2015-2017	Belfast Giants
since 2017	Milton Keynes Lightning

Jonathan Boxill (born April 25, 1989 in Bracknell , England ) is a British ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Milton Keynes Lightning in the Elite Ice Hockey League since June 2017 . His cousins Thomas Boxill and Michael Boxill Knutsen also play professional ice hockey in Norway.

Career

Jonathan Boxill began his career as a hockey player with various youth teams in Swindon. For the local Wildcats he made his debut in the English Premier Ice Hockey League when he was only 15 years old . He then moved to the United States , where he first played four years for the team of the Northwood Preparation School in the United States High School League and then was active at New England College in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In 2013 he returned to England and initially played for the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League , with which he won the Challenge Cup in 2013. He spent the summer of 2015 in Australia, where he played with Adelaide Adrenaline in the Australian Ice Hockey League . He then returned to the Elite Ice Hockey League and played there for two years for the Belfast Giants . In 2017 he moved to the new league Milton Keynes Lightning .

International

For Great Britain Boxill took part in the U18 World Championships in 2006 in Division II and 2007 in Division I in the junior division.

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2015 and 2016 . He was also on the ice for his colors in the Olympic qualification for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Promotion to Division I at the U18 World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2013 Challenge Cup winner with the Nottingham Panthers

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
EIHL regular season	5	245	29	35	64	141
EIHL playoffs	4th	9	0	1	1	2

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Jonathan Boxill at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jonathan Boxill at eliteprospects.com (English)