Jonathan Weaver

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Jonathan Weaver Ice hockey player
Date of birth 20th January 1977
place of birth Sunderland , England , UK
size 180 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1992-1996 Durham Wasps
1996-1998 Newcastle Cobras
1998-1999 Manchester Storm
1999 Detroit Vipers
1999-2000 Mississippi Sea Wolves
2000-2002 Ayr Scottish Eagles
2002-2003 Hull Thunder
2003 Fife Flyers
2003-2007 Newcastle Vipers
2007–2012 Coventry Blaze
2012-2014 Nottingham Panthers
since 2014 Telford Tigers

Jonathan Weaver (born January 20, 1977 in Sunderland , England ) is a British ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Telford Tigers in the English Premier Ice Hockey League since 2014 .

Career

Jonathan Weaver began his career as a hockey player with the Durham Wasps , where he made his debut at the age of 15 in the British Hockey League , the then top British league. After the Wasps broke up in 1996, he moved to the Newcastle Cobras , with whom he competed in the Ice Hockey Superleague , now the top British league. After two years in Newcastle, he moved to league rivals Manchester Storm , with whom he won the 1999 Superleague main round. He also started the following season in Manchester, but shortly after the start of the season he moved to the United States, where he played for the Detroit Vipers in the International Hockey League and for the Mississippi Sea Wolves in the East Coast Hockey League . In 2000 he returned to Great Britain and joined the Superleague club Ayr Scottish Eagles , with whom he won the Challenge Cup in 2002. After the Eagles had to stop playing for financial reasons after a few match days in autumn 2002, he moved to the second-rate British National League , where he first played for Hull Thunder and then for the Fife Flyers . In 2013 he returned to Newcastle and played with the local Vipers for two years in the BNL and in the Elite Ice Hockey League , whose playoffs he won with his team in 2006. From 2007 to 2012, Weaver was on the ice at Coventry Blaze . With the team from the West Midlands , he was the main round winner of the EIHL British champions in 2008 and 2010 . In 2008 the Knockout Cup was also won. After two years with the Nottingham Panthers , with which they again became British champions in 2013 and also won the EIHL Playoffs and the Challenge Cup, which was also won in 2014, he moved to the Telford Tigers in the second-rate English Premier Ice Hockey League . With the tigers he won the EPIHL in 2015 and 2017 and their cup competition in 2015.

In addition to many other personal awards, he was voted the best British defender in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013. In 2015 he was elected to the First All-Star Team of the English Premier Ice Hockey League .

International

For Great Britain Weaver took part in the junior division at the U20-C World Championships in 1995 , 1996 and 1997 .

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B-World Championships in 1998 and 1999 and, after switching to the current division system, at the World Championships in Division I in 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , when he achieved the best plus / minus balance of the tournament, 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , when he was the top scorer among the defenders of the tournament, 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , when he was the best goal setter of the tournament and, together with the Ukrainian Oleh Schafarenko, was the second best scorer behind his compatriot Oleksandr Materuchin , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 . In 2011, he equalized the 1-1 draw in the final 3-2 win against Poland and thus kept hopes of his first promotion to the top division since relegation in 1994. In the end, however, the British failed to Kazakhstan , as the Asians were able to turn their last game against Ukraine after a 2-1 deficit. In addition, Weaver took part for Great Britain in the qualification for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver 2010 and in Sochi 2014 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1999 main round winner of the Ice Hockey Superleague with Manchester Storm
  • 2002 Challenge Cup winner with the Ayr Scottish Eagles
  • 2006 Elite Ice Hockey League playoff champions with the Newcastle Vipers
  • 2006 Best British defender and top scorer, top scorer and best preparer among the EIHL defensive players
  • 2007 Best British defender and top scorer and best preparer among the EIHL defensive players
  • 2008 British Champion and Knockout Cup winner with Coventry Blaze
  • 2008 Best British Defender and EIHL defensive player best
  • 2009 Best British defender and top scorer among the EIHL defensive players
  • 2010 British Champion with Coventry Blaze
  • 2010 best British defender and top scorer and best preparer among the defensive players of the EIHL
  • 2013 British Champion, EIHL Playoff Champion and Challenge Cup winner with the Nottingham Panthers
  • 2013 Best British Defender
  • 2014 Challenge Cup winner with the Nottingham Panthers
  • 2015 English Premier Ice Hockey League and EPIHL Cup with Telford Tigers
  • 2015 top scorer among the defensive players and member of the First All-Star-Team of the EPIHL
  • 2017 English Premier Ice Hockey League win with Telford Tigers

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
BHL regular season 4th 115 31 38 69 18th
BHL playoffs 3 18th 3 4th 7th 0
BISL regular season 7th 221 60 88 148 50
BISL playoffs 5 27 8th 8th 16 6th
EIHL regular season 9 471 118 356 474 391
EIHL playoffs 9 30th 11 20th 31 22nd

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Weaver, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Sunderland , England, UK