Luke Ferrara

Luke Ferrara
Date of birth	June 7, 1993
place of birth	Peterborough , England , UK
size	180 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2004-2015	Peterborough Phantoms
2012-2013	Cardiff Devils
2014-2017	Sheffield Steelers
since 2017	Coventry Blaze

Luke Ferrara (born June 7, 1993 in Peterborough , England ) is a British ice hockey player who has been under contract with Coventry Blaze in the Elite Ice Hockey League since 2017 .

Career

Luke Ferrara began his career as an ice hockey player with the Peterborough Phantoms , where he first went through the various junior teams and was awarded the U11 All-Star by the English Ice Hockey Association in 2004. In 2009, at the age of 16, he made his debut in the Phantoms men's team in the English Premier Ice Hockey League . He played there until 2015, when he became the EPIHL Playoff Champion with the team. After he had already played a game for the Cardiff Devils in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the 2012/13 season , he played for the Sheffield Steelers in the EIHL from 2014 - initially alongside the stakes in Peterborough . In 2015 and 2016 he won the regular season with the Steelers and with it the British championship. In 2017 it was only enough for third place in the main round, but the playoffs were won by a 6-5 win after extra time against the main round winner Cardiff Devils. He then moved to Coventry Blaze , where he has been playing ever since.

International

In the junior division, Ferrara played for Great Britain at the U18 World Championships in Division I in 2010 and 2011 and in the U20 World Championships in 2012 and 2013, also in Division I.

For the British men's team , Ferrara first took part in the 2018 World Cup when the British returned to the top division for the first time since relegation in 1994.

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 U11 All-Star of the English Ice Hockey Association
• 2015 Playoff Champion of the English Premier Ice Hockey League
• 2015 main round winner of the Elite Ice Hockey League and British champion with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2016 main round winner of the Elite Ice Hockey League and British champion with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2017 Elite Ice Hockey League playoff champions with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2018 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.

EIHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	171	20th	30th	50	22nd
Playoffs	3	8th	0	1	1	2

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Luke Ferrara at hockeydb.com (English)
• Luke Ferrara at eliteprospects.com (English)