Stephen Balmer

Ireland Northern Ireland Stephen Balmer

Date of birth	January 23, 1991
place of birth	Dundonald , Northern Ireland , UK
size	172 cm
Weight	74 kg

position	striker
Shot hand	Right

Career stations

2007-2009	Dundalk Bulls
2009-2010	Latvian Hawks
2010-2011	Trafford metros
2011-2013	Streatham Redskins
2013-2014	Cardiff Devils
2014	Slough Jets
2014-2015	Wightlink Raiders
since 2015	Solway Sharks

Stephen Balmer (partly also Steven Balmer ; born January 23, 1991 in Dundonald , Northern Ireland , United Kingdom ) is a Northern Irish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Solway Sharks since 2015 . Internationally he plays for the Irish national ice hockey team .

Career

Stephen Balmer, who was born in Dundonald, Northern Ireland, began his career with the Dundalk Bulls in the Irish Ice Hockey League , with whom he became Irish Champion in 2008. In 2009 he moved to the Latvian Hawks in Dublin and won the Irish championship there again in 2010. After this success, he moved to the third-rate English National Ice Hockey League and played there one after the other for the Trafford Metros , the Streatham Redskins , the second team of the Cardiff Devils , the Wightlink Raiders , with whom he was playoff champions of the South Season in 2015, and since 2015 for the Solway Sharks . Only in spring 2014 did he play with the Slough Jets in the second-rate English Premier Ice Hockey League .

The British citizen Balmer played in the junior division for Ireland at the U18 World Cup 2009 in Division III.

With the men's selection from the Emerald Isle , he played at the World Championships in Division II in 2008 and 2011 as well as in the World Championships in Division III in 2009 , 2010 , 2012 and 2013 .

2008 Irish champion with the Dundalk Bulls
2010 Irish Champion with the Latvian Hawks
2010 Promotion to Division II at the World Championship of Division III, Group A.
2015 Playoff Champion of the National Ice Hockey League (Southern Season) with the Wightlink Raiders

↑ In ice hockey, Northern Ireland is not represented internationally by the British but by the Irish federation , contrary to its state assignment .

personal data
SURNAME	Balmer, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Balmer, Steven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Northern Irish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dundonald , Northern Ireland , UK