Angela Taylor (ice hockey)
{{Short description|British ice hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Paisley, Scotland, U.K.
| height_cm = 181
| weight_kg = 80
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
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| played_for = ZSC Lions
SC Reinach
Slough Phantoms
Lee Valley Lions
New Hampshire Wildcats
| sex = f
| ntl_team = GBR
| career_start = 2002
| career_end = 2018
2021–present
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Angela Taylor (born 24 April 1987){{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Profile: Angela Taylor|url=http://eurohockey.com/player/78338-angela-taylor.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2014-04-08|website=EuroHockey.com|publisher=}} is a British retired ice hockey forward. She is Great Britain's all-time leading goal scorer with 70 points, earning 54 caps for her country.
Career
From 2005 to 2009, Taylor played with the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program of the University of New Hampshire. She tallied 59 points in 140 NCAA games, winning four consecutive Hockey East conference championships.{{Cite web|last=Behan|first=Paul|date=2009-03-04|title=Ice Hockey: Angela storms into the record books|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/ice-hockey-angela-storms-record-2614167|access-date=2020-11-03|website=Daily Record|language=en}}
For the 2009–10 season, Taylor played with the Lee Valley Lions in the English National Ice Hockey League (ENIHL; renamed National Ice Hockey League in 2012), the first non-goaltender woman to play in a British men's senior league. She would score 17 points in 14 games, becoming the first woman to score in a British men's senior league and the first to score a hat-trick. That year, she would also play for the Slough Phantoms in the Women's Premier League as they won the championship.
In 2010, she signed with SC Reinach in Switzerland, becoming the first British woman to play professional hockey outside of the UK.{{Cite web|last=Behan|first=Paul|date=2010-08-24|title=Ice Hockey Queen Angela to play in Swiss league|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/ice-hockey-queen-angela-play-2586347|access-date=2020-11-03|website=Daily Record|language=en}} She would spend one year at the club before switching to ZSC Lions, where she would play for the next seven seasons.
In April 2018, she announced her retirement from hockey, having won five Swiss championships.{{Cite web|last=Monnin|first=Daniel|date=2018-04-09|title=ZSC's Angela Taylor and Katrin Nabholz retire from hockey|url=https://swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/58-swiss-ice-hockey/swhl/11765-zsc-s-angela-taylor-and-katrin-nabholz-retire-from-hockey|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-03|website=Swiss Hockey News|language=en-gb}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-04-06|title=Taylor Announces Retirement|url=https://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/2018/04/06/taylor-announces-retirement/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-03|website=Ice Hockey UK|language=en-GB}}
In 2022, Taylor was announced as a new addition to the Premier Sports broadcast team for their coverage of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) - alongside Aaron Murphy, Paul Adey and Colin Shields.{{cite web |title=Elite League Fixture Announcement |url=https://www.premiersports.com/sports/ice-hockey/elite-league/fixture-announcement |date=2022-09-16 |website=Premier Sports}}
=International=
In 2008 she captained the Great Britain women's national ice hockey team.{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Ollie|date=2008-09-02|title=GB's Olympic ice hockey dream|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/ice_hockey/7590193.stm|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2014-04-08|website=BBC News|publisher=}}
She was the fifth player in UK hockey history to reach 50 caps with the women's national team.{{Cite web|title=SPECIAL 50TH CAPS FOR TAYLOR & HENRY – IHUK|url=https://www.icehockeyuk.co.uk/2018/03/31/special-50th-caps-for-taylor-henry/|access-date=2020-11-03|language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Taylor was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Player Profile: Angela Taylor|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=152528|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2014-04-08|website=EliteProspects.com|publisher=}} She attended secondary school at St Andrew's Academy in Paisley.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Career Statistics: Angela Taylor|url=https://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,4716/angela-taylor/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-03|website=USCHO.com|language=en-us}}
She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of New Hampshire.
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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! Season ! Team !! League !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||||
| 2010-11 | SC Reinach | SWHL A
| 19 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 28
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
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| 2011-12 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A
| 14 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 10
| 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 |
| 2012–13 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A
| 18 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 22
| 8 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
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| 2013-14 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A
| 19 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 26
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 2014-15 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A
| 18 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 44
| 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
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| 2015-16 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 2016-17 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A
| 17 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 10
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
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| 2017-18 | ZSC Lions | SWHL A
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
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! colspan="3" | SWHL A totals ! 117 !! 113 !! 154 !! 267 !! 158 ! 48 !! 25 !! 54 !! 79 !! 70 |
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Scottish sportswomen
Category:British expatriate ice hockey people
Category:Expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
Category:People educated at St Andrew's Academy, Paisley
Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Scottish ice hockey forwards
Category:Scottish women's ice hockey players
Category:Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire
Category:Swiss Women's League players
Category:University of New Hampshire alumni
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