Stephen Cooper (ice hockey)

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| position = Defender

| played_for = Durham Wasps
Cardiff Devils
Manchester Storm
Newcastle Riverkings
Nottingham Panthers
Hull Thunder
Coventry Blaze

| shoots = Left

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| weight_lb = 190

| ntl_team = GBR

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Durham, England, United Kingdom

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Stephen Cooper (born 11 November 1966) is a retired British ice hockey player. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame and is the older brother of fellow Hall of Fame member, Ian Cooper.

Awards and honours

Named to the BHL Premier Division All Stars second team in 1985.{{cite web|title=All Star Team season 84–85 |url=http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/84_85.htm |accessdate=2007-11-05 |publisher=Ice Hockey Journalists UK |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723145643/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/84_85.htm |archivedate=23 July 2008 }}
Named to the BHL British Premier Division All Stars team in 1987 and 1988.{{cite web|title=All Star Team season 86–87 |url=http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/86_87.htm |accessdate=2007-11-05 |publisher=Ice Hockey Journalists UK |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723145315/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/86_87.htm |archivedate=23 July 2008 }}{{cite web|title=All Star Team season 87–88 |url=http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/87_88.htm |accessdate=2007-11-05 |publisher=Ice Hockey Journalists UK |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723145227/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/87_88.htm |archivedate=23 July 2008 }}
Named to the BHL Division 1 All Stars team in 1989.{{cite web|title=All Star Team season 88–89 |url=http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/88_89.htm |accessdate=2007-11-05 |publisher=Ice Hockey Journalists UK |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723145251/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/88_89.htm |archivedate=23 July 2008 }}
Awarded the Alan Weeks Trophy as best British defenceman 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–00
Named to the BHL Premier Division All Stars team in 1990, 1993, 1994.{{cite web|title=All Star Team season 89–90 |url=http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/89_90.htm |accessdate=2007-11-05 |publisher=Ice Hockey Journalists UK |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723145531/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/89_90.htm |archivedate=23 July 2008 }}{{cite web|title=All Star Team season 92–93 |url=http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/92_93.htm |accessdate=2007-11-05 |publisher=Ice Hockey Journalists UK |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723145219/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/92_93.htm |archivedate=23 July 2008 }}{{cite web|title=All Star Team season 93–94 |url=http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/93_94.htm |accessdate=2007-11-05 |publisher=Ice Hockey Journalists UK |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723145331/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/93_94.htm |archivedate=23 July 2008 }}
Named World Championships Pool B Best Defenceman in 1993.{{cite web | publisher = A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey | url = http://www.azhockey.com/PA/PAwcD.html | title = World Championship Best Defenceman Award Winners | accessdate = 2007-11-20 }}
Named to the BNL All Stars second team in 2001.{{cite web| title = All Star Team season 00–01 | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/00_01.htm | accessdate = 2007-11-05 | publisher = Ice Hockey Journalists UK |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022740/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/00_01.htm |archivedate = 2007-09-27}}
Inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.

Career statistics

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! colspan="5" | Regular season{{cite web| title = Stephen Cooper's profile at hockeydb.com | url = http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=33088 | accessdate = 2007-11-05 | publisher = The Internet Hockey Database }}

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! colspan="5" | Playoffs{{cite web| title = Stephen Cooper – player profile and career stats | url = http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=3140 | accessdate = 2007-11-05 | publisher = European Hockey.net }}

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

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| 1980–81

| Durham Wasps

| ELN

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1981–82

| Durham Wasps

| ELN

| 14

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 1982–83

| Durham Wasps

| BHL 1

| 24

| 7

| 9

| 16

| 12

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 4

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1983–84

| Durham Wasps

| BHL Prem

| 32

| 7

| 15

| 22

| 30

| 4

| 2

| 4

| 7

ALIGN="center"

| 1984–85

| Durham Wasps

| BHL Prem

| 35

| 23

| 35

| 58

| 57

| 4

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| Durham Wasps

| BHL Prem

| 35

| 19

| 36

| 55

| 57

| 5

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 10

ALIGN="center"

| 1986–87

| Durham Wasps

| BHL Prem

| 33

| 14

| 25

| 39

| 74

| 6

| 2

| 7

| 9

| 12

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987–88

| Durham Wasps

| BHL Prem

| 34

| 21

| 50

| 71

| 44

| 6

| 5

| 7

| 12

| 8

ALIGN="center"

| 1988–89

| Cardiff Devils

| BHL 1

| 24

| 14

| 41

| 55

| 48

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989–90

| Cardiff Devils

| BHL Prem

| 30

| 19

| 40

| 59

| 47

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 6

| 10

ALIGN="center"

| 1990–91

| Durham Wasps

| BHL Prem

| 35

| 33

| 50

| 83

| 106

| 8

| 6

| 16

| 22

| 10

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| Durham Wasps

| BHL Prem

| 36

| 17

| 36

| 53

| 62

| 8

| 5

| 7

| 12

| 8

ALIGN="center"

| 1992–93

| Cardiff Devils

| BHL Prem

| 35

| 14

| 51

| 65

| 40

| 8

| 4

| 5

| 9

| 12

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Cardiff Devils

| BHL Prem

| 44

| 30

| 84

| 114

| 71

| 8

| 6

| 10

| 16

| 30

ALIGN="center"

| 1994–95

| Cardiff Devils

| BHL Prem

| 27

| 12

| 17

| 29

| 18

| 7

| 5

| 10

| 2

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Cardiff Devils

| BHL Prem

| 35

| 18

| 37

| 55

| 48

| 6

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 6

ALIGN="center"

| 1996–97

| Manchester Storm

| ISL

| 33

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 20

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Manchester Storm

| ISL

| 28

| 4

| 9

| 13

| 20

| 9

| 0

| 3

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 1998–99

| Newcastle Riverkings

| ISL

| 19

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 12

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–00

| Nottingham Panthers

| ISL

| 42

| 2

| 8

| 10

| 22

| 6

| 0

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| 2000–01

| Hull Thunder

| BNL

| 25

| 4

| 23

| 27

| 44

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Coventry Blaze

| BNL

| 11

| 5

| 6

| 11

| 74

ALIGN="center"

| 2002–03

| Coventry Blaze

| BNL

| 44

| 9

| 34

| 43

| 79

| 10

| 6

| 12

| 10

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

ALIGN="center"

| 1986

| Great Britain

| World Junior Championships Pool C

| 5

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 14

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| 1989

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool D

| 4

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 4

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| 1990

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool D

ALIGN="center"

| 1992

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool C

| 5

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 4

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool B

| 7

| 0

| 4

| 6

ALIGN="center"

| 1994

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool A

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 4

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool B

| 7

| 0

| 3

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool B

| 7

| 0

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 1999

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool A Qualifiers

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000

| Great Britain

| World Championships Pool B

| 7

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 2

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080512023737/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/hall_of_fame/coopers.htm British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry]
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Category:1966 births

Category:British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees

Category:Cardiff Devils players

Category:Coventry Blaze players

Category:Durham Wasps players

Category:English ice hockey defencemen

Category:Hull Thunder players

Category:Living people

Category:Manchester Storm (1995–2002) players

Category:Newcastle Riverkings players

Category:Nottingham Panthers players

Category:Sportspeople from Durham, England