Luke Boothroyd

Luke Boothroyd
Born (1987-04-04) 4 April 1987
Huddersfield, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
EPL team
Former teams		 Manchester Phoenix
Hull Stingrays
Playing career 2001–present

Luke Boothroyd (born 4 April 1987 in Huddersfield) is an English professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Manchester Phoenix in the EPL.

Career

Boothroyd began his hockey career with the Wakefield Warriors in skater hockey before switching to the ice with the Bradford Pirates. Boothroyd would initially play at U-16 level, scoring 64 points in 30 games through the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons at both A and B standard.

His impressive scoring totals for a defenceman led to his mid-season promotion to the U-19 B team of the Bradford organisation, called the Bradford Vipers. Boothroyd would again score points, totalling 40 in just 9 appearances. For the 2003/04 season, Boothroyd would change to play for the Kingston, again at U-19 level, although now in the English U-19 A league. He would again play well and continue to rack up points.

This led to his professional debut in the 2003/04 season for the Hull Stingrays, then playing in the British National League. After playing twice for the Stingrays, he impressed enough to earn a professional contract with the Stingrays and would establish himself as a regular player for the team in the 2004/05 term. Boothroyd played in 62 regular season games for the Stingrays, helping out with 5 points along the way. Boothroyd would also make his international debut in 2004, playing for Team G.B. in the 2004 World Junior U-18 Championships on five occasions.

Boothroyd would remain with Hull whilst the British ice hockey leagues were re-structured, playing in the Crossover League and EPL. He would also played in the first Hull team to ice in the newly formed Elite Ice Hockey League in 2006, the first time the Stingrays had played at the highest level of ice hockey in the U.K.

Boothroyd would go on to establish himself as a key player for the Stingrays at EIHL level, and would play in 116 regular season games throughout the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. Unfortunately the Stingrays would fail to make the post-season on both occasions and Boothroyd would move to sign for the Manchester Phoenix in the summer of 2008 seeking to feature in the EIHL post season for the first time in his career. After a positive season for the Phoenix, Boothroyd would opt to remain with the Phoenix as they move into the EPL for the 2009/10 term.

Career stats

Club

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001-02 Bradford Pirates EU16B 11 24 9 33 48 6 3 1 4 14
2002-03 Bradford Pirates EU16A 13 13 14 27 92 - - - - -
2002-03 Bradford Vipers EU19B 9 15 25 40 49 - - - - -
2003-04 Kingston Predators EU19A 12 4 3 7 28 - - - - -
2003-04 Hull Stingrays BNL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2004-05 Hull Stingrays Crossover League 13 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2004-05 Hull Stingrays BNL 33 1 1 2 8 - - - - -
2005-06 Hull Stingrays EPL 6 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
2006-07 Hull Stingrays EIHL 50 2 1 3 40 - - - - -
2007-08 Hull Stingrays EIHL 60 3 5 8 48 - - - - -
2008-09 Manchester Phoenix EIHL 68 0 8 8 56 2 0 0 0 0
2009-10 Manchester Phoenix EPL
Career Totals 278 62 68 130 373 8 3 1 4 14

International

   
Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Great Britain World Junior U-18 Championship Division 2 5 0 0 0 8
2005 Great Britain World Junior U-18 Championship Division 1 4 0 0 0 6
2005 Great Britain World Junior Championship Division 1 5 0 0 0 6
2007 Great Britain World Junior Championship Division 1 5 0 1 1 0
2008 Great Britain World Championships Pool A 5 0 0 0 0
Career Totals 24 0 1 1 20

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