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Kevin Conway
Ice hockey player

Kevin Conway

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Intro
Ice hockey player
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Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
Age
61 years
Stats
Weight:
179 lbs
Sports Teams
Toledo Goaldiggers
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Biography

Kevin Scott Conway (born (1963-07-13)13 July 1963) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played mainly in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

Playing career

Junior

Conway was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He began his major-junior ice hockey career with the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) during the 1980–81 season.

The following season, 1981–82, Conway joined the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds also in the OHL. He helped them to finish second in their division and to the quarter finals of the playoffs. Staying with the Greyhounds again for the 1982–83 season, Conway helped the team to finish first in their division, win the Hamilton Spectator Trophy and to the final of the playoffs where they were defeated by the Oshawa Generals.

After just two games with the Greyhounds at the start of the 1983–84 season, Conway moved on to play with the Kingston Canadians. Although the Canadians finished bottom of their division that season and did not qualify for the playoffs, Conway still finished as the league's top scorer and in sixth place in the scoring leaders chart with 65 goals and 65 assists for 130 points in 63 games. Conway also won the William Hanley Trophy as the league's most sportsmanlike player.

Club

Conway started his professional career by signing for the Toledo Goaldiggers in the International Hockey League (IHL) and playing ten games for them during the 1983–84 season. The following season, 1984–85, Conway split between the Goaldiggers and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles also of the IHL.

In 1985, Conway signed for the Ayr Bruins in the Premier Division of the British Hockey League (BHL). Conway played for the Bruins for one season — taking the goal scoring record and being named to the 1986 Premier Division all-star team — before returning to North America and the IHL to play for the Indianapolis Checkers at the beginning of the 1986–87 season. Conway finished the season back in the United Kingdom with the Durham Wasps who he helped to win the Heinekin Championship at Wembley Arena. He started the 1987–88 season with Durham before finishing it with the Telford Tigers in Division 1 of the BHL and earning himself the British Ice Hockey Writers Association Player of the Year trophy. After a further season with the Tigers, Conway moved to the Cleveland Bombers for the 1989–90 season, again in Division 1, where he earned a place on the Division 1 All-star team of 1990. Conway helped the Bombers to promotion to the Premier Division and stayed with them for the 1990–91 season.

Conway started his long association with Basingstoke when he joined the Beavers in the 1991–92 season playing in Division 1 of the BHL. Conway stayed with the Basingstoke team for seven seasons, helping them to promotion to the Premier Division in 1993 and into the newly formed Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL) in 1996 when the team changed its name to the Basingstoke Bison. During his time with Basingstoke, Conway earned himself two more Division 1 All-star places in 1992 and 1993 and finished as the team's all-time leading scorer with 950 points. In honour of his achievements at the club, Basingstoke retired his number 10 shirt in 2005.

Conway spent the following ISL season, 1998–99, with the Newcastle Riverkings before splitting the 1999–00 season with Hull Thunder in the British National League (BNL) and the Chelmsford Chieftains in the English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL), whom he helped to win the league and playoff championships. He joined the Solihull Barons in the 2000–01 season with whom he stayed until he retired from professional ice hockey in 2004. In his final season with Solihull, Conway was the leading goal, assist and point scorer for the team.

After briefly coaching his son's junior ice hockey team, the Kingston River Rats, Conway was persuaded to come out of retirement by the Solway Sharks coach, Kevin Doherty, to play for the Sharks in the 2006–07 season in the Scottish National League and the Northern League. Conway continues to play for the Sharks in the 2007–08 season in the newly formed Scottish Premier Hockey League and the Northern League.

International

Conway made his first appearance for the Great Britain national ice hockey team at the Pool C World Championships held in Hull in 1992. Conway made an immediate impact for the team, scoring his first goal just 2 minutes and 16 seconds into his first game against Australia. Helping the GB team to win the tournament and gain promotion to Pool B, Conway scored 13 goals and 10 assists — making him the tournament leading scorer.

Conway also appeared in the 1993 GB team which won promotion to Pool A by sweeping all teams at the Pool B tournament held in the Netherlands. Conway was again the leading scorer for GB with 19 points from 8 goals an 11 assists.

Conway played for the GB team a total of 58 times between 1992 and 1999 and scored a total of 66 points from 33 goals and 33 assists.

Awards and honours

  • Awarded the William Hanley Trophy for the OHL's most sportsmanlike player in 1983–84.
  • Named to the BHL Premier Division All-star in 1986.
  • Named the BIHWA BHL Division 1 Player of the Year in 1987–88.
  • Named to the BHL Division 1 All-star team in 1990, 1992 and 1993.
  • Number 10 shirt retired by Basingstoke Bison in 2005.
  • Inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.

Records

  • Most goals (6) and most powerplay goals (4) in one game for Kingston Canadians against Belleville Bulls on 3 February 1983.
  • Leading goal scorer in the OHL in 1983–84.
  • Leading goal scorer in the BHL Premier Division in 1985–86.
  • Leading points scorer in the BHL Division 1 South in 1987–88.
  • Leading scorer in the 1992 World Championships Pool C.
  • All-time leading points scorer for Basingstoke Bison.
  • Leading goal, assist and points scorer for the Solihull MK Kings in 2003–04.

Career statistics

Club

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1980–81Oshawa GeneralsOHL90440
1981–82Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsOHL367612331356116
1982–83Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsOHL675765122301675126
1983–84Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsOHL23030
1983–84Kingston CanadiansOHL61626512720
1983–84Toledo GoaldiggersIHL1037105135101512
1984–85Toledo GoaldiggersIHL4617122939
1984–85Salt Lake Golden EaglesIHL361314271130000
1985–86Ayr BruinsBHL3512998227694681411
1986–87Indianapolis CheckersIHL291181929
1986–87Durham WaspsBHL1953481011459152413
1987–88Durham WaspsBHL238112
1987–88Telford TigersBHL29148104252106
1988–89Telford TigersBHL24808616671
1989–90Cleveland BombersBHL321078118852
1990–91Cleveland BombersBHL3648469466
1991–92Basingstoke BeaversBHL361007517546
1992–93Basingstoke BeaversBHL31878417122
1993–94Basingstoke BeaversBHL44646412842
1994–95Basingstoke BeaversBHL4447761232843584
1995–96Basingstoke BeaversBHL363533684064486
1996–97Basingstoke BisonISL412623492261340
1997–98Basingstoke BisonISL421821392061782
1998–99Newcastle RiverkingsISL421619351062350
1999–00Hull ThunderBNL1388166
1999–00Chelmsford ChieftainsEPIHL86612643360
2000–01Solihull BaronsEPIHL3041408142
2001–02Solihull BaronsEPIHL2327346124
2003–04Solihull MK KingsEPIHL2415173220
2006–07Solway SharksSNL1519143324
2006–07Solway SharksNorthern League1817274414
2007–08Solway SharksSNL136142010
2007–08Solway SharksNorthern League179152430

International

  Tournament
YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1992Great BritainWorld Championships Pool C51310236
1993Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B7811198
1994Great BritainWorld Championships Pool A62136
1997Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B72350
1999Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B71348

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