Aran Fox (born 23 December 1988) is an English professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as goalie or netminder) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their own team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays ...

, currently without a club after leaving for personal reasons the

Manchester Phoenix Manchester Phoenix were a semi professional ice hockey team from Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in 2003 as a result of the efforts of supporters group ''Friends of Manchester Ice Hockey'' to bring top-level ice hockey back to M ...

of the

EIHL The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), sometimes referred to internationally as the British Elite League, is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey Superleague, it is the highest level ...

. He had been the first player to rise up through the junior ranks of the Phoenix organisation to the

squad. Fox did not manage to start a game for the Phoenix however, and was used as the back-up goaltender behind the ex-

Atlanta Thrashers The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) on June 25, 1997, and became the League's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL sea ...

player Scott Fankhouser. Fox left the Phoenix EIHL team midway through the 2007/08 season.

External links

Aran Fox Personal Profile
Manchester Phoenix Official Website.
"Altrincham Born Aran Fox Nets Phoenix Role"
Manchester Phoenix Official Website, 28 May 2007. 1988 births Living people English ice hockey goaltenders Manchester Phoenix players {{England-icehockey-bio-stub