Colin Ward (born September 5, 1970) is a

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retired

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Early life

Ward was born in

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. He played junior hockey with the

Red Deer Rustlers The Red Deer Rustlers were a Junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League based in Red Deer, Alberta. They captured the inaugural Centennial Trophy in 1971. Their eight AJHL championships remains the second most in league history ...

and

New Westminster Royals The New Westminster Royals was the name of several professional ice hockey teams based in New Westminster, British Columbia, first established in 1911 for the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). Though nominally based in New Westminster, ...

. Ward was a member of the

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team for four years.

Career

After playing in the IHL and

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...

, Ward moved to the

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in 1997, signing for the

Bracknell Bees The Berkshire Bees are an ice hockey team from Slough, Berkshire, UK. They compete in the National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) National League, the second tier of English Ice Hockey. History Early years The Bracknell Bees were formed in 1987, un ...

. With the team, Ward won the British Ice Hockey Superleague title in 2000. He then moved to the newly formed

Belfast Giants The Belfast Giants (known officially as the Stena Line Belfast Giants due to sponsorship) are a professional ice hockey team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They compete in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League, Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). T ...

in 2001 and won his second Superleague title in 2002 in the Giants' second year in the league. Ward retired in 2004 after seven seasons in the UK. His number 11 jersey was retired by the Belfast Giants.

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* 1970 births Anaheim Bullfrogs players Atlanta Fire Ants players Atlanta Knights players Belfast Giants players Bracknell Bees players Buffalo Wings (inline hockey) players Canadian ice hockey forwards Dayton Bombers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States HC Gardena players Living people Long Island Jawz players Nashville Knights players Ice hockey people from Edmonton Utah Grizzlies (AHL) players Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Northern Ireland Canadian inline hockey players {{Canada-icehockey-player-stub