The Man of Ice Awards were founded at the end of the 2007-2008
Elite Ice Hockey League
The Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), sometimes referred to as the British Elite League or, for sponsorship reasons, the Viaplay Elite League, is an ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Formed in 2003 following the demise of the Ice Hockey ...
season to commend the best in British
ice hockey
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.
Categories
Seven of the awards were voted for by coaches and
captains
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of the ten Elite League teams. One Award, the Fan's Favourite, is voted for by the fans of Elite League Ice Hockey in the United Kingdom. Team captains voted for Coach of the Year with Paul Thompson winning in the 2007/2008 season.
In its founding year, the
award
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An awar ...
s included the following categories:
Best British Player,
Coach
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Guidance/instruction
* Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities
* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
Transportation
* Co ...
of the Year,
Player of the Year
Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY) . In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award.
Association football
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,
Fan's Favourite,
Forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
of the Year,
Hard as Ice,
Newcomer of the Year,
Netminder of the Year, and
Defenceman
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of the Year.
List of Winners 2007-2008 season
*Best British Player:
Jonathan Weaver from
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and play their home games at SkyDome Arena. The club was founded in 1965 as the ''Solihull Barons'' and ren ...
*Coach of the Year:
Paul Thompson Paul Thompson may refer to:
Education
*Paul Thompson (professor) (born 1951), British management professor at the University of Strathclyde
*Paul B. Thompson (philosopher) (born 1951), American philosopher at Michigan State University
* Paul H. Th ...
from
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and play their home games at SkyDome Arena. The club was founded in 1965 as the ''Solihull Barons'' and ren ...
*Player of the Year:
Adam Calder
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from
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and play their home games at SkyDome Arena. The club was founded in 1965 as the ''Solihull Barons'' and ren ...
*Fan's Favourite:
Kevin Bergin
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*Forward of the Year:
Adam Calder
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from
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and play their home games at SkyDome Arena. The club was founded in 1965 as the ''Solihull Barons'' and ren ...
*Hard as Ice:
Brett Clouthier
Brett Clouthier (born June 9, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who last played for the Allen Americans of the Central Hockey League.
Playing career
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Clouthier began his career in 1998, playing at ...
from
Manchester Phoenix
Manchester Phoenix was 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 Ma ...
*Newcomer of the Year:
Joe Tallari
Joe Tallari (born October 5, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
Tallari was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. In 2001, Tallari began his career playing for Niagara University where he was team's senior captain. Tall ...
from
Manchester Phoenix
Manchester Phoenix was 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 Ma ...
*Netminder of the Year:
Trevor Koenig
Trevor Koenig (born 10 December 1974) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for the Dundee Stars in the UK Elite Ice Hockey League. Koenig was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Koenig currently coaches the Mighty Bulls' U7 a ...
from
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and play their home games at SkyDome Arena. The club was founded in 1965 as the ''Solihull Barons'' and ren ...
*Defenceman of the Year:
Jonathan Weaver from
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and play their home games at SkyDome Arena. The club was founded in 1965 as the ''Solihull Barons'' and ren ...
Venues
*2008 – Gateway Hotel,
Nottingham
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See also
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Alan Weeks Trophy The Alan Weeks Trophy is awarded to the Best British Defenceman in the British Ice Hockey Leagues as voted by Ice Hockey Journalists UK.
The award is named after Alan Weeks who was a BBC Commentator for 45 years and Chairman of the Brighton Tig ...
(defenceman) (IHJUK)
*
Best British Forward The Best British Forward award is an annual British ice hockey award made to the best British forward as voted for by members of Ice Hockey Journalists UK
Ice Hockey Journalists UK, abbreviated to IHJUK, is an organisation which was set up in 19 ...
award (IHJUK)
*
British Netminder of the Year The British Netminder of the Year award is an annual British ice hockey award made to the best British netminder as voted for by members of Ice Hockey Journalists UK. The award was first made in 1999.
Past winners
See also
*Man of Ice Awards T ...
(IHJUK)
*
Coach of the Year Trophy (IHJUK)
The Coach of the Year Trophy is an award given by Ice Hockey Journalists UK to the best coach in the Elite League and the English Premier League at the end of each season. In previous seasons it has been awarded to coaches in the British Hockey Le ...
*
Player of the Year Trophy (IHJUK)
References
The Man of Ice Awards, 2008
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Awards established in 2008
British ice hockey trophies and awards
Elite Ice Hockey League
2008 establishments in the United Kingdom