Kevin Scott Conway (born ) is a

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former

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player who played mainly in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the

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Playing career

Junior

Conway was born in

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. He began his major-junior ice hockey career with the

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in the

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(OHL) during the 1980–81 season. The following season, 1981–82, Conway joined the

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (often shortened to Soo Greyhounds) are a Junior ice hockey#Major junior, major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The Greyhounds play home games at the GFL Memorial Gardens. The present team was ...

also in the OHL. He helped them to finish second in their division and to the

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of the

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s. Staying with the Greyhounds again for the 1982–83 season, Conway helped the team to finish first in their division, win the

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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

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. 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

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and 65 assists for 130 points in 63 games. Conway also won the

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as the league's most sportsmanlike player.

Club

Conway started his professional career by signing for the

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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

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also of the IHL. In 1985, Conway signed for the

Ayr Bruins The Ayr Bruins were an ice hockey club based in Ayr, Scotland between 1939 and 1992. Established in 1939 under the name Ayr Raiders, the club played their home games at the Ayr Ice Rink (Beresford Terrace) between 1939 and 1972 and at Ayr Ice R ...

in the Premier Division of the

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(BHL). Conway played for the Bruins for one season — taking the

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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

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at the beginning of the 1986–87 season. Conway finished the season back in the United Kingdom with the

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who he helped to win the Heinekin Championship at

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. He started the 1987–88 season with Durham before finishing it with the

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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

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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

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(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

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in 2005. Conway spent the following ISL season, 1998–99, with the Newcastle Riverkings before splitting the 1999–00 season with

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in the British National League (BNL) and the

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in the

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(EPIHL), whom he helped to win the league and playoff championships. He joined the

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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

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team, the Kingston River Rats, Conway was persuaded to come out of retirement by the

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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

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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

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. Helping the GB team to win the tournament and gain promotion to

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, 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

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by sweeping all teams at the Pool B tournament held in the

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. 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

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

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in 1987–88. *Named to the BHL Division 1 All-star team in 1990, 1992 and 1993. *Number 10

retired by

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in 2005. *Inducted to the

in 2005.

Records

*Most goals (6) and most powerplay goals (4) in one game for

against

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on 3 February 1983.''Information Guide and Player Register''
(

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), Ontario Hockey League, 2003. Retrieved on 29 October 2007. *Leading

scorer in the

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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

. *Leading goal,

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and points scorer for the Solihull MK Kings in 2003–04.

Career statistics

Club

International

Footnotes

External links

British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Kevin 1963 births Living people Ayr Bruins players Basingstoke Beavers players Basingstoke Bison players British Hockey League players British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees British ice hockey right wingers British National League (1996–2005) players Canadian emigrants to England Canadian ice hockey right wingers Chelmsford Chieftains players Cleveland Bombers players Durham Wasps players English Premier Ice Hockey League players Hull Thunder players Ice hockey people from Ontario Ice Hockey Superleague players Indianapolis Checkers players Kingston Canadians players Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Newcastle Riverkings players Northern League (2005–present) players Oshawa Generals players Sportspeople from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds players Scottish National League players Solihull Barons (2000-2002) players Solihull MK Kings players Solway Sharks players Telford Tigers players Toledo Goaldiggers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Naturalised sports competitors