Shannon Hope (born November 25, 1962) is a

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retired professional

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defender who played for the

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and the

Cardiff Devils The Cardiff Devils are a Welsh ice hockey team who play in the British Elite Ice Hockey League. The team play at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay. Cardiff are the reigning EIHL play-off champions, winning their third title in a row after beating ...

as well as for the Great Britain national team, for whom he was the

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between 1995 and 1997. He was inducted into the

British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame The British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1948 and is the third oldest ice hockey Hall of Fame in the world, behind the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame (also founded in 1948) and the International Hockey Hall of Fame (founded in 19 ...

in 1999. Hope was born in

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. After retiring from playing, Hope started his own ice hockey clothing business, Shinedog. Hope rejoined the Devils organisation as Director of Hockey in 2008 when the team was bought by Comms Direct owner Matt Burge and continues to work towards re-establishing the 'Next Generation Devils' brand within Wales and the UK.

Awards and honours

* BHL Division 1 All-star in 1989. * BHL Premier Division All-star in 1990 and 1991. *Awarded

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on 25 November 1997. *Inducted to the

in 1999. *Jersey number 35 retired by

Career statistics

Club

International

Footnotes

References

A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice HockeyEuropean Hockey.NetIce Hockey Journalists UKThe Internet Hockey Database

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Shannon 1962 births British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian emigrants to Wales Cardiff Devils players Ice hockey people from Ontario Living people Sportspeople from Peterborough, Ontario Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Wales