Steve Moria (born February 3, 1961) is a British-Canadian (

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) professional

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player. He was born in

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, British Columbia, Canada. Moria has won the IHJUK Player of the Year Trophy three times: in 1994–95, 2007–08 and 2008–09. Moria began his professional career playing for the

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in the

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's 1985–86 season; he was the last Nighthawk active in professional ice hockey. He moved to the United Kingdom to play for the

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in the British Premier Division's 1986–87 season. Moria's most notable affiliation is with the

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ice hockey team the

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; he spent 11 intermittent seasons playing for this team. Internationally, Moria played for the Great British ice hockey team for five years (from the 1994–95 season through to the 1999–2000 season). Moria captained Team GB's World Championship qualification team during the 1998–99 season. Following four seasons as player-coach with the

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, Moria was named player-coach with the

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. Moria finally announced his retirement on May 11, 2012 at the age of 51.

Awards and honours

Moria was named as a British All-Star player for the British Premier Division's 1986–87 season. He recorded the most points during the British Premier Division's 1987–88 play-offs with the Fife Flyers. He recorded the most points during the British Premier Division's 1989–90 season with the Cardiff Devils.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moria, Steve 1961 births Living people Basingstoke Bison players Blackburn Hawks players British ice hockey players Canadian ice hockey centres Cardiff Devils players Fife Flyers players London Racers players Milton Keynes Lightning players New Haven Nighthawks players Nottingham Panthers players Slough Jets players Ice hockey people from Vancouver Swindon Wildcats players Ice hockey player-coaches Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Wales AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Canadian emigrants to England Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States