Ricky Plant

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Rick Plant (Born November 23, 1977) is a British ice hockey player from Telford,UK. He plays right wing. Note: In the Picture, below right, Rick Plant is the one scoring the goal if it is not too clear.


Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
Height
Weight
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
210 lb (95 kg/14 st 0 lb)
EPIHL Team
F. teams
Guildford Flames
Telford Tigers
Blackburn Hawks
Milton Keyens Kings
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Born November 23, 1977 (1977-11-23) (age 30),
Telford, UK
Pro career 1994 – present

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[edit] Career

Rick Plant began his career with local side Telford Tigers in 1994. He spent 3 years away from his local side with Milton Keynes Kings, Blackburn Hawks, Swindon Icelords and Guildford Flames.

He returned to Telford for a year in 98/99, before joining the Guildford Flames again where he played until 2004.

In March 2004 he tested positive for "A banned Class 'A' stimulant". He was banned for 18 months from the game. Flames who have a very much admired 'drug-freeze' program vowed to give Plant all the 'assistance' he needed in the 'unfortunate circumstances'.[1]

In September 2005, the Flames announced that Rick Plant would be joining the team again after serving his ban. He swiftly showed fans that he had lost none of his scoring ability scoring 72 points in 47 EPIHL league games, followed by 53 points in 2006/2007.

He signed up to play for Guildford for the 2007/08 season and assigned the club captaincy.[2].

Scoring 22+42, he slowly gained confidence as a captian in taking charge on the ice. The Club comfirmed in late May 2008 that he would be returning for his 10th year in a Flames Shirt for the 2008/09 season, coming off his first as a title winning captain. [3]

Plant is the Flames top scoring British player of All-time, and fifth overall.

[edit] Year by Year

Team Year League GP G A Pts PIM
Telford Tigers 1994-95 BL 41 18 20 38 16
Team Great Britain 1995 WJC C 5 1 0 1 0
Milton Keynes Kings 1995-96 BL 42 4 7 11 32
Blackburn Hawks 1995-96 BL 2 0 0 0 0
Swindon IceLords 1996-97 BL 51 13 16 29 8
Guildford Flames 1997-98 BNL 50 24 18 42 38
Telford Tigers 1998-99 BNL+Cup 41 12 19 31 6
Guildford Flames 1999-00 BNL+Cup 56 19 26 45 50
Guildford Flames 2000-01 BNL+Cup 68 12 26 38 18
Guildford Flames 2001-02 BNL+Cup 54 7 21 28 63
Guildford Flames 2002-03 BNL+Cup 58 13 16 29 56
Guildford Flames 2003-04 BNL+Cup 53 11 24 35 20
BANNED 2004-05 - - - - - -
Guildford Flames 2005-06 EPL+Cup 59 29 56 85 42
Guildford Flames 2006-07 EPL+Cup 62 23 48 71 109
Guildford Flames 2007-08 EPL+Cups 61 22 42 64 76

[edit] Medals and Titles

Club Year Title/Cup
Telford Tigers 1996-97 British Premier League Winner
Guildford Flames 1997-98 British National League Winner, British National League Play-Off Winner , British National League Southern Conference Winner
Guildford Flames 2000-01 ntl: Christmas Cup Winner, British National League Winner, British National League Playoff Winner
Guildford Flames 2003-04 British National League Playoff Winner
Guildford Flames 2005-06 English Premier League Regular Season Winner
Guildford Flames 2006-07 English Premier (Knock-out) Cup Winner
Guildford Flames 2007-08 English Premier League Regualar Season Winner

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Plant given 18-month ban Friday 5 March, 2004. Retrieved May 18 2007"
  2. ^ "Rick Plant Returns to GuildfordMay 18 2007. Retrieved May 18 2007"
  3. ^ "Plant Makes It A Decade May 23 2008. Retrieved May 24 2008"