Peter Taylor (ice hockey)

Pete Taylor
Born (1988-06-29) 29 June 1988
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Forward, Defenceman
Shoots Right
AIHL team
Former teams
CBR Brave
Canberra Knights
National team  Australia
Playing career 2005present
Website AIHL profile

Peter Taylor (born 29 June 1988) who is also known as Pete, is an Australian ice hockey player who plays as a Forward or Defenceman for the CBR Brave in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). Pete is a former Australian U20 international.

Playing career

Club career

Taylor started his senior ice hockey career by linking up with hometown side the Canberra Knights of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) for the 2005 season.[1] Pete only played 1 game for the Knights in his debut rookie season.[1] But by 2008 he had established himself as a prominent and permanent member of the Knights squad, playing twenty plus games a season and consistently scoring points for the team.[1]

Before the start of the 2014 AIHL season the Knights folded operations and were replaced in the league by the CBR Brave.[2] The Brave signed Taylor along with many of the former Knights players for the 2014 season.[3] Taylor was given the number 91 jersey for the CBR Brave and was sponsored by Universal Trusses in 2014.[4] Pete had a solid season with the Brave in 2014 contributing 3 points with 3 assists from 20 games that assisted the team in finishing third in the regular season to qualify for the AIHL Finals for a shot at the Goodall Cup, the first time a Canberra based team had achieved this in the AIHL era.[5] Pete played in the semi-final match against the Melbourne Ice but the Brave lost the match 1-6, ending their season.[6]

After a coaching staff change at the Brave in the middle of the 2015 AIHL season which saw the club part company with Brad Hunt and replace him with Josh Unice and Aaron Clayworth, Taylor was promoted to the senior player leadership team and made alternate captain along with Jimmy Byers.[7]

International career

Taylor was first selected to represent Australia in 2007 where he joined the Australia U20 national team to compete in the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division II Group A tournament being held in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania.[8][9] Australia finished sixth (last) in the group which consisted of Hungary, Iceland, Spain, Romania and Croatia and was relegated to division III for the next year.[8][10] Pete ended the tournament with one point, from an assist, and a plus-minus of –10.<[11]

Personal life

Peter Taylor was born on 29 June 1988.[1] Pete’s brother, Darren Taylor, also played hockey in the AIHL for the Canberra Knights and CBR Brave.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Canberra Knights AIHL 1 0 0 0 0
2006 Canberra Knights AIHL 7 0 1 1 4
2007 Canberra Knights AIHL 14 0 1 1 6
2008 Canberra Knights AIHL 26 0 1 1 16
2009 Canberra Knights AIHL 20 0 5 5 41
2010 Canberra Knights AIHL 21 0 4 4 34
2011 Canberra Knights AIHL 10 1 1 2 25
2012 Canberra Knights AIHL 10 0 0 0 8
2013 Canberra Knights AIHL 20 0 1 1 110
2014 CBR Brave AIHL 20 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 0 0
2015 CBR Brave AIHL 24 1 2 3 18
AIHL Totals 173 2 19 21 270 1 0 0 0 0
International
Year Team Competition   GP G A Pts PIM +/–
2007 Australia U20 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division II Group A 5 0 1 1 4 -10

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Peter Taylor Profile". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  2. McMurty, Andrew (2014-03-05). "CBR Brave Granted Provisional License". Australian Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  3. "CBR Brave". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  4. "2014 sponsorship opportunities". CBR Brave. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  5. "2014 AIHL Regular Season Standings". www.theaihl.com. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  6. "CBR Brave vs Melbourne Ice - 2014 Semi-Final". www.theaihl.com. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  7. "Brave Move: Unice appointed interim Head Coach for remainder of 2015 season". CBR Brave ltd. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
  8. 1 2 "2007 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  9. "Team Roster" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2006-12-11. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  10. "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2006-12-17. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  11. "Player Statistics by Team" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2015-08-14.

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