Aran Fox is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 goaltender

Goaltender

In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

, currently without a club after leaving for personal reasons the Manchester Phoenix

Manchester Phoenix

Manchester Phoenix are a professional ice hockey team from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in 2003 as a result of the efforts of supporters group Friends of Manchester Ice Hockey to bring top-level ice hockey back to Manchester after Manchester Storm folded in...

 of the EIHL. He had been the first player to rise up through the junior ranks of the Phoenix organisation to the EIHL squad.

Fox did not manage to start a game for the Phoenix however,and was used as the back-up goaltender behind the ex-Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers

The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...

 player Scott Fankhouser

Scott Fankhouser

Scott Fankhouser was an American ice hockey goaltender, he is currently the Assistant Coach for the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL.- Career :...

. Fox left the Phoenix EIHL team mid way through the 2007/08 season.

External links

• Aran Fox Personal Profile, Manchester Phoenix Official Website.
• "Altrincham Born Aran Fox Nets Phoenix Role", Manchester Phoenix Official Website, 28/05/07.