Bradley Young (ice hockey)
Encyclopedia
Bradley Young is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Gold Coast Blue Tongues in the Australian Ice Hockey League
.
, Australia and joined the Gold Coast Blue Tongues of the Australian Ice Hockey League
. During his first season with the Blue Tongues Young played 18 games, scoring four points and 42 penalties in minutes. In February 2011 it was announced that the Blue Tongues had re-signed Young for the 2011 season. He has also previously represented Western Australia in state competition.
Young was first called up to represent Australia in 2006 where he joined the national under-20 team
to compete in the 2007 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Miercurea-Ciuc
, Romania
. Australia lost the tournament and were relegated to Division III for the following year. Young was selected the following year to represent the national under-20 team at the 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III where he competed in all six games and finished with five points. In 2009 Young moved up to the national senior team to compete in the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A tournament being held in Vilnius
, Lithuania
. Australia lost the tournament and were relegated to Division II for the following year.
, Western Australia
, Australia
. He first started playing ice hockey at the age of five.
International
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
.
Playing career
Young first played for the West Coast Avalanche of the Western Australian Ice Hockey Association in 2006. He continued to play for the Avalanche until the end of the 2009 season. After the end of the season Young moved to Gold Coast, QueenslandGold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, Australia and joined the Gold Coast Blue Tongues of the Australian Ice Hockey League
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
. During his first season with the Blue Tongues Young played 18 games, scoring four points and 42 penalties in minutes. In February 2011 it was announced that the Blue Tongues had re-signed Young for the 2011 season. He has also previously represented Western Australia in state competition.
Young was first called up to represent Australia in 2006 where he joined the national under-20 team
Australia men's national junior ice hockey team
The Australian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Australia. The team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division III.-History:...
to compete in the 2007 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Miercurea-Ciuc
Miercurea-Ciuc
Miercurea-Ciuc is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt River valley.The city administers three villages:* Ciba / Csiba...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. Australia lost the tournament and were relegated to Division III for the following year. Young was selected the following year to represent the national under-20 team at the 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III where he competed in all six games and finished with five points. In 2009 Young moved up to the national senior team to compete in the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A tournament being held in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. Australia lost the tournament and were relegated to Division II for the following year.
Personal life
Young was born on 20 July 1988 in PerthPerth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He first started playing ice hockey at the age of five.
Career statistics
Regular season and postseason| Regular season | Postseason | |||||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2010 2010 AIHL season The 2010 AIHL season is the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League . It ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August.-League business:... |
Gold Coast Blue Tongues | AIHL Australian Ice Hockey League The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors.... |
18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 2011 AIHL season The 2011 AIHL season is the 12th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League . It ran from 14 April 2011 until 28 August 2011, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 3 and 4 September. The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Ried trophy after finishing first in the regular season standings with 65 points... |
Gold Coast Blue Tongues | AIHL | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
International
| Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Australia U/20 Australia men's national junior ice hockey team The Australian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Australia. The team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division III.-History:... |
2007 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2007 | Australia U/20 | 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2009 | Australia | 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |