Matthew Beveridge
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Matthew Beveridge is a retired Canadian
professional ice hockey
player, who currently coaches for Lucas Miller's Hi-Performance Hockey in Brampton
, Ontario
. Although drafted into the OHL
by the Peterborough Petes
, Beveridge's senior professional career was kick started with his move to the United Kingdom
in 1996, where he would play for the Whitley Warriors, a team once coached by Mike Babcock
. At British National League
level, Beveridge would excel and in his first season totalled 100 points in just 36 games.
This productivity saw him move to Germany
for the 1997/98 term, which he would spend as an ESC Dorfen player in the German second division. Once again Beveridge would score points easily, with 68 in just 50 games. He would return to the U.K. the following season and would once again grace the BNL, although this time with the Peterborough Pirates
. His points ratio of greater than a point per game would help the Pirates into the post season. A further move within the BNL would follow in the summer of 2000, this time to the Paisley Pirates
. Beveridge's productivity continued, this time with 48 points in 34 games.
Despite this, the Pirates failed to make the post-season and so Beveridge left for the Invicta Dynamos
of the recently founded EPL
. Beveridge would spend three prolific seasons in Gillingham, scoring 252 points. This prompted a chance at the higher BNL level again, with Beveridge moving north to the former ISL team the Newcastle Vipers
. Through the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons, Beveridge would again be a leading scorer for the Vipers.
As one of the leading BNL teams, the Vipers were invited to join the newly formed EIHL in 2005/06. At this higher level, Beveridge would score 25 points in 44 games and was unable to match his previous scoring rate. This led to the Vipers releasing him in the summer of 2006. His signature was quickly snapped up by the Manchester Phoenix
, icing in their debut season in the EIHL. Beveridge would play just three games for the Phoenix however, before re-joining Newcastle mid-season.
He failed to settle however, despite scoring 5 points in the 9 games in which he featured and another mid-season move would follow, this time to the Sheffield Scimitars
, the EPL team of the Sheffield Steelers
organisation. Beveridge would make just one appearance before moving on again however, this time to the Bracknell Bees
, where he would total a remarkable 61 points in 24 games, a ratio of almost three points per game.
At the end of the 2006/07 season, Beveridge announced his retirement from the playing side of the sport, and returned home to Ontario. Here he would find work as a coach for an ice hockey school in Brampton.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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...
player, who currently coaches for Lucas Miller's Hi-Performance Hockey in Brampton
Brampton
Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.Brampton may also refer to:- Canada :* Brampton, a city in Ontario** Brampton GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the city- United Kingdom :...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. Although drafted into the OHL
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
by the Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes
The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league.-History:...
, Beveridge's senior professional career was kick started with his move to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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in 1996, where he would play for the Whitley Warriors, a team once coached by Mike Babcock
Mike Babcock
Michael "Mike" Babcock, Jr. is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and former player. He serves as head coach of the Red Wings. He also served as the head coach of Team Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver...
. At British National League
British National League
The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the...
level, Beveridge would excel and in his first season totalled 100 points in just 36 games.
This productivity saw him move to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
for the 1997/98 term, which he would spend as an ESC Dorfen player in the German second division. Once again Beveridge would score points easily, with 68 in just 50 games. He would return to the U.K. the following season and would once again grace the BNL, although this time with the Peterborough Pirates
Peterborough Pirates
Peterborough Pirates was an English ice hockey team. It was established in 1982, as the senior adult semi-professional team of the newly formed Peterborough Ice Hockey Club....
. His points ratio of greater than a point per game would help the Pirates into the post season. A further move within the BNL would follow in the summer of 2000, this time to the Paisley Pirates
Paisley Pirates
The Paisley Pirates were founded in 1946 and are one of the oldest ice hockey clubs in Scotland and the UK . The Pirates were the epitome of the game in Scotland during the 1950s...
. Beveridge's productivity continued, this time with 48 points in 34 games.
Despite this, the Pirates failed to make the post-season and so Beveridge left for the Invicta Dynamos
Invicta Dynamos
Invicta Dynamos are the senior ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent.-History:The club was founded in 1997 replacing the Medway Bears as the senior team based at the Ice Bowl. The club originally competed in the EPIHL until the 2003/4 season when the club dropped down to the ENIHL due to a...
of the recently founded EPL
English Premier Ice Hockey League
The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association...
. Beveridge would spend three prolific seasons in Gillingham, scoring 252 points. This prompted a chance at the higher BNL level again, with Beveridge moving north to the former ISL team the Newcastle Vipers
Newcastle Vipers
The Newcastle Vipers were an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Former members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the club previously held membership in the British National League.- History :...
. Through the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons, Beveridge would again be a leading scorer for the Vipers.
As one of the leading BNL teams, the Vipers were invited to join the newly formed EIHL in 2005/06. At this higher level, Beveridge would score 25 points in 44 games and was unable to match his previous scoring rate. This led to the Vipers releasing him in the summer of 2006. His signature was quickly snapped up by 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...
, icing in their debut season in the EIHL. Beveridge would play just three games for the Phoenix however, before re-joining Newcastle mid-season.
He failed to settle however, despite scoring 5 points in the 9 games in which he featured and another mid-season move would follow, this time to the Sheffield Scimitars
Sheffield Scimitars
Sheffield Scimitars formed in 2002 and initially played at the small 500 capacity Sheffield Ice Sports Centre playing in the ENIHL. Since then the team moved to the iceSheffield complex, where they became successful in the ENIHL and made the stepup to the EPL in 2005–06...
, the EPL team of the Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield Steelers
The Sheffield Steelers are a British ice hockey club, from Sheffield, England. They were formed in 1991 and play their home games at the Sheffield Arena. They are currently members of the Elite Ice Hockey League...
organisation. Beveridge would make just one appearance before moving on again however, this time to the Bracknell Bees
Bracknell Bees
The Bracknell Bees are an ice hockey team from Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.-Early years:The Bracknell Bees were formed in 1987, under the ownership of John Nike OBE. Bees began life in the Heineken League Division Two, under the leadership of former Durham Wasps and Nottingham Panthers forward, Jamie...
, where he would total a remarkable 61 points in 24 games, a ratio of almost three points per game.
At the end of the 2006/07 season, Beveridge announced his retirement from the playing side of the sport, and returned home to Ontario. Here he would find work as a coach for an ice hockey school in Brampton.
Career stats
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996-97 | Whitley Warriors | BNL British National League The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the... |
36 | 43 | 57 | 100 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997-98 | ESC Dorfen | Ger. 2 | 50 | 31 | 37 | 68 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998-99 | Peterborough Pirates Peterborough Pirates Peterborough Pirates was an English ice hockey team. It was established in 1982, as the senior adult semi-professional team of the newly formed Peterborough Ice Hockey Club.... |
BNL British National League The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the... |
30 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1999-00 | Paisley Pirates Paisley Pirates The Paisley Pirates were founded in 1946 and are one of the oldest ice hockey clubs in Scotland and the UK . The Pirates were the epitome of the game in Scotland during the 1950s... |
BNL British National League The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the... |
34 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000-01 | Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos are the senior ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent.-History:The club was founded in 1997 replacing the Medway Bears as the senior team based at the Ice Bowl. The club originally competed in the EPIHL until the 2003/4 season when the club dropped down to the ENIHL due to a... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
30 | 41 | 47 | 88 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos are the senior ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent.-History:The club was founded in 1997 replacing the Medway Bears as the senior team based at the Ice Bowl. The club originally competed in the EPIHL until the 2003/4 season when the club dropped down to the ENIHL due to a... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
26 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos are the senior ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent.-History:The club was founded in 1997 replacing the Medway Bears as the senior team based at the Ice Bowl. The club originally competed in the EPIHL until the 2003/4 season when the club dropped down to the ENIHL due to a... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
38 | 46 | 59 | 105 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Newcastle Vipers Newcastle Vipers The Newcastle Vipers were an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Former members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the club previously held membership in the British National League.- History :... |
BNL British National League The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the... |
36 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004-05 | Newcastle Vipers Newcastle Vipers The Newcastle Vipers were an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Former members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the club previously held membership in the British National League.- History :... |
BNL British National League The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the... |
34 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Newcastle Vipers Newcastle Vipers The Newcastle Vipers were an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Former members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the club previously held membership in the British National League.- History :... |
EIHL | 44 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006-07 | 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... |
EIHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Newcastle Vipers Newcastle Vipers The Newcastle Vipers were an ice hockey club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Former members of the Elite Ice Hockey League, the club previously held membership in the British National League.- History :... |
EIHL | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Sheffield Scimitars Sheffield Scimitars Sheffield Scimitars formed in 2002 and initially played at the small 500 capacity Sheffield Ice Sports Centre playing in the ENIHL. Since then the team moved to the iceSheffield complex, where they became successful in the ENIHL and made the stepup to the EPL in 2005–06... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Bracknell Bees Bracknell Bees The Bracknell Bees are an ice hockey team from Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.-Early years:The Bracknell Bees were formed in 1987, under the ownership of John Nike OBE. Bees began life in the Heineken League Division Two, under the leadership of former Durham Wasps and Nottingham Panthers forward, Jamie... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
24 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Career Totals | 395 | 278 | 404 | 682 | 318 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||
- Includes league/post season games only, correct up to 15/01/09
External links
- Lucas Miller Hockey School Staff Page, Lucas Miller's Hi-Performance Hockey Official Website
- Matt Beveridge Profile, Sportsbase Website