Matthew Price is an Australian former ice hockey player who played for the Newcastle North Stars

Newcastle North Stars

The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars...

 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....

 between 2008 and 2011 and represented Australia at the 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition...

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Playing career

Matthew Price first played midget grade hockey for Newcastle of the New South Wales Ice Hockey Midget League in 2006. Price also spent three years on an ice hockey scholarship at the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...

 in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada.

In 2008 Price signed with the Newcastle North Stars

Newcastle North Stars

The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars...

 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....

 (AIHL). During the AIHL's pre-season he competed for the North Stars in the Wilson Cup

Wilson Cup

The Wilson Cup was a football trophy donated by Robert Wilson, who was the editor of the Edinburgh Evening News and a director of Heart of Midlothian. The cup was played annually between Edinburgh derby rivals Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian...

 tournament, held between the other three New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 based AIHL clubs. In his first regular season Price played in 26 games, recording nine assists. Price was also been a member for the Newcastle North Stars

Newcastle North Stars

The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars...

 junior team in the East Coast Super League

East Coast Super League

The East Coast Super League , is a Junior A ice hockey league of six clubs in New South Wales, Australia. The league was which was formed in 2002 by New South Wales Ice Hockey...

 from 2009 to 2010 but never played a game. Following the end of the 2011 AIHL season

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...

 Price announced his retirement from ice hockey.

In 2010 Price received in first and only call-up to the Australian national team to compete in the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Mexico City

Mexico City

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, Mexico

Mexico

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. Australia finished second in the tournament behind Spain while Price recorded a single assist in his five games.

Personal life

Price was born on 29 July 1988 in Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
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
2006	Newcastle	NSW Midget		2	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2008	Newcastle North Stars Newcastle North Stars The Newcastle North Stars are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, a suburb of Lake Macquarie located about 15 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, New South Wales.The North Stars...	Wilson Cup Wilson Cup The Wilson Cup was a football trophy donated by Robert Wilson, who was the editor of the Edinburgh Evening News and a director of Heart of Midlothian. The cup was played annually between Edinburgh derby rivals Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian...		1	0	0	0	2		1	0	1	1	0
2008 2008 AIHL season The 2008 AIHL season is the 9th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 7th in which the Goodall Cup will be awarded to the league champions.The season opened 19 April 2008 with games in Newcastle, Adelaide and Penrith....	Newcastle North Stars	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....		26	0	9	9	42		2	0	0	0	0
2009	Newcastle North Stars	Wilson Cup		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2009 2009 AIHL season The 2009 AIHL season is the 10th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League. The season opens on 25 April 2009 with games in Liverpool and Canberra. Newcastle North Stars won the V.I.P...	Newcastle North Stars	AIHL		23	1	6	7	93		2	0	1	1	2
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:...	Newcastle North Stars	AIHL		25	2	4	6	76		1	0	0	0	0
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...	Newcastle North Stars	AIHL		27	0	12	12	84		2	0	0	0	0

International

Year	Team	Competition		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2010	Australia	2010 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A		5	0	1	1	0