Ben Lake (ice hockey)

Ben Lake
Born (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
EIHL team
Former teams		 Belfast Giants
Alaska Aces
Coventry Blaze
Sheffield Steeldogs
Manchester Storm
National team  Great Britain
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present

Ben Lake (born 31 May 1990) is a Canadian-born British ice hockey player for Belfast Giants and the British national team.[1]

Lake has previously played for ECHL side Alaska Aces and British EIHL teams Coventry Blaze and Manchester Storm.

In November 2020, with the 2020-21 EIHL season indefinitely suspended due to coronavirus, Lake dropped down a division and joined NIHL side Sheffield Steeldogs for their 'Streaming Series'.[2][3][4]

He represented Great Britain at the 2019 IIHF World Championship, 2021 IIHF World Championship and 2022 IIHF World Championship.[5][6][circular reference][7]

References

  1. ^ "Belfast Giants Announce Another Triple Signing". 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "EIHL Board Suspend 2020-21 Season".
  3. ^ "NIHL announce Streaming Series | British Ice Hockey". 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ @SteeldogsIHC (11 November 2020). "We are thrilled to have @TeamGBicehockey star Ben Lake join for the Streaming Series!Ben has played for…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Russell names 25-man World Championship squad". icehockeyuk.co.uk. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. ^ 2021 IIHF World Championship rosters#Great Britain
  7. ^ "Two Changes to Gb Squad for Worlds in Finland – Ihuk".


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