Kip Noble

Kip Noble
Born (1968-01-18) January 18, 1968 (age 56)
Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defenseman
Shot Left
Played for Michigan Tech
Peter Langhout Utrecht
Detroit Falcons
Nijmegen Tigers
Tilburg Trappers
Durham Wasps
Cardiff Devils
Sheffield Steelers
Dawson Creek Canucks
Horse Lake Thunder
Fort St. John Flyers
Horse Lake Chiefs
National team  Canada
Playing career 1986–2012

Kip Noble (January 18, 1968) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former defenseman who was an All-American for Michigan Tech.[1]

Career

Noble came to Michigan Tech in 1986 after wrapping up two high-scoring years of junior hockey. It took him a year of collegiate hockey before he caught up to speed but, in his sophomore season, Noble became the leading scorer from the blueline for the Huskies and remained the team's leading light for three years. Unfortunately for Noble, his time coincided with Michigan Tech being on the decline and the team never produced a winning season with him on the team.[2] Noble's best year came as a senior when he set numerous program records, including most goals and points by a defenseman in a season and became the Huskies' all-time leading defensive scorer.[3]

After graduating, Noble travelled to Europe to begin his professional career, spending ten of the next eleven years in the Netherlands or the United Kingdom. He was one of the leading scorers on three Eredivisie Championship teams (1991, 1993 and 1995), leading Flame Guard Nijmegen in postseason scoring for his second title. After a successful run in the low countries, he won a third league championship with the Cardiff Devils in 1997 and then helped get the Devils and the Sheffield Steelers to three consecutive BISL finals.

Noble returned to British Columbia after the 2001 season and played senior hockey for most of the next twelve years. He played on a Horse Lake Thunder team in 2005 that included former NHL standouts like Theoren Fleury, Gino Odjick and Sasha Lakovic. He won two Allan Cups, during this time along with several league championships. After finishing his playing career in 2012 he became a junior hockey coach in the Penticton area.

Noble was inducted into the Michigan Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85 Dawson Creek Kodiaks PCJHL 44 24 48 72 47 — — — — —
1985–86 Kelowna Packers BCJHL 50 14 45 59 32 — — — — —
1986–87 Michigan Tech WCHA 33 2 6 8 33 — — — — —
1987–88 Michigan Tech WCHA 41 9 26 35 48 — — — — —
1988–89 Michigan Tech WCHA 42 8 22 30 38 — — — — —
1989–90 Michigan Tech WCHA 40 17 33 50 46 — — — — —
1989–90 Team Canada International 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1990–91 Peter Langhout Utrecht Eredivisie 24 15 23 38 16 10 7 14 21 0
1991–92 Michigan Falcons CoHL 59 15 32 47 22 5 0 5 5 0
1992–93 Flame Guard Nijmegen Eredivisie 24 15 28 43 20 17 7 25 32 4
1993–94 Flame Guard Nijmegen Eredivisie 16 13 24 37 6 14 12 13 25 4
1994–95 Couwenberg Trappers Tilburg Eredivisie 24 20 33 53 30 6 5 8 13 4
1995–96 Durham Wasps BHL 36 28 33 61 12 7 6 2 8 0
1996–97 Cardiff Devils BISL 42 15 24 39 16 7 3 2 5 6
1997–98 Cardiff Devils BISL 38 8 21 29 14 9 5 7 12 4
1998–99 Cardiff Devils BISL 42 11 22 33 8 8 1 1 2 2
1999–00 Sheffield Steelers BISL 42 7 29 36 12 7 2 3 5 4
2000–01 Cardiff Devils BISL 47 8 22 31 10 6 0 1 1 0
2001–02 Dawson Creek Canucks NorthPHL — — — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Dawson Creek Canucks NorthPHL — — — — — — — — — —
2003–04 Dawson Creek Canucks NorthPHL — — — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Horse Lake Thunder NorthPHL 25 23 47 70 2 7 6 9 15 0
2006–07 Horse Lake Thunder NorthPHL 23 15 64 79 18 11 4 16 20 18
2008–09 Fort St. John Flyers NorthPHL 26 22 49 71 4 7 6 7 13 8
2009–10 Fort St. John Flyers NorthPHL — — — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Dawson Creek Canucks NorthPHL — — — — — 10 6 10 16 2
2010–11 Dawson Creek Canucks NorthPHL 7 1 11 12 15 — — — — —
2011–12 Horse Lake Chiefs NorthPHL 6 6 4 10 2 — — — — —
NCAA totals 156 36 87 123 165 — — — — —
Eredivisie totals 88 63 108 171 72 47 31 60 91 12
BISL totals 211 49 118 167 60 37 11 14 25 16

Allan Cup

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2006 Powell River Regals Allan Cup 1st 4 3 4 7 2
2010 Fort St. John Flyers Allan Cup 1st 4 1 4 5 12

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-WCHA First Team 1989–90 [4]
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1989–90 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Michigan Tech Hockey 2009-10 Yearbook". Michigan Tech Huskies. Retrieved March 10, 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Kip Noble". Michigan Tech Huskies. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.