Ron Hoover

Ronald Kenneth Hoover (born October 28, 1966) is a Canadian retired ice hockey left winger.

Ron Hoover
Born (1966-10-28) October 28, 1966
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
NHL Draft 158th overall, 1986
Hartford Whalers
Playing career 19891998

Biography

Hoover was born in Oakville, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Greater Sudbury.[1]

He was drafted 158th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft and after four seasons with the Western Michigan University, he signed with the Boston Bruins as a free agent in 1989. He played 17 games for Boston in two seasons, scoring four goals. His first NHL goal came on January 3, 1991 in Boston's 8-3 victory over Vancouver at Boston Garden. He spent most of his Bruins' tenure with the American Hockey League's Maine Mariners. In 1991 he signed with the St. Louis Blues but only managed to play just one game for St. Louis. Instead, he spent five seasons with the Peoria Rivermen of the International Hockey League where he was a popular player for the team with his goal-scoring ability. He then had a brief spell with the Cincinnati Cyclones where he played just four games before joining the San Antonio Dragons. He never matched his number from Peoria, scoring just two goals in 21 games. He moved to the United Hockey League with the Brantford Smoke and scored 27 goals in 41 games for the team before returning to San Antonio. Once again though his spell was uneventful, scoring just one goal in 21 games. He retired shortly afterwards in 1998.

Hoover's son Matthew (b. 1996) is also a hockey player, who will begin his NCAA career at Canisius College beginning in September 2016.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1983–84 Oakville Blades COJHL 4033265947
1983–84 Richmond Hill Dynes OJHL 11012
1984–85 Oakville Blades COJHL 3829417076
1985–86 Western Michigan University NCAA 4310233336
1986–87 Western Michigan University NCAA 347101722
1987–88 Western Michigan University NCAA 4239236240
1988–89 Western Michigan University NCAA 4232275966
1989–90 Boston Bruins NHL 20000
1989–90 Maine Mariners AHL 7528265457
1990–91 Boston Bruins NHL 1540431 800018
1990–91 Maine Mariners AHL 6228164440
1991–92 St. Louis Blues NHL 10000
1991–92 Peoria Rivermen IHL 7127346130 104484
1992–93 Peoria Rivermen IHL 5817133028 41122
1993–94 Peoria Rivermen IHL 8026245089 601110
1994–95 Peoria Rivermen IHL 7622204270 921312
1995–96 Peoria Rivermen IHL 7422153794 120338
1996–97 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 41120
1996–97 San Antonio Dragons IHL 2123518 81120
1997–98 San Antonio Dragons IHL 2113420
1997–98 Brantford Smoke UHL 4127245120 9281018
NHL totals 18 4 0 4 31 8 0 0 0 18
AHL totals 137 56 42 98 97
IHL totals 405 118 113 231 349 49 8 11 19 36

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-CCHA Second Team 1987-88 [3]

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. "Canisius hockey signs two during early NLI period - Campus Watch". Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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