Scott Neil

Andrew Scott Neil, known as Scott Neil, (born 1 August 1962 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) is a retired British ice hockey player who played in the United Kingdom between 1985 and 2002. He also played for the Great Britain national team between 1989 and 1994. He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007.

Scott Neil
Born (1962-08-01) 1 August 1962
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Played for Murrayfield Racers
Sheffield Steelers
Murrayfield Royals
Edinburgh Capitals
Playing career 1985–2002

Neil is currently the owner of the Edinburgh Capitals in the British Elite Ice Hockey League.

Playing career

Club

After playing junior ice hockey in Edinburgh, Neil went to university in Canada. When he returned to the United Kingdom he rejoined the Edinburgh setup as a senior player with the Murrayfield Racers in 1985 playing in the Premier Division of the British Hockey League. In his seven seasons with the Racers, he helped the team to win the league championship in 1986–87 and 1987–88; the Norwich Union Trophy in 1985; and reaching the playoff finals weekend at Wembley Arena every year bar one and winning the playoffs in 1986. He was also twice named the British All Star team.

In 1992, Neil joined the Sheffield Steelers in Division 1 of the British Hockey League. In his five seasons with the Steelers, he helped them to gain promotion to the Premier Division as well as to win the grand slam of the Benson & Hedges Cup, the league championship and the playoff championship in 1994–95; as well as the playoff championship in 1996 and 1997 and the league championship in 1995–96.

Neil returned to Edinburgh in 1997 where he had helped form the Murrayfield Royals, who later changed their name to the Edinburgh Capitals. Neil retired from playing at the end of the 2001–02 season. He also coached the Capitals for the 2006–07 season after the previous coach, and his cousin, Tony Hand, left to coach the Manchester Phoenix. However, the following season, 2007–08, he hired Doug Christiansen to coach the Capitals.

International

Neil played for the Great Britain national team seven times between 1989 and 1994. During this time he helped the team gain promotion from Pool D to Pool A of the Ice Hockey World Championships and taking part in the Olympic Qualifiers in 1993. In total Neil scored 23 goals and 12 assists for 35 points in the games he played for his country.

Awards and honours

Career statistics

Club
    Regular season[1]   Playoffs[2]
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1985–86Murrayfield RacersBHL Prem282920494363586
1986–87Murrayfield RacersBHL Prem364252941964156
1987–88Murrayfield RacersBHL Prem3671571286583112
1988–89Murrayfield RacersBHL Prem3682411231442242
1989–90Murrayfield RacersBHL Prem32663710320664102
1990–91Murrayfield RacersBHL Prem36604110118776130
1991–92Murrayfield RacersBHL Prem35304272863692
1992–93Sheffield SteelersBHL 13247529918
1993–94Sheffield SteelersBHL Prem57485410226836912
1994–95Sheffield SteelersBHL Prem442131521883478
1995–96Sheffield SteelersBHL Prem344111512
1996–97Sheffield SteelersISL32213080220
1997–98Murrayfield RoyalsBNL4034427620
1998–99Edinburgh CapitalsBNL264812430000
1999–00Edinburgh CapitalsBNL71011430000
2001–02Edinburgh CapitalsBNL20000----------

International
    Tournament[2]
YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1989Great BritainWorld Championships Pool D45490
1990Great BritainWorld Championships Pool D45380
1991Great BritainWorld Championships Pool C871810
1992Great BritainWorld Championships Pool C564104
1993Great BritainWorld Championships Pool B50000
1993Great BritainOlympic Qualifiers40000
1994Great BritainWorld Championships Pool A

Footnotes
  1. "Scott Neil's profile at hockeydb.com". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  2. "Scott Neil - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved 28 November 2007.

References
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