Luke Boothroyd

{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player
| image =
| image_size = 180px
| position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 180
| nickname =
| league = [[English Premier Ice Hockey League|EPL]]
| team = [[Manchester Phoenix]]
| former_teams = [[Hull Stingrays]]
| nationality = ENG
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|04|04}}
| birth_place = [[Huddersfield]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]
| career_start = 2001
| career_end =
}}
'''Luke Boothroyd''' (born April 4, 1987 in [[Huddersfield]]) is an [[England|English]] professional [[ice hockey]] player, currently playing for the [[Manchester Phoenix]] in the [[English Premier Ice Hockey League|EPL]].

== Career ==
Boothroyd began his hockey career with the Wakefield Warriors in [[skater hockey]] before switching to the ice with the Bradford Pirates. Boothroyd would initially play at U-16 level, scoring 64 points in 30 games through the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons at both A and B standard.

His impressive scoring totals for a defenceman led to his mid-season promotion to the U-19 B team of the Bradford organisation, called the Bradford Vipers. Boothroyd would again score points, totalling 40 in just 9 appearances. For the 2003/04 season, Boothroyd would change to play for the Kingston, again at U-19 level, although now in the English U-19 A league. He would again play well and continue to rack up points.

This led to his professional debut in the 2003/04 season for the [[Hull Stingrays]], then playing in the [[British National League]]. After playing twice for the Stingrays, he impressed enough to earn a professional contract with the Stingrays and would establish himself as a regular player for the team in the 2004/05 term. Boothroyd played in 62 regular season games for the Stingrays, helping out with 5 points along the way. Boothroyd would also make his international debut in 2004, playing for Team G.B. in the 2004 World Junior U-18 Championships on five occasions.

Boothroyd would remain with Hull whilst the British ice hockey leagues were re-structured, playing in the Crossover League and [[English Premier Ice Hockey League|EPL]]. He would also played in the first Hull team to ice in the newly formed [[Elite Ice Hockey League]] in 2006, the first time the Stingrays had played at the highest level of ice hockey in the U.K.

Boothroyd would go on to establish himself as a key player for the Stingrays at EIHL level, and would play in 116 regular season games throughout the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. Unfortunately the Stingrays would fail to make the post-season on both occasions and Boothroyd would move to sign for the [[Manchester Phoenix]] in the summer of 2008 seeking to feature in the EIHL post season for the first time in his career. After a positive season for the Phoenix, Boothroyd would opt to remain with the Phoenix as they move into the [[English Premier Ice Hockey League|EPL]] for the 2009/10 term.

== Personal Life ==
Luke is currently dating Legal Secretary '''Emma Markham'''.

==Career Stats==
===Club===

{| class="wikitable"| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="75%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5" | Regular season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5" | Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season
! Team
! League
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2001-02
| Bradford Pirates
| EU16B
| 11
| 24
| 9
| 33
| 48
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 14
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002-03
| Bradford Pirates
| EU16A
| 13
| 13
| 14
| 27
| 92
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2002-03
| Bradford Vipers
| EU19B
| 9
| 15
| 25
| 40
| 49
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003-04
| Kingston Predators
| EU19A
| 12
| 4
| 3
| 7
| 28
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2003-04
| [[Hull Stingrays]]
| [[British National League|BNL]]
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004-05
| [[Hull Stingrays]]
| Crossover League
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2004-05
| [[Hull Stingrays]]
| [[British National League|BNL]]
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 8
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005-06
| [[Hull Stingrays]]
| [[English Premier Ice Hockey League|EPL]]
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006-07
| [[Hull Stingrays]]
| [[EIHL]]
| 50
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 40
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007-08
| [[Hull Stingrays]]
| [[EIHL]]
| 60
| 3
| 5
| 8
| 48
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008-09
| [[Manchester Phoenix]]
| [[EIHL]]
| 69
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 56
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009-10
| [[Manchester Phoenix]]
| [[English Premier Ice Hockey League|EPL]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Career Totals
! 278
! 62
! 68
! 130
! 373
! 8
! 3
! 1
! 4
! 14
|}

===International===

{| class="wikitable"| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="60%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" width="75%" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2004
| [[Great Britain national ice hockey team|Great Britain]]
| World Junior U-18 Championship Division 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005
| [[Great Britain national ice hockey team|Great Britain]]
| World Junior U-18 Championship Division 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2005
| [[Great Britain national ice hockey team|Great Britain]]
| World Junior Championship Division 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007
| [[Great Britain national ice hockey team|Great Britain]]
| World Junior Championship Division 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2008
| [[Great Britain national ice hockey team|Great Britain]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships Pool A]]
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Career Totals
! 24
! 0
! 1
! 1
! 20
!
!
!
!
!
|}

==External links==
*{{hockeydb|77225}}
*{{eurohockey|70758}}
*[http://www.manchesterphoenix.co.uk/players/147_luke_boothroyd Luke Boothroyd Personal Profile], Manchester Phoenix Official Website
*[http://www.manchesterphoenix.co.uk/news/s/1197_hand_swoops_for_gb_defenceman_boothroyd "Hand Swoops For G.B. Defenceman"] Manchester Phoenix Official Website, 16/05/08

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boothroyd, Luke}}
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Hull Stingrays players]]
[[Category:Manchester Phoenix players]]
[[Category:People from Huddersfield]]

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