Colin Ward

Colin Ward (born September 5, 1970) is a Canadian retired ice hockey forward.

Early life Ward was born in Edmonton, Alberta. He played junior hockey with the Red Deer Rustlers and New Westminster Royals. Ward was a member of the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team for four years.

Career After playing in the IHL and ECHL, Ward moved to the United Kingdom in 1997, signing for the Bracknell Bees. With the team, Ward won the British Ice Hockey Superleague title in 2000. He then moved to the newly formed Belfast Giants in 2001 and won his second Superleague title in 2002 in the Giants' second year in the league. Ward retired in 2004 after seven seasons in the UK. His number 11 jersey was retired by the Belfast Giants.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 53 16 21 37 160 — — — — — 1988–89 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 57 41 28 69 76 — — — — — 1989–90 New Westminster Royals BCJHL 48 31 33 64 48 — — — — — 1990–91 Western Michigan University NCAA 42 10 13 23 36 — — — — — 1991–92 Western Michigan University NCAA 36 25 14 39 60 — — — — — 1992–93 Western Michigan University NCAA 37 22 11 33 48 — — — — — 1993–94 Western Michigan University NCAA 40 31 19 50 66 — — — — — 1994–95 Atlanta Knights IHL 5 2 3 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1994–95 Nashville Knights ECHL 64 41 29 70 108 12 11 4 15 10 1995–96 Atlanta Knights IHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Utah Grizzlies IHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Nashville Knights ECHL 65 52 55 107 43 5 4 2 6 6 1996–97 HC Gherdëina Italy 41 40 55 95 52 — — — — — 1997–98 Dayton Bombers ECHL 7 2 1 3 16 — — — — — 1997–98 Bracknell Bees BISL 32 18 10 28 22 6 3 2 5 4 1998–99 Bracknell Bees BISL 41 12 16 28 24 7 0 2 2 4 1999–00 Bracknell Bees BISL 42 18 20 38 16 3 0 1 1 0 2000–01 Belfast Giants BISL 44 14 15 29 34 6 4 2 6 4 2001–02 Belfast Giants BISL 48 20 21 41 32 6 0 3 3 2 2002–03 Belfast Giants BISL 32 7 10 17 22 18 4 6 10 6 2003–04 Belfast Giants EIHL 47 27 31 58 50 4 1 1 2 2 ECHL totals 136 95 85 180 167 17 15 6 21 16 BISL totals 239 89 92 181 150 46 11 16 27 20