Ron Hoover

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	1989–1998

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

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.

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.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1983–84	Oakville Blades	COJHL		40	33	26	59	47		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Richmond Hill Dynes	OJHL		1	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Oakville Blades	COJHL		38	29	41	70	76		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Western Michigan University	NCAA		43	10	23	33	36		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Western Michigan University	NCAA		34	7	10	17	22		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Western Michigan University	NCAA		42	39	23	62	40		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Western Michigan University	NCAA		42	32	27	59	66		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Boston Bruins	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Maine Mariners	AHL		75	28	26	54	57		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Boston Bruins	NHL		15	4	0	4	31		8	0	0	0	18
1990–91	Maine Mariners	AHL		62	28	16	44	40		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	St. Louis Blues	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		71	27	34	61	30		10	4	4	8	4
1992–93	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		58	17	13	30	28		4	1	1	2	2
1993–94	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		80	26	24	50	89		6	0	1	1	10
1994–95	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		76	22	20	42	70		9	2	1	3	12
1995–96	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		74	22	15	37	94		12	0	3	3	8
1996–97	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL		4	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	San Antonio Dragons	IHL		21	2	3	5	18		8	1	1	2	0
1997–98	San Antonio Dragons	IHL		21	1	3	4	20		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Brantford Smoke	UHL		41	27	24	51	20		9	2	8	10	18
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

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database