Tony Hand

Tony Hand
MBE
Born (1967-08-15) 15 August 1967 (age 57)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
EPL team
Former teams
Manchester Phoenix
Murrayfield Racers
Edinburgh Racers
Sheffield Steelers
Ayr Scottish Eagles
Dundee Stars
Edinburgh Capitals
Belfast Giants
National team  Great Britain
NHL draft 252nd overall, 1986
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 1983–2015

Anthony Hand MBE (born 15 August 1967) is a Scottish former ice hockey player and coach. He was the first British player to be drafted by an NHL team when he was picked by the Edmonton Oilers in 1986.

Nicknamed Two point Tony, he holds several national records, and scored over 4000 points in his career, more than any professional hockey player at any level. Still over a point-per-game scorer deep into his forties, Hand retired after the 2015 EPIHL league finals, after his Manchester Phoenix team lost.[1]

Hand served as the head coach of the Great Britain national team, a position he assumed in 2011 and resigned from in 2013.[2] Until the franchise folded in January 2017, he was the coach of the Manchester Phoenix. In 2017, Hand received the Torriani Award from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 2017, and inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ Lambert, Dave (19 July 2015). "The Scottish Wayne Gretzky Finally Hangs Up His Skates". thehockeynews.com. The Hockey News. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Hand steps down as GB head coach". BBC Sport.