Shoots Right Name Joseph Hughes Height 1.8 m Positions Winger | National team Australia Role Ice hockey Weight 86 kg | |
Born 3 July 1984 (age 39)
Springvale, VIC, Australia ( 1984-07-03 ) AIHL team
Former teams Melbourne Mustangs
Melbourne Ice
Pensacola Ice Flyers | ||
Joseph "Joey" Hughes (born 3 July 1984) is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Melbourne Mustangs in the Australian Ice Hockey League. Previously in his career he had played for the Melbourne Ice in the AIHL and the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League after playing his college hockey for The College of St. Scholastica Saints.
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Playing career
Hughes first played for the Cowichan Valley Capitals in the British Columbia Hockey League in the 2000-01 season. For the start of the 2002-03 season he moved to the Trail Smoke Eaters of the same league where he played for two seasons. Following the end of the 2003-04 season Hughes returned to Australia and joined the Melbourne Ice of the Australian Ice Hockey League but didn't play a single game during the entire 2004 AIHL season. Hughes rejoined the Cowichan Valley Capitals to compete in the 2004-05 season and then following the end of the season again returned to Australia to play for the Melbourne Ice.
Following the end of the 2005 season in Australia Hughes joined The College of St. Scholastica's ice hockey team who compete in NCAA's Division III. He continued to play for St. Scholastica and the Melbourne Ice until the end of the 2007 AIHL season. Hughes completed his 2007-08 season with St. Scholastica but didn't return to Australia to play for the Ice. In 2008 he started his fourth season with St. Scholastica. Following the end of the season Hughes was picked up by the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League where he played 39 games in the 2009-10 season before returning to Australia to rejoin the Ice for the start of the 2010 AIHL season.
Hughes was first called up to represent Australia in 2000 where he joined the national under-20 team to compete at the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. In 2004 Hughes moved up to the national senior team to compete at the World Ice Hockey Championships. In 2011 Hughes represented Australia for the sixth time at the World Ice Hockey Championships. During the championships Hughes recorded the most goals and points and was named the top forward for the 2011 Division II Group A tournament. The following year Hughes represented Australia at the 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B tournament being held in Krynica, Poland. Australia finished last and were relegated to Division II Group A for the following year while Hughes recorded three assists during his five games.
The announcement that Hughes was leaving the Melbourne Ice was made on June 22, 2013, on the Melbourne Ice website. Though the announcement made by the Melbourne Ice referred to this being a 'retirement', Hughes had simply left the team with the intention to continue playing and immediately had offers from other teams in the AIHL.
In December 2014 he attended the Melbourne Mustangs's first training session of the 2014 pre-season along with his brother, Vincent who had also left the Melbourne Ice at the same time as Joey. In March 2014 Hughes was named in the Mustangs team.
The 2014 AIHL season would prove to be the Melbourne Mustangs finest season, where they won their first Goodall Cup making that Hughes' fourth.
Personal life
Hughes was born on 3 July 1984 in Springvale, Victoria, Australia.