Lliam Webster

Lliam Webster (born 19 February 1986) is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Melbourne Ice in the Australian Ice Hockey League.

Playing career

Webster first played ice hockey for the Melbourne Jets in 2001. He continued to play for the Jets until the end of the 2003 season. Following the completion of the 2003 season Webster moved to Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada where he joined the Selkirk Steelers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the 2003-04 season. Webster played only one game for the Steelers and returned to Australia where he joined the Melbourne Ice of the Australian Ice Hockey League for the 2004 AIHL season. Following the end of the 2004 season Webster returned to Canada to join the Aurora Tigers of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. He played ten games for the Tigers before being moved to the Thornhill Thunderbirds of the same league. Webster again moved back to Australia following the end of the season to compete in his second season for the Ice. For the 2005-06 season Webster joined Sport of the Finnish Mestis league and also their under-20 team which compete in the Jr. A I-divisioona league. After the end of the season Webster returned to Australia to play for the Ice in the 2006 season before returning to Finland to rejoin Sport. During the 2006-07 season Webster only played one game for sport. After the end of the season he played exclusively for the Melbourne Ice before joining the Hannover Pferdeturm Towers of the German Regionalliga. He the returned to Australia to play for the Ice and was promoted as team captain for the 2010 season.

Webster was first called up to represent Australia in 2001 where he joined the national under-18 team to compete at the IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships. Webster played again for the under-18 team in 2002 at the Asian Oceanic U18 Championships and in 2003 at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships. In 2004 Webster joined the national senior team to compete at the Ice Hockey World Championships. In 2008 he equally recorded the most goals in the Division II Group B tournament with five. At the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament Webster was named the Australian alternate captain.

Personal life

Webster was born on 19 February 1986 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season

Season

Team

League

GP

G

2003–04

Selkirk Steelers

MJHL

1

0

2004

Melbourne Ice

AIHL

6

0

2004–05

Aurora Tigers

OPJHL

10

2

2004–05

Thornhill Thunderbirds

OPJHL

24

4

2005

Melbourne Ice

AIHL

21

15

2005–06

Sport

Mestis

1

0

2005–06

Sport U/20

Jr. A I-divisioona

30

17

2006

Melbourne Ice

AIHL

23

16

2006–07

Sport

Mestis

1

0

2007

Melbourne Ice

AIHL

16

11

2008

Melbourne Ice

AIHL

21

24

2008–09

Hannover Pferdeturm Towers

Regionalliga

18

12

2009

Melbourne Ice

AIHL

22

18

2010

Melbourne Ice

AIHL

26

24

AIHL Totals

135

108

International

Year

Team

Comp

 

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

2001

Australia U/18

2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship

3

0

1

1

0

2002

Australia U/18

2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship

5

8

10

18

12

2003

Australia U/18

2003 IIHF World U18 Championships Division IIIA

3

5

4

9

4

2004

Australia

2004 IIHF World Championship Division IIA

5

3

3

6

18

2005

Australia

2005 IIHF World Championship Division IIA

5

2

1

3

8

2006

Australia U/20

2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division IIA

5

3

2

5

30

2006

Australia

2006 IIHF World Championship Division IIB

5

1

2

3

16

2007

Australia

2007 IIHF World Championship Division IIB

4

3

0

3

10

2008

Australia

2008 IIHF World Championship Division IIB

5

5

4

9

10

2009

Australia

2009 IIHF World Championship Division IA

5

0

0

0

10

2010

Australia

2010 IIHF World Championship Division IIA

5

7

2

9

12

2011

Australia

2011 IIHF World Championship Division IIA

4

4

3

7

2

References

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