{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Josh Soares | team = | league = | position = Forward | image = Josh Soares (2338612991).jpg | image_size = 225px | played_for = Oskarshamn<br>Växjö Lakers<br>Graz 99ers<br>Vienna Capitals<br>Kassel Huskies<br>Chicago Wolves<br>Peoria Rivermen<br>Manitoba Moose<br>Alaska Aces<br>Stavanger Oilers<br>Brantford Blast<br>Stoney Creek Generals | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 194 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|2|6}} | birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2007 | career_end = 2020 }} '''Josh Soares''' (born February 6, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Before returning to Canada to play senior ice hockey, Soares had a long career in Europe, including a four-season tenure in Norway for the Stavanger Oilers, with whom he won the GET-ligaen playoffs three times, being the top scorer and elected to the all-star team in the 2015–16 season.
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award/honour ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | College |- | Hockey East Conference champion | 2003–04 | |- | NCAA Frozen Four runner-up | 2003–04 | |- | All-Hockey East Second Team | 2006–07 | |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | Professional |- | ECHL All-Rookie Team | 2007–08 | <ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.adn.com/2008/04/03/364564/aces-soares-named-to-echl-all.html Aces' Soares named to ECHL All-Rookie Team: Alaska Aces | Alaska news at adn.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004230559/http://www.adn.com/2008/04/03/364564/aces-soares-named-to-echl-all.html |date=2012-10-04 }}</ref> |- | ECHL First All-Star Team | 2007–08 | <ref name=autogenerated1 /> |- | GET-ligaen '''Champion''' | 2014–15 | |- | GET-ligaen '''Champion''' | 2015–16 | |- | GET-ligaen Top Scorer | 2015–16 | |- | GET-ligaen All-Star Team | 2015–16 | |- | GET-ligaen '''Champion''' | 2016–17 | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}} * {{ECHL profile|1448}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Soares, Josh}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian people of Portuguese descent Category:Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Category:Alaska Aces (ECHL) players Category:Canadian ice hockey forwards Category:Chicago Wolves players Category:Graz 99ers players Category:IK Oskarshamn players Category:Kassel Huskies players Category:Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Manitoba Moose players Category:Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players Category:Ice hockey people from Hamilton, Ontario Category:Stavanger Oilers players Category:Växjö Lakers players Category:Vienna Capitals players Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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