| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | New Jersey Devils |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Blaydon, England, United Kingdom |
| Career Start: | 1983 |
| Career End: | 1993 |
| Draft: | 169th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1982 |
| Draft Team: | New Jersey Devils |
Alan Hepple (born August 16, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, and is one of a few people from England to play in the National Hockey League.
Selected 169th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, he played three NHL games for the Devils over three seasons between 1983 and 1986, scoring no points and registering seven penalties in minutes. His minor league career was played between 1983 and 1993 with the Maine Mariners, Utica Devils and Newmarket Saints of the American Hockey League and the San Diego Gulls and Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League.[1]
Hepple remained within professional hockey, joining the Nashville Predators organization as a scout from 1997 to 2002 before joining the Colorado Avalanche as a scout for the 2002–03 season. After 7 seasons as a scout, Hepple was promoted to assistant Director of Amateur scouting with the Avalanche, serving in the role for a further six seasons before he was named the Director of Amateur Scouting with Colorado prior to the 2015–16 season.[2]
Hepple was not renewed in his role with Avalanche following his sixth season as Director of Amateur Scouting, and left the organization after 19 years.[3] He was later announced to have joined the Arizona Coyotes front office, assuming the role as Director of Professional Scouting prior to the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.[4]
| Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | Owen Sound Kings | MWJHL | 36 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 64 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1981–82 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 66 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 160 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 84 | ||
| 1982–83 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 64 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 168 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 1983–84 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 64 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 80 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 125 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | ||
| 1984–85 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 69 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 1985–86 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 74 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Utica Devils | AHL | 78 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 213 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 72 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | ||
| 1989–90 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 72 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 76 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | San Diego Gulls | IHL | 82 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 191 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1992–93 | San Diego Gulls | IHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 70 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 201 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 585 | 35 | 163 | 198 | 1,034 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 64 | ||||