| Position: | Defence |
| Played For: | Edmonton Oilers Solihull Barons Sheffield Steelers Coventry Blaze |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 192 |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Draft: | 63rd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1986 |
| Draft Team: | Edmonton Oilers |
| Career Start: | 1987 |
| Career End: | 2009 |
Ronald James Shudra (born November 28, 1967) is a Canadian-British retired professional ice hockey player. Most of his career, which lasted from 1987 to 2009, was mostly spent in the United Kingdom, though he also played 10 games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers during the 1987–88 season. In 2010, he was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
He was drafted 63rd overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft and played ten games for them in 1987–88 season. He spent the rest of his career in the United Kingdom, retiring in 2009.
Shudra was the player / coach for the Sheffield Scimitars in the English Premier Ice Hockey League and named as junior coach (U-12) of the team on 3 May 2009.[1]
Shudra has three children: daughter Dana and two sons, Cole[2] and Tate,[3] both of whom are hockey players in the English leagues.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1984–85 | Red Deer Rustlers | AJHL | 57 | 14 | 57 | 71 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 72 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 11 | ||
| 1985–86 | Kamloops Blazers | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 71 | 49 | 70 | 119 | 68 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 1987–88 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Nova Scotia Oilers | AHL | 49 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Cape Breton Oilers | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Denver Rangers | IHL | 64 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989–90 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 67 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Solihull Barons | BHL | 36 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 70 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 | ||
| 1991–92 | Sheffield Steelers | BD2 | 32 | 78 | 70 | 148 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Sheffield Steelers | BD1 | 26 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Sheffield Steelers | BHL | 34 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 69 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | ||
| 1994–95 | Sheffield Steelers | BHL | 43 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 83 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | Sheffield Steelers | BHL | 36 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | Sheffield Steelers | BISL | 41 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1997–98 | Sheffield Steelers | BISL | 38 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Sheffield Steelers | BISL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Hull Thunder | BNL | 35 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Hull Thunder | BNL | 35 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Edinburgh Capitals | BNL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Sheffield Steelers | BISL | 25 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Coventry Blaze | BNL | 36 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | Sheffield Steelers | EIHL | 50 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Sheffield Steelers | EIHL | 30 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Sheffield Steelers | EIHL | 44 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Sheffield Scimitars | EPIHL | 44 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | Sheffield Scimitars | EPIHL | 39 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2008–09 | Sheffield Scimitars | EPIHL | 52 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| BHL/BISL/EIHL totals | 388 | 145 | 270 | 415 | 386 | 85 | 31 | 51 | 82 | 32 | ||||