Irish Ice Hockey League

Irish Ice Hockey League

Infobox sports league
current_season=
logo=Irishihl.pngcaption=The first official Irish Ice Hockey League.
sport=Ice hockey
founded=2007
teams=5
country=Ireland Northern Ireland
champion= Dundalk Bulls
website= [http://www.iiha.org Irish Ice Hockey Association] The Irish Ice Hockey League is an amateur ice hockey league in Ireland. The official league was founded in 2007, yet amateur leagues have existed since the early 1980s. [Meltzer, Bill [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=327087 "Irish eye continued growth of domestic hockey" at NHL.com] Retrieved 07-05-07.]

History

Following on from the construction of Dundalk Ice Dome and the success of the Division 3 Ice Hockey World Championship held in Dundalk during April 2007 the Irish Ice Hockey Association announced the formation of an all new, all-Ireland Ice Hockey League. The five teams play all of their regular season games at the Dundalk Ice Dome. The league's inaugural champions were the Dundalk Bulls who won the championship by defeating the Dublin Rams 6-3.

Prior to the Irish Ice Hockey League's formation, the only Ice Hockey team on the island of Ireland playing competitive hockey was the Belfast Giants of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League. Many Irish hockey players seeking to play the sport at a competitive level have had to travel abroad.

Teams

Current teams

*Belfast City Bruins
*Dublin Rams
*Dundalk Bulls
*Flyers IHC
*Latvian Hawks "Representing Dublin's Latvian community

Former teams

*Dublin Flyers (est. 1987) "1997 Recreational Scottish Cup Champions"
*Dublin Druids
*Dublin Stags (est. 1982)
*Dundonald Redwings
*The Halifax Hockey Club

External links

* Meltzer, Bill [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=327087 "Irish eye continued growth of domestic hockey" at NHL.com] Retrieved 07-05-07.
* Meltzer, Bill [http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/ireland-united-in-hockey/ireland.html "Ireland united in hockey" at IIHF.com]
* [http://www.iiha.org/ Irish Ice Hockey Association]
* [http://www.flyersicehockey.com/ Flyers IHC]

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