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Dundalk Bulls League Irish Ice Hockey League and the Celtic Cup Founded 2007 History Dundalk Bulls
2007–PresentArena Dundalk Ice Dome Capacity 1,200 City Dundalk,
County Louth, IrelandTeam Colours White, Black & Red Head coach Mr.Kenny Redmond
Assistant Coach Mr. Simon Kitchen
Team Captain Sebastian Wachowski
Coaching Staff Sean Dooley
Kenny Redmond
Christian Ajnesjö
Vytautas Lukosevicius
Tom Gustafsson
Roman Culak
Roman Gubracik
Sponsorship PlayStation
Dundalk Ice Dome
Finches
Takla
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk
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FyffesThe Dundalk Bulls are an ice hockey team from Dundalk, Ireland and compete in the Irish Ice Hockey League and the newly formed Celtic Cup League, with games being played in Ireland and Scotland. Home games are played at the 1,200 capacity Dundalk Ice Dome, home to Team Ireland, which recently hosted the Division 3 Ice Hockey World Championships in April 2007.
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Team
The Bulls are coached by Kenny Redmond this season, a former player for the Dundalk Bulls club. Dundalk Bulls won the IIHL's first championship in 2008. Following this, they qualified to represent Ireland in the European Continental Cup in September in Serbia. They finished 3rd in their group.
Other Programs
Dundalk Bulls Club currently have 3 senior teams - Senior A mens team, (who play in Celtic Cup and IIHL), Senior B mens recreational team (who play in IIHRL) and Senior Ladies team (who play in IIHRL). Mr Kenny Redmond is head of hockey operations for the club with Ms Seanna Conway in the role of ladies development officer. Both can be contacted through the club secretary, details below.
Dundalk Bulls are currently the only club in the Republic who have a junior development programme in place. They have under-10, 12, 14 and 16 teams, with each group training twice per week on ice. Mr Sean Dooley is the Junior Development Officer for Dundalk Bulls and is assisted by coaches Roman Culak, Gerry Christian, Christian Ajnesjo. The junior teams play regular games against the Belfast Junior Giants and welcome visiting teams to the club.
2008/2009 Roster
The current roster for the 2008/2009 season is as follows:[1]
Goaltenders # Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth 31 Christian Ajnesjo L 2007 Stockholm, Sweden 1 Adam Pepper ? 2007 Dundalk, Ireland Defensemen # Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth 2 Mats Ajnesjo - Captain R 2007 Stockholm, Sweden 19 David Morrison - A R 2007 Belfast, Northern Ireland 24 Jiri Mojak R 2007 Czech Republic 23 Michael Minarech R 2007 Slovakia 4 Sebastian Wachowski R 2007 Poland 5 Timothy Tabb R 2007 USA Forwards # Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of Birth 17 Sean Dooley C R 2007 Ireland 16 Eric Hogberg C L 2007 USA 21 William Morrison C R 2007 Ireland 10 Colin Port C R 2007 Canada 14 Sandor Kope C L 2007 Hungary 8 Marek Bailly F L 2007 France 12 Gareth Martin F L 2007 Ireland 11 Vytaustas Lukosevicius F L 2007 Lithuania 3 Vladimir Zak F L 2007 Slovakia 6 Adam Larrabee F L 2007 USA 9 Alex Hudspeth F L 2007 USA 27 Steven Balmer F L 2007 Ireland 15 Milosz Lubdda F L 2007 Poland 7 Paul Gagnon F L 2007 USA 23 Jan Pursa R L 2007 Czech Republic External links
- Dundalk Bulls Website
- Dundalk Ice Dome
- Irish Ice Hockey Association
- Dundalk Bulls Irish Champions at the IIHF
References
Irish Ice Hockey League Teams: Belfast City Bruins · Dublin Rams · Dublin Wolves · Dundalk Bulls · Flyers IHC · Latvian HawksRelated articles: IIHF · IIHF Continental Cup · IIHF European Champions Cup Categories:- Sport in County Louth
- Dundalk
- Irish ice hockey teams
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