| Deeside Dragons | |
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| City: | Queensferry |
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| League: | ENIHL |
| Division: | North 2 |
| Founded: | 2012 |
| Operated: | 2012 - present |
| Home Arena: | Deeside Leisure Centre |
| Colors: | Red & Green
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| Captain: | James Parsons |
| Championships | |
| Conference Championships: | 1 (2015/16) |
| Playoff Championships: | 1 (2015/16) |
Deeside Dragons are a Welsh ice hockey team that play in the National Ice Hockey League, north division.[1] They play their games at Deeside Leisure Centre, Flintshire, and replaced the previous team Flintshire Freeze. They won the North League championship in the 2015/16 season, with a record of 24-3-1[2] as well as the 2015/16 Laidler Playoffs.[3]
In July 2015 it was reported that the Dragons had been bought by Red Hockey Limited,[4] a British Company who own the Telford Tigers English Premier League Ice Hockey team as well as having stakes in Manchester Phoenix and Bracknell Bees.
In 2015/16, the team won the league, gaining promotion to NIHL North 1 (Moralee). During the season there were issues between the owners of the Deeside Dragons and Flintshire County Council[2] which resulted in the ownership of the Dragons being removed from Red Hockey. Despite prior fears with the ownership of the Deeside Dragons logo these have been quelled with a rebranded logo. On the final home game of the 2015/16 season the Dragons were involved in an incident which saw their opponents Widnes Wild walk off the ice in the second period and refuse to continue the game.[5] Dragons player Alex Roberts received a three-game ban as a result of this incident.
In July 2016 it was announced that Scott McKenzie had left the Widnes Wild to join the Dragons as player-coach.[6] He left the following year.
At the end of the 2017/18 season the Dragons were relegated to the North Division 2 league.
Season-by-season record[]
| Season | Position | Wins | Draws | Losses | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 88 |
| 2013-14 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 61 |
| 2014-15 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 31 |
| 2015-16 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 132 |
| 2017-18 (NIHL1) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | -347 |
| 2018-19 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 21 | -43 |
| 2019-20 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
Club roster 2020–21[]
| Netminders | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Catches | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
| Defencemen | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
2020/21 Outgoing[]
| Outgoing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Leaving For | ||||
|
Radim Reznicek | L | 6 October 1995 | Czech Republic | HC Stadion Cheb
| |||||
References[]
- ↑ Deeside Dragons at eliteprospects.com. Retrieved on 7 January 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Powell, Dave (17 February 2016). Deeside Dragons crowned Laidler Conference champions. Retrieved on 7 January 2019.
- ↑ [1] [dead link]
- ↑ Archived copy.
- ↑ Porter, Gary (4 April 2016). Watch Deeside ice hockey bust up that left player with head injury and saw one team walk off. Retrieved on 7 January 2019.
- ↑ Powell, Dave (14 July 2016). Deeside Dragons appoint Scott McKenzie as new player/head coach. Retrieved on 7 January 2019.
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