Deeside Dragons
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]
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City | Queensferry |
League | ENIHL |
Division | North 2 |
Founded | 2012 |
Operated | 2012 - present |
Home arena | Deeside Leisure Centre |
Colors | Red & Green |
Captain | James Parsons |
Website | dragonsicehockey.com |
Championships | |
Conference Championships | 1 (2015/16) |
Playoff championships | 1 (2015/16) |
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 | ± |
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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
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No. | Nat. | Player | Catches | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract |
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No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract |
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No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract |
2020/21 Outgoing
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No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Leaving For | ||||
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Radim Reznicek | L | 6 October 1995 | Czech Republic | ![]() |
References
- "Deeside Dragons at eliteprospects.com". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- Powell, Dave (17 February 2016). "Deeside Dragons crowned Laidler Conference champions". Chesterchronicle. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-04-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Porter, Gary (4 April 2016). "Watch Deeside ice hockey bust up that left player with head injury and saw one team walk off". Dailypost.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- Powell, Dave (14 July 2016). "Deeside Dragons appoint Scott McKenzie as new player/head coach". Chesterchronicle. Retrieved 7 January 2019.