Deeside Dragons
| Deeside Dragons | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Queensferry |
| League | NIHL |
| Conference | Division 1 North |
| Founded | 2012 (new franchise) |
| Operated | 2012 - present |
| Home arena | Deeside Leisure Centre |
| Colors |
Red, Green & Black |
| Championships | |
| Conference Championships | 1 (2015/16) |
| Playoff championships | 1 (2015/16) |
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The Deeside Dragons are an ice hockey team in Queensferry, Wales. Their home arena is the Deeside Ice Rink.
The Dragons played in the Southern League for three years from 1975 to 1978. They then joined the English League North, and played there until 1982. The club then went on to play in the British Hockey League Division Two in 1983 and played in the lower-level BHL competitions until 1987. They also spent time in the English League.
The club currently plays in the Northern Division 1 of the National Ice Hockey League. They won the North League championship in the 2015/16 season, with a record of 24-3-1 as well as the 2015/16 Laidler Playoffs.
The 2022/23 season saw the return of ice hockey to North Wales for the first time in over 2 years, due to the ice rink being used as a field hospital and later a vaccination centre for North East Wales.
In July 2015 it was reported that the Dragons had been bought by Red Hockey Limited,[1] 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 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.
In 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.[2] 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.[3] 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 |
References
- ↑ "Deeside Dragons Ice Hockey team bought by Red Hockey – Deeside.com". http://www.deeside.com/deeside/sport/deeside-dragons-ice-hockey-team-bought-by-red-hockey/.
- ↑ Porter, Gary (4 April 2016). "Watch Deeside ice hockey bust up that left player with head injury and saw one team walk off". http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/watch-deeside-ice-hockey-clash-11134789.
- ↑ Powell, Dave (14 July 2016). "Deeside Dragons appoint Scott McKenzie as new player/head coach". http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/sport/other-sport/deeside-dragons-appoint-scott-mckenzie-11613097.
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