Ice hockey team in Queensferry
Deeside Dragons |
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City | Queensferry |
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League | NIHL |
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Conference | Division 1 North |
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Founded | 2012 |
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Operated | 2012 - present |
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Home arena | Deeside Leisure Centre |
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Colors | Red, Green & Black |
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General manager | Shaun Bebbington |
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Head coach | Mike Clancy |
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Captain | James Parsons |
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Media | Jakob Forster |
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Website | https://dragonsihc.com/ |
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Championships |
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Conference titles | 1 (2015/16) |
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Playoff championships | 1 (2015/16) |
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The Aspray Chester 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. For the 2022/23 season the club has Aspray Chester [3] as the clubs title sponsor.
The 2022/23 season sees 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,[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 2022-23
(*) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import)
Netminders |
No. | Nat. | Player | Catches | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract |
30 | | Philip Pearson | L | (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 37) | Stockport, England | 2022 from Bradford Bulldogs | 22/23 |
37 | | Michael Rogers | L | (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 27) | Warrington, England | 2022 from Blackburn Hawks | 22/23 |
Defencemen |
No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract |
11 | | Billy Perks | | 2001 (age 21) | Wales | 2022 | 22/23 |
13 | | Matthew Wainwright | L | (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 30) | Chester, England | 2022 from Blackburn Hawks | 22/23 |
14 | | Reece Cairney-Witter | L | (1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29) | Bradford, England | 2022 from Blackburn Hawks | 22/23 |
15 | | Lewis Otley | R | (1999-07-30) 30 July 1999 (age 25) | Sheffield, England | 2022 from Malungs IF | 22/23 |
19 | | Joshua Richardson | R | 1998 (age 24) | Chorley, England | 2022 from Bradford Bulldogs | 22/23 |
21 | | Micheal Jones | R | (1981-09-04) 4 September 1981 (age 42) | England | 2022 | 22/23 |
55 | | Ross Kennedy | R | (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 26) | St Asaph, Wales | 2022 from Leeds Knights | 22/23 |
91 | | Marc Lovell | L | (1982-06-02) 2 June 1982 (age 42) | Chester, England | 2012 from Flintshire Freeze | 22/23 |
2021/22 Outgoing
Outgoing |
No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Leaving For |
References
- ^ "Deeside Dragons at eliteprospects.com". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ a b Powell, Dave (17 February 2016). "Deeside Dragons crowned Laidler Conference champions". Chesterchronicle. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Aspray Chester Title Sponsors of Deeside Dragons".
- ^ "Deeside Dragons Ice Hockey team bought by Red Hockey – Deeside.com". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ^ 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.
Governing bodies | |
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Elite League | |
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National Ice Hockey League | National League | |
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North Division 1 | |
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South Division 1 | |
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North Division 2 | |
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South Division 2 | |
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Scottish National League | |
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Women's National Ice Hockey League | WNIHL Elite | |
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WNIHL Premier | - Bracknell Firebees
- Cardiff Comets
- Chelmsford Cobras
- Kingston Diamonds B
- Milton Keynes Falcons
- Sheffield Shadows
- Swindon TopCats
- Whitley Squaws
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Division 1 North | - Grimsby Wolves
- Nottingham Vipers B
- Sheffield Shadows B
- Solway Sharks Ladies
- Telford Wrekin Raiders
- Widnes Wild Women
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Division 1 South | - Coventry Phoenix
- Oxford Midnight Stars
- Peterborough Penguins
- Slough Sirens
- Solent Amazons
- Streatham Storm B
- Swindon TopCats B
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