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British Universities Ice Hockey Association

Abbreviation| BUIHA
Formation| 2003
Legal status| Non-Profit Organisation
Purpose| British University Ice Hockey
Location|

* IceSheffield

Region served

| England, Wales & Scotland

Membership

| British University Ice Hockey Clubs (22 clubs)

Chairman

|  Andrew Miller

Secretary

|  Rob Grant

Fixtures Secretary

|  Richard Gray

Key people

|  Joe Staton

David Rogers

Nick Ivill

Essi Aittasalo

Alex Carmichael

Main organ

| BUIHA Executive Committee
Affiliations| British Universities and Colleges Sport
Website| BUIHA

The British Universities Ice Hockey Association was founded during the spring term 2003 by a group of hockey players from the universities of Oxford, London, Nottingham and Newcastle.

## History of the BUIHA

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The British Universities Ice Hockey Association, or BUIHA, was formed in response to the growing number of universities with ice hockey programmes in an effort to provide students with competitive ice hockey whilst at university, no matter what their level of play.

The notion to form the BUIHA first arose in Easter 2003. The idea was to simply form a divisional competition for the existing university teams. Development over the summer of 2003[1] led to a committee being put in place, a schedule being set and a number of teams signed up to take part in the first ever BUIHA University Cup. The National Championships was already an existing competition. Indeed, the 2003/04 formative season finished in style at the National Championships weekend where the then 13 member teams battled it out for The Rawlinson Plate & The Hopkins Plate.

The following season, to further the BUIHA objective of progression at all levels of the sport, the BUIHA introduced Division 3. Also joining the BUIHA in its second season were a number of new university teams, a number that would be again bolstered in its 3rd season, bringing the total teams for 2005-6 to 29.

The 2008/09 Season saw the Bristol Lions enter for the 1st time. The sole new entrant in the 2009/10 season were the newly formed Kent Knights, who arrived on the scene with an old friend lining up in a Knights roster. It was the time that Old Skool had ended his association with Imperial College Devils and was playing for his University for the very first time. The 2010/11 season saw the Oxford Women's Blues join their Cambridge counterparts in Division 3 South, and in 2012 we saw a team from St Andrews enter the National Championships in Tier II.

In the 2012/13 there was a change in cup competition structure, with Division 3 becoming Non-checking Division 1, and the addition of a third checking division. New teams joined the competition from UCL and University of East Anglia, and a reformed Northumbria team joined as the Kings. Unfortunately, the season started without the return of teams from Bristol and Huddersfield.

2013/14 Season saw the Birmingham Eagles finally gain recognition for their Students Guild, part of the deal saw the club rebranded as the Birmingham Lions to fall inline with the other sports clubs at the university.

## The National Championships

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The then secretary of the Oxford Vikings, Alexis Rawlinson, came up with the idea of organising a tournament for all the university ice hockey teams in the UK. At the time this was not such a daunting organisational prospect, given that there were only seven teams.

A few weeks later five teams (blues squads were not invited as they were above the standard of all other teams) gathered for a late night ice hockey session at Oxford Ice Rink starting at 11 pm and running all the way through to the morning. The result of this was a narrow Newcastle victory by one point over the Oxford Vikings. Newcastle arranged the next two events at the National Ice Centre (NIC) in Nottingham, which saw victories for Newcastle in 2002 and London in 2003.

For 2004, to recognise the contribution of Alexis to British University Ice Hockey, the top National Championship trophy was renamed the Rawlinson Plate.

2004 also saw the introduction of a 2nd Tier of competition due to the introduction of many new teams. The BUIHA is now host of a range of new teams from England, Scotland and Wales as well as the original seven that entered the first national championships in 2001. From 2005 onwards tier II was renamed The Hopkins Plate. From the start of the 2015 season onwards the Tier 3 national championship trophy is to be renamed the Miller Trophy to honour the ongoing work the chairman, Andrew Miller, puts into the job.

## The Cup competition

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Created in Autumn 2003 by the founding BUIHA committee the cup competition was envisioned as a league type competition available to university clubs in the UK.

Operating within the EIHA recreational section the clubs involved played a round robin format with the winner being declared at the end of the season as the team with the most points (using goal difference as a tie breaker).

Founding clubs of the initial two divisions (in alphabetical order) were:

Division 1

* Cambridge University Blues
* University of London Union Purples
* Nottingham Universities Mavericks A

Division 2

* Birmingham Eagles
* Cambridge University Eskimos
* Imperial College Devils
* Newcastle University Wildcats
* Nottingham Universities Mavericks B
* Oxford University Vikings
* University of Warwick Panthers

From the 2008/2009 season the BUIHA operated directly under the EIHA board after being awarded a section of their own and separating from the Rec section. This has led to several improvements to the way the organisation can operate.

## Team Great Britain

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Launched at the end of the 2004–5 season, Team Great Britain is the national university side that will compete against other national university sides, including competing at the bi-annual FISU World University Games. Mike Urquhart & Matt Bradbury have agreed to coach the team. Any person attending university anywhere in the world who is a UK & Northern Ireland citizen between the ages of 17 and 28 is able to play for the team. This disregards the level to which they have played the sport.

## Winners

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### Checking Division 1

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Year  | Cup Competition  | National Championship

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2001  | n/a  | Newcastle Wildcats
2002  | n/a  | Newcastle Wildcats
2003  | n/a  | London Dragons
2004  | Cambridge Blues  | Nottingham Mavericks
2005  | Nottingham Mavericks  | London Dragons
2006  | Nottingham Mavericks  | Nottingham Mavericks
2007  | Nottingham Mavericks  | Sheffield Bears
2008  | North  | South  | National Champion  |
Nottingham Mavericks  | London Dragons  | London Dragons  | London Dragons
2009  | Nottingham Mavericks  | Oxford Blues  | Oxford Blues  | Nottingham Mavericks
2010  | Newcastle Wildcats  | London Dragons  | Oxford Blues  | Sheffield Bears
2011  | Edinburgh Eagles  | London Dragons  | London Dragons  | Southampton Spitfires
2012  | Manchester Metros  | Oxford Blues  | Manchester Metros  | London Dragons
2013  | Edinburgh Eagles  | London Dragons  | London Dragons  | Sheffield Bears
2014  | Edinburgh Eagles  | Oxford Blues  | Oxford Blues  | Southampton Spitfires
2015  | Nottingham Mavericks  | London Dragons  | London Dragons  | Southampton Spitfires
2016  | Nottingham Mavericks  | Cambridge Blues  | Cambridge Blues  | Oxford Blues
2017  | St Andrews Typhoons  | London Dragons  | London Dragons  | Southampton Spitfires
2018  | St Andrews Typhoons  | Oxford Blues  | St Andrews Typhoons  | Oxford Blues
2019  | Edinburgh Eagles  | Cambridge Blues  | Edinburgh Eagles  | Sheffield Bears
2020  | Sheffield Bears  | London Dragons  | Cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic
2021  | No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic
2022  | No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic | St Andrews Typhoons
2023  | Nottingham Mavericks  | Oxford Blues  | Nottingham Mavericks  | Sheffield Bears

### Checking Division 2

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Year  | Cup Competition  | National Championship

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North  | South  | Playoffs
2004  | Newcastle Wildcats  | Nottingham Mavericks B  | n/a  | Sheffield Bears
2005  | Edinburgh Eagles  | Cambridge Eskimos  | n/a  | Nottingham Mavericks B
2006  | Nottingham Mavericks B  | Southampton Spitfires  | n/a  | Cardiff Redhawks
2007  | Northumbria Flames  | Birmingham Eagles B  | Birmingham Eagles B  | Oxford Vikings
2008  | Sheffield Bears B  | Nottingham Mavericks B  | Nottingham Mavericks B  | Northumbria Flames
2009  | North  | Central  | South  | Playoffs  |
Northumbria Flames  | Manchester Metros  | Cardiff Redhawks  | Northumbria Flames  | Manchester Metros
2010  | Hull Ice Hogs  | Manchester Metros  | Oxford Vikings  | Manchester Metros  | Manchester Metros
2011  | North  | South  | Playoffs  |
Sheffield Bears B  | Bristol Lions  | Bristol Lions  | Bradford Sabres
2012  | Hull Ice Hogs  | Cardiff Redhawks  | Hull Ice Hogs  | Huddersfield Ice Hawks
2013  | Sheffield Bears B  | Birmingham Eagles  | Birmingham Eagles  | St Andrews Typhoons
2014  | Northumbria Kings  | Oxford Vikings  | Oxford Vikings  | Oxford Vikings
2015  | St Andrews Typhoons  | UCLU Yetis  | St Andrews Typhoons  | UCLU Yetis
2016  | Birmingham Lions  | Cardiff Redhawks  | Birmingham Lions  | Sheffield Bears B
2017  | Leeds Gryphons  | UCLU Yetis  | Southampton Spitfires  | Hull Ice Hogs
2018  | Manchester Metros  | Southampton Spitfires  | Manchester Metros  | Manchester Metros
2019  | Leeds Gryphons  | Imperial Devils  | Imperial Devils  | Imperial Devils
2020  | Sheffield Bears B  | Southampton Spitfires  | Cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic
2021  | No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic
2022  | No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic | Edinburgh Eagles
2023  | Sheffield Bears B  | Glasgow Stags  | n/a  | Northumbria Kings

### Checking Division 3

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Year  | Cup Competition

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South
2013  | UCLU Yetis

### Non-Checking Division 1 (formerly Division 3)

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Year  | Cup Competition  | National Championship

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2006  | n/a  | Nottingham Mavericks C
2007  | Sheffield Bears C  | Cardiff Redhawks B
2008  | North  | South  | Playoffs  |
Northumbria Flames B  | Nottingham Mavericks C  | n/a  | Nottingham Mavericks C
2009  | Sheffield Bears C  | Cardiff Redhawks B  | Cardiff Redhawks B  | Cardiff Redhawks B
2010  | Sheffield Bears C  | Warwick Panthers B  | n/a  | Nottingham Mavericks C
2011  | Nottingham Mavericks C  | Warwick Panthers B  | Nottingham Mavericks C  | Warwick Panthers B
2012  | North  | Central  | South  | Playoffs  |
Edinburgh Beagles  | Nottingham Mavericks C  | Southampton Spitfires B  | Edinburgh Beagles  | Southampton Spitfires B
2013  | North  | South  | Playoffs  |
Northumbria Kings  | Southampton Spitfires B  | Southampton Spitfires B  | Northumbria Kings
2014  | Newcastle Wildcats  | Birmingham Lions B  | Newcastle Wildcats  | Northumbria Kings B
2015  | Northumbria Kings B  | Coventry and Warwick Panthers B  | Northumbria Kings B  | Northumbria Kings B
2016  | Sheffield Bears C  | Coventry and Warwick Panthers  | Coventry and Warwick Panthers  | Imperial Devils
2017  | Sheffield Bears C  | Southampton Spitfires B  | Sheffield Bears C  | Nottingham Mavericks C
2018  | Northumbria Kings B  | Southampton Spitfires B  | Southampton Spitfires B  | Kent Knights
2019  | Northumbria Kings B  | Southampton Spitfires  | Southampton Spitfires  | Southampton Spitfires
2020  | Sheffield Bears C  | London Dragons B  | Cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic
2021  | No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic
2022  | North  | South  | Playoffs  | Champion  | Vase
No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic | Sheffield Bears C  | Leeds Gryphons B
2023  | Northumbria Kings B  | Oxford Vikings  | Oxford Vikings  | Oxford Vikings  | Manchester Metros B

### Non-checking Division 2

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Year  | Cup Competition  | National Championship

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North  | South  | Playoffs  |
2013  | n/a  | Birmingham Eagles C  | n/a  | n/a
2014  | Northumbria Kings B  | n/a  | n/a  | Bradford Sabres B
2015  | Bradford Sabres B  | Coventry and Warwick Panthers C  | Bradford Sabres B  | Nottingham Mavericks B
2016  | Leeds Gryphons  | UCL Yetis B  | Leeds Gryphons  | Imperial Devils B
2017  | Northumbria Kings B  | Kent Knights  | Kent Knights  | Kent Knights
2018  | Leeds Gryphons B  | Cardiff Breadhawks  | Leeds Gryphons B  | Hull Ice Hogs
2019  | Bradford Sabres  | Oxford Vikings  | Oxford Vikings  | UCL Yetis B
2020  | Newcastle Wildcats B  | Southampton Spitfires B  | Cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic
2021  | No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic
2022  | North  | South  | Playoffs  | Champion  | Vase
No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic | Hull Ice Hogs  | Nottingham Mavericks D
2023  | Glasgow Stags B  | Cambridge Huskies  | n/a  | Leeds Gryphons B  | Cambridge Huskies

### Non-checking Division 3

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Year  | Cup Competition  | National Championship

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North  | South  | Playoffs  |
2015  | n/a  | n/a  | n/a  | Imperial Devils C
2016  | n/a  | n/a  | n/a  | Sheffield Bears E
2017  | n/a  | Cambridge Women’s Blues  | n/a  | Nottingham Mavericks D
2018  | n/a  | Oxford Vikings  | n/a  | UEA Avalanche
2019  | Nottingham Mavericks D  | Coventry and Warwick Panthers B  | Coventry and Warwick Panthers B  | Sheffield Bears E
2020  | Caledonia Steel Queens  | Birmingham Lions C  | Cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic
2021  | No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic
2022  | North  | South  | Playoffs  | Champion  | Vase
No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic | UCL Yetis C  | Manchester Metros C
2023  | n/a  | Oxford Vikings B  | n/a  | Sheffield Bears E  | Sheffield Bears F

### Non-Checking Division 4

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Year  | National Championship

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2018  | Oxford Vikings B
2019  | Imperial Devils C

### Women's

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Year  | National Championship

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2017  | Oxford Women's Blues
2018  | Nottingham Mavericks Women
2019  | Caledonia Steel Queens
2020  | Cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic
2021  | No competitions due to COVID19 pandemic
2022  | Caledonia Steel Queens
2023  | Champion  | Vase
Caledonia Steel Queens  | Cambridge Womens Blues

## Member teams

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Steel Queens

Stags

Redhawks

Oxford

Mavericks

Typhoons

Cambridge

Metros

Bears

Panthers

Eagles

Spitfires

Dragons

Devils

Yetis

Lions

Ice Hogs

Avalanche

Knights

Kings

Gryphons

Wildcats

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Locations of the BUIHA 2021–22 teams

Club | Foundation | Entry to BUIHA | Twitter feed | Home Rink

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Birmingham Lions

Formed as Birmingham Eagles

| 2001  | 2003  | @BrumEagles  | Solihull Ice Rink
Cambridge University Ice Hockey Club | 1885  | 2004  | @CUIHC  | Cambridge Ice Arena
Caledonia Steel Queens  | 2017  | 2017  | @Steel_queens  | Murrayfield Ice Rink
Cardiff Redhawks  | 2005  | 2005  | @CardiffRedHawks  | Ice Arena Wales
Coventry and Warwick Panthers  | 2002  | 2004  | @WarwickPanthers  | SkyDome Arena
Edinburgh Eagles | 2003  | 2004  | @EUIHC  | Murrayfield Ice Rink
Glasgow Stags  | 2019  | 2019  | @GlasgowStags  | Braehead Arena
Hull Ice Hogs

Formed as Hull Hawks

| 2007  | 2007  | @HUIHC  | Hull Arena
Imperial College Devils  | 2000  | 2003  | @Imperialdevils  | Streatham Ice Arena
Kent Knights  | 2009  | 2009  | @Kent_Knights  | Gillingham Ice Rink
Leeds Gryphons

Formed as Leeds Jaguars

| 2015  | 2015  | @LUUIHC  | Bradford Ice Arena
Manchester Metros

Formed as Manchester Metrostars

| 2001  | 2004  | @MancMetros  | Altrincham Ice Dome
Newcastle Wildcats | 1994  | 2003  | @NCL_Wildcats  | Whitley Bay Ice Rink
Nottingham Mavericks  | 2001  | 2003  | @NottsMavericks  | National Ice Centre
Northumbria Kings

Formed as Northumbria Flames

| 2001  | 2003  | @NthumbriaKings  | Whitley Bay Ice Rink
Oxford University Ice Hockey Club | 1885  | 2004  | @ouihcmensblues  | Oxford Ice Rink
Southampton Spitfires | 2002  | 2004  | @SpitfiresIIHC  | Planet Ice Silverdome Arena, Gosport Ice Rink
Sheffield Bears  | 2004  | 2004  | @SheffieldBears  | IceSheffield
Universities of London Dragons

Formed as ULU Purples

| 2002  | 2003  | @LondonDragons  | Lee Valley Ice Centre, Streatham Ice Arena
St Andrews Typhoons | 2011  | 2012  | @TyphoonsHockey  | Fife Ice Arena
University College London Union Yetis | 2011  | 2012  | @UCLice  | Streatham Ice Arena
University of East Anglia Avalanche  | 2011  | 2012  | @UEA_Avalanche  | Cambridge Ice Arena

## External links

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* British University Ice Hockey Association official web site

## References

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1. ^ THE 4Jul 2003

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Ice hockey in the United Kingdom

Governing bodies|

* English Ice Hockey Association
* Ice Hockey UK
* Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Association
* Scottish Ice Hockey

Elite League|

* Belfast Giants
* Cardiff Devils
* Coventry Blaze
* Dundee Stars
* Fife Flyers
* Glasgow Clan
* Guildford Flames
* Manchester Storm
* Nottingham Panthers
* Sheffield Steelers

National Ice Hockey League|

| National League|

* Bees IHC
* Bristol Pitbulls
* Hull Seahawks
* Leeds Knights
* Milton Keynes Lightning
* Peterborough Phantoms
* Raiders
* Sheffield Steeldogs
* Solway Sharks
* Swindon Wildcats
* Telford Tigers

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North Division 1|

* Billingham Stars
* Blackburn Hawks
* Nottingham Lions
* Solihull Barons
* Sutton Sting
* Whitley Warriors

South Division 1|

* Cardiff Fire
* Chelmsford Chieftains
* Invicta Dynamos
* Milton Keynes Thunder
* Oxford City Stars
* Raiders 2
* Slough Jets
* Solent Devils
* Streatham IHC

North Division 2|

* Altrincham Aces
* Blackburn Hawks 2
* Bradford Bulldogs
* Deeside Dragons
* Hull Jets
* Sheffield Senators
* Telford Tigers 2
* Widnes Wild

South Division 2|

* Basingstoke Buffalo
* Guildford Phoenix
* Haringey Huskies
* Invicta Mustangs
* Lee Valley Lions
* Peterborough Phantoms 2
* Solent Devils 2
* Streatham Hawks
* Swindon Wildcats 2

Scottish National League|

* Aberdeen Lynx
* Dundee Comets
* Dundee Tigers
* Edinburgh Capitals
* Kilmarnock Storm
* Kirkcaldy Kestrels
* North Ayrshire Wild
* Paisley Pirates

Women's National Ice Hockey League|

| WNIHL Elite|

* Bracknell Queen Bees
* Kingston Diamonds
* Nottingham Vipers
* Solihull Vixens
* Streatham Storm

|

WNIHL Premier|

* Bracknell Firebees
* Cardiff Comets
* Chelmsford Cobras
* Kingston Diamonds B
* Milton Keynes Falcons
* Sheffield Shadows
* Swindon TopCats
* Whitley Squaws

Division 1 North|

* Grimsby Wolves
* Nottingham Vipers B
* Sheffield Shadows B
* Solway Sharks Ladies
* Telford Wrekin Raiders
* Widnes Wild Women

Division 1 South|

* Coventry Phoenix
* Oxford Midnight Stars
* Peterborough Penguins
* Slough Sirens
* Solent Amazons
* Streatham Storm B
* Swindon TopCats B

British University Teams|

* Birmingham Lions
* Bradford Sabres
* Bristol Lions
* Caledonia Steel Queens
* Cambridge University Blues
* Cardiff Redhawks
* Coventry and Warwick Panthers
* Edinburgh Eagles
* Huddersfield Ice Hawks
* Hull Ice Hogs
* Imperial Devils
* Kent Knights
* Leeds Gryphons
* London Dragons
* Manchester Metros
* Newcastle Wildcats
* Northumbria Kings
* Nottingham Mavericks
* Oxford University Ice Hockey Club
* Sheffield Bears
* Southampton Spitfires
* St Andrews Typhoons
* UCL Yetis
* UEA Avalanche

Competitions|

* League Championship
* British Championship
* Challenge Cup
* Knockout Cup
* Varsity Match

Player awards|

* Alan Weeks Trophy
* Best British Forward
* British Netminder of the Year
* Coach of the Year Trophy
* Ice Hockey Annual Trophy
* Player of the Year Trophy
* Vic Batchelder Memorial Award

Defunct leagues
and competitions|

* British Ice Hockey Association
* Ahearne Cup
* Autumn Cup
* British Hockey League
* British National League (1954–60)
* British National League (1996–2005)
* English League
* English League North
* English National League
* English National League (1981–82)
* English Premier League
* Ice Hockey Superleague
* Inter-City League
* Northern League
* Northern League
* Scottish National League
* Scottish Premier Hockey League
* Southern League

Defunct teams|

* Aldershot Bullets
* Ayr Bruins
* Ayr Scottish Eagles
* Blackburn Eagles
* Blackpool Seagulls
* Brighton Tigers
* Cardiff Rage
* Castlereagh Knights
* Dumfries Vikings
* Dunfermline Vikings
* Dundee Rockets
* Durham City Wasps
* Durham Wasps
* Earls Court Rangers
* Edinburgh Capitals (SNL)
* Flintshire Freeze
* Fylde Flyers
* Harringay Greyhounds
* Harringay Racers
* Hull Pirates
* Hull Stingrays
* Hull Thunder
* Humberside Seahawks
* Isle of Wight Wildcats
* Kilmarnock Storm
* Lancashire Raptors
* Liverpool Leopards
* London Canadians
* London Lions
* London Knights
* London Racers
* Manchester Minotaurs
* Manchester Phoenix
* Manchester Storm (1995–2002)
* Medway Bears
* Milton Keynes Kings
* Moray Tornadoes
* Murrayfield Racers
* Murrayfield Racers (2018–2022)
* Newcastle Jesters
* Newcastle Vipers
* Niagara Ice Hockey Club
* Oxford Blades
* Peterborough Pirates
* Princes Ice Hockey Club
* Richmond Flyers
* Sheffield Lancers
* Sheffield Scimitars
* Sheffield Spartans
* Slough Jets ENL
* Southampton Vikings
* Stevenage Oilers
* Stevenage Sharks
* Stevenage Strikers
* Sunderland Chiefs
* Swindon TopCats B
* TDC Northern Stars
* Telford Tigers ENL
* Telford Titans
* Wembley Lions
* Wembley Monarchs
* Wightlink Buccaneers
* Wightlink Raiders
* Wightlink Tigers

Miscellaneous|

* Great Britain men's national ice hockey team
* Great Britain women's national ice hockey team
* British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
* Ice Hockey Journalists UK

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