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Elgin
Ice Hockey Club was formed in 1993 by a group of youngsters
and their parents who were keen to see Ice Hockey developed
in the Moray area and as the Moray Leisure Centre has
only been opened in 1991, many of these youngsters had
to develop their skating skills from scratch.
Elgin Ice Hockey Club has come a long way since the
early days and although we are a small Club in terms
of numbers, we have established ourselves as a competitive
Club that can hold its own against many of the larger
clubs in the league.
Over the years Elgin Ice Hockey Club has been extremely
lucky to have the services of committed Coaches who
give their time week in, week out for no monetary gain
to ensure that our young players have the skills to
be able to compete with enthusiasm and commitment in
this fast and exciting sport.
In addition, links have been forged with teams and Coaches
from the Czech Republic who have passed on their skills
and expertise to our Coaches and young players. A number
of the Club’s players have had the opportunity
to train and play for a Czech team and have returned
with some valuable skills that they in turn have since
passed on to other members of the Club. There is also
an annual Best of British Hockey School held in Elgin.
At present Elgin Ice Hockey Club have 3 teams competing
in the S.I.H.L.(Scottish Ice Hockey Ltd.) League. They
are, Elgin Ospreys (U12s), Elgin Sky Pirates (U14s)
and Elgin Devil’s (U16s). In addition, there are
the Elgin Scorpions (U10s) who play “friendly”
games as well as taking part in cross ice tournaments
and other Competitions.
There is also an SNL (Scottish National League) team,
which has proved very popular with older players who
are still keen to play competitive Ice Hockey. |