Ice Hockey Season Ireland

Over 450 children participated in iyhl programs last season.

Ice hockey season ireland. The league season usually starts at the beginning of october and ends in march april. As with previous years the iiha are administering their membership s registration through the gomembership portal. Ice hockey season suspended due to covid 19 the irish news ice hockey season suspended due to covid 19 the odyssey trust which owns the stena line belfast giants has confirmed that the. On monday s video conference call the ten teams of the elite ice hockey league unanimously agreed that they cannot commit to a 2020 21 league season starting on december 5th as previously planned and the season will be suspended.

Training in both ice and inline hockey they play ice hockey at junior levels only at cork on ice mahon point from november to january and inline the rest of the year round in little island sports complex. The first indoor arena was built in 1997 and a second was built in 2000. The belfast giants were the elite league title winners in the 2018 19 season all 10 member teams of the elite ice hockey league eihl have approved outline plans to resume the competition in. The elite ice hockey league is the top men s ice hockey league in the united kingdom with teams from england.

In 1987 the first outdoor ice arena was built with an artificial surface and a second was built three years later. Ice hockey belfast giants were the last title winners in 2018 19 with no title won last season the elite ice hockey league has announced the indefinite suspension of the 2020 21 season. The season commences on 01 september 2019 and ends on 31 august 2020. Foireann haca oighir náisiúnta na héireann is the national men s ice hockey team of the republic of ireland run by the irish ice hockey association and a member of the international ice hockey federation iihf since 26 september 1996.

The irish youth hockey league strives to provide an equal opportunity for all children to play organized hockey. The republic of ireland gained promotion to division ii of the iihf world championships in 2007 but after a worst performance in their division ii debut they were then relegated back to division iii. Membership for the 2019 20 season is now open. The league was formed in 1991 originally with three teams.

Established in 1969 the irish youth hockey league is a non profit volunteer run organization that operates youth ice hockey programs for the michiana area.