Oxford University Ice Hockey Club
Oxford University Blues BUIHA | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Division | Division 1 (Checking) |
Founded | 1885 |
Home arena | Oxford Ice Rink Capacity: 1,025 Ice size: 184 x 85 feet |
Colours | Dark Blue and White |
President | Jakub Ulik |
Captain | Men's Blues: Shaan Baig;[2] Women's Blues: Emma Walker-Silverman and Leanne Iorio |
Website | http://oxforduniversityicehockey.com/ |
The Oxford University Ice Hockey Club (OUIHC) is home to the Men’s and Women’s Blues ice hockey teams of the
History
The oldest surviving evidence of their existence is a team photo and roster from 1895, when they played Cambridge in another bandy match at
In 1931, the team entered the first English League, winning both the inaugural season and the second. When the league disbanded in 1936, they did not follow most of the teams into the English National League, but in 1938 joined the lower level London and Provincial League. From 1948 to 55, they played in the Southern Intermediate League. After a long break from league competition, they entered two seasons of the Southern League in the 1970s, then joined the Inter-City League and finally played in the first season of the British Hockey League. In 2004 the Blues joined the British Universities Ice Hockey Association league.[citation needed] Today the team is based at the Oxford Ice Rink, and continues to compete in Division One of the BUIHA, as well as playing the annual Varsity Match against Cambridge.[citation needed]
Notable former players
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The Club attracts many Canadian students at Oxford, with most of its prominent former players assuming visible roles in Canadian public life.
- Mark Carney (Captain) - former Governor of the Bank of England and former Governor of the Bank of Canada; current United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance
- Foreign Minister of Canada and Nobel Peace PrizeLaureate
- Nobel Prize in Economics
- Roland Michener - former Governor General of Canada
- James Coyne - former Governor of the Bank of Canada
- David Lametti (Captain) - Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Otto Lang - former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Clarence Campbell - president of the National Hockey League from 1946 to 1977
- Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- H. Ian Macdonald - former President of York University and Chairman of Hockey Canada (1987-1994), responsible for Canada's Olympic and World Championship hockey programme
- George F. Stanley - former Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswickand designer of the current Canadian flag
- Danny Williams - former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Allan Blakeney - former Premier of Saskatchewan
- Robert Gordon Robertson - former Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and Chancellor of Carleton University
- Rhodes Trust[9]
- Second World War
- Edward Pitblado - Olympic ice hockey bronze medallist
- positron-emission tomographyfor medical imaging
- Gordon Blair - former judge, Member of Parliament and president of the Royal Canadian Legion
- Ramsay Gunton - former president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario[citation needed]
- David Tedone - Chief Operating Officer at TalentUp Africa and former President of the Texas A&M University Ice Hockey team.
References
- ^ a b BUIHA Website Listing "Oxford University Blues", Retrieved on 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University Blues at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
- Ottawa Hockey Club pre-date its organization in 1885, and competed in the Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournaments which started in 1883. see Amateur Hockey Association of Canada.
- ^ Phil Drackett, Flashing Blades
- ^ Oxford University Ice Hockey Club: Murky Beginnings
- ^ "Oxford Blues: Past Results". Archived from the original on 31 October 2006.
- ^ a b c "Oxford Blues: History". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
- ^ Martin C. Harris, Homes of British Ice Hockey
- ^ "Philanthropist John McCall MacBain O.C. receives the University of Oxford's highest award". www.development.ox.ac.uk.