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London Dragons | |
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City | London, United Kingdom |
League | BUIHA |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Division | A-Team - Div 1 Checking B-Team - Div 1 Non-Checking C-Team - Div 3 Non-Checking |
Founded | 2002 |
Home arena | Lee Valley Ice Centre |
Colours | Red, White, and Black |
Owner(s) | Angela Jelfs |
General manager | Michael D'Aprix |
Head coach | A-Team - Clive Vergnaud B-Team - Kalle Uusitalo C-Team - Kalle Uusitalo |
Captain | A-Team - Matt Holowko B-Team - Jacob Finnilä C-Team - Emmu Salo |
Website | LondonDragons.com |
Franchise history | |
2005 - Present | London Dragons |
2002 - 2005 | London Purples |
The University of London Dragons, formerly known as the University of London Union Purples, are a British student ice hockey team based in London, England. [1] They compete in three divisions under the British Universities Ice Hockey Association. Dragons are the most successful student ice hockey team in the history of British university ice hockey.
Dragons A have won the Division 1 playoff final (or SuperFinal) in 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and the Tier 1 Nationals tournament in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2012. Dragons B have also been performing increasingly better in recent years and the development squad, Dragons C, was the runner-up in the Tier 5 Nationals Tournament of 2018. [2] [3] [4]
Club Presidents
Season | Name |
2002–03 | Terry Han |
2003–04 | Matt LeRiche |
2004–05 | Viktor Pesenti |
2005–06 | Don Needham |
2006–07 | Carlos Davila |
2007–08 | James O'Brien |
2008–09 | Nils Paajanen |
2009–10 | Nils Paajanen |
2010–11 | Felix Franck |
2011–12 | Tom Liddell |
2012–13 | Donald MacPherson |
2013–14 | Henrik England |
2014–15 | Artur Fedotovs |
2015–16 | Bobby Gard-Storry |
2016–17 | Bobby Gard-Storry |
2017–18 | Michael Armitage |
2018–19 | Joshua Stones |
2019–20 | Michael D'Aprix |
Past Captains A hyphen means that the team didn't play that year. There also were no records of the first two Captains of the Dragons B-team.
Season | Dragons A | Dragons B | Dragons C |
2002–03 | Terry Han | - | - |
2003–04 | Russell Ellis | ? | - |
2004–05 | Vicente Garcia | ? | - |
2005–06 | Vicente Garcia | Thomas Sheppard | - |
2006–07 | Don Needham | Daniel Phillips | - |
2007–08 | Dmitry Strusevich | Dennis Vinokourov | - |
2008–09 | Dmitry Strusevich | James Carpenter | - |
2009–10 | Dmitry Strusevich | Sebastian Meng | - |
2010–11 | Dmitry Strusevich | Sebastian Meng | - |
2011–12 | Kalle Uusitalo | Tom Liddell | - |
2012–13 | Kalle Uusitalo | Michal Barabas | - |
2013–14 | Kalle Uusitalo | - | - |
2014–15 | Kalle Uusitalo | Max Pinkney | - |
2015–16 | Matthew Arnold | Max Pinkney | - |
2016–17 | Samuli Kanerva | Anton Olsson | Gabe Osterheut |
2017–18 | Samuli Kanerva | Anton Olsson | Joshua Stones |
2018–19 | Michael D'Aprix | Anton Olsson | Caroline O'Riordan |
2019–20 | Nicolas Carnovale | Viktor Finnilä | Emmu Salo |
Committee 2019-20
London Dragons A - 2019-20 [5]
The rosters are accurate as of December, 2019.
Nationality | # | Name | Position | Birthplace |
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39 | Tourenne, Romain | G | Saintes, FRA | |
Preisinger, Kristof | D | Budapest, HUN | ||
55 | Bessner, Nathan | D | Toronto, ON, CAN | |
46 | Kim, Nicholas | D | New City, NY, USA | |
52 | Kryatalov, Mikhail | D | Cherepovets, RUS | |
63 | Nykstelis, Marius | D | Kaunas, LTU | |
65 | Baillis, Luc | D | Paris, FRA | |
80 | Carnovale, Nicolas | D | Toronto, ON, CAN | |
23 | Holowko, Matt (C) | D | Vancouver, BC, CAN | |
92 | Nguenti, Mark | D | Silver Spring, MD, USA | |
Nádraský, Daniel | F | Letnany, CZE | ||
16 | Minajevs, Aleksandrs | F | Jurmala, LAT | |
19 | Girard, Raphael (A) | F | Montreal, QC, CAN | |
20 | Zdatny, Samuel | F | Chicago, IL, USA | |
24 | Rehak, Omar | F | London, GBR | |
29 | Daly, Connor | F | Hong Kong, CHN | |
47 | Kolosnicins, Ilija | F | Riga, LAT | |
62 | Yiu, Justin | F | Hong Kong, CHN | |
97 | D'Aprix, Michael | F | Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Team Management | ||
Clive Vergnaud | Head coach | Geneva |
Lukas Frlicka | Assistant coach | Spišská Nová Ves |
Kalle Uusitalo | Assistant coach / Media Officer | Kangasala |
Yasin Sridhar | Compliance Officer | London, ON |
London Dragons B - 2019-20 [6]
The rosters are accurate as of December, 2019.
Nationality | # | Name | Position | Birthplace |
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/ | 35 | Sintoni, Christian | G | Rome, ITA |
39 | Girard, Raphael | G | Montreal, QC, CAN | |
Nicolai Lepota | D | RUS | ||
4 | Poon, Ryan | D | ||
18 | Olsson, Bo Anton | D | Uppsala, SWE | |
37 | Mowbray, Matthew | D | Peterborough, GBR | |
62 | Reid, Keir | D | Glasgow, SCO | |
75 | Jung, Eojinbyul "JJ" | D | Seoul, KOR | |
76 | Stones, Joshua (A) | D | Poole, GBR | |
Tourenne, Romain | F | Saintes, FRA | ||
Shahabuddin, Syed | F | Kuala Lumpur, MYS | ||
2 | Shafiqullah, Ahmad | F | Harstad, NOR | |
7 | Castillo, Brayan | F | Bogota, COL | |
8 | Nozaki, Daisuke | F | Tokyo, JPN | |
/ | 9 | Goeggel, Simon | F | Dornbirn, AUT |
/ | 15 | Khan, Armaan | F | Dubai, UAE |
16 | Finnilä, Jacob Viktor (C) | F | Helsinki, FIN | |
/ | 17 | Chan, Arthur | F | Hong Kong, CHN |
61 | Hajduk, Roman Jr | F | Zilina, SVK | |
66 | Noake, James (A) | F | Ruislip, GBR | |
71 | Caswell, Jack | F | Tredegar, WAL |
Team Management | ||
Kalle Uusitalo | Head coach | Kangasala |
Mikhail Kryatalov | Assistant coach | Cherepovets |
Aleksandrs Minajevs | Assistant coach | Jurmala |
Marius Nykstelis | Assistant coach | Kaunas |
London Dragons C - 2019-20 [7]
The rosters are accurate as of December, 2019.
Nationality | # | Name | Position | Birthplace |
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Zdatny, Samuel | G | Chicago, IL, USA | ||
/ | 1 | Chan, Arthur | G | Hong Kong, CHN |
24 | Walker, James | D | Solihull, GBR | |
26 | Salo, Emmu (C) | D | Vantaa, FIN | |
42 | Coates, Louis | D | Edinburgh, SCO | |
50 | Butler, Robert | D | Norwich, GBR | |
13 | Snashall, Shaina | F | Chippenham, GBR | |
28 | Rogers, Riot | F | Bad Soden, GER | |
31 | Jaworska, Anna Maria | F | Wroclaw, POL | |
41 | Adams, Francis | F | London, GBR | |
44 | Rees, Sarah (A) | F | Burton-on-Trent, GBR | |
62 | Norris, Rebecca | F | Luton, GBR | |
77 | Stute, Ciara | F | Arnsberg, GER | |
89 | Nevile, Charlie | F | London, GBR | |
99 | Felix, Carl (A) | F | Los Baños, PHL |
Team Management | ||
Kalle Uusitalo | Head coach | Kangasala |
Mikhail Kryatalov | Assistant coach | Cherepovets |
Aleksandrs Minajevs | Assistant coach | Jurmala |
Marius Nykstelis | Assistant coach | Kaunas |
# | Name | Position | Birthplace | Achievements | Notes |
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11 | Clive Vergnaud | D | BUIHA Division 1 Playoff Champion *2005, 2008 *2017 (as a coach) BUIHA Tier 1 Nationals Champion *2008 & 2013 | * Won the coveted BUIHA Double (Division 1 & Tier 1 Nationals championships) in 2008 * Has won Division 1 titles both as a player and a coach * Played for Dragons on three occasions over 10 years. | |
23 | Max Pinkney | D | Head of the Dragons Development Academy * 2013-16 | * Coached both Dragons B & C teams (2013–16) * Dragons B captain 2014-16 | |
88 | Kalle "Crazy Viking" Uusitalo | RW | BUIHA Division 1 Playoff Champion *2010, 2013 & 2015 *2017 (as a coach) BUIHA Tier 1 Nationals Champion *2012 | * Served as the Dragons A Captain for four seasons (2011-2015) * Has won Division 1 titles both as a player and a coach * Play-by-play / Color commentator for BUIHA during Nationals Tournaments |
Students from the following universities can join the club as Full Members: [8]
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