UCL Yetis

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UCL Yetis
City London, England
League British Universities Ice Hockey Association (BUIHA)
DivisionChecking Division 1 South (from 2026–27)
Founded2006
Home arena Streatham Ice Rink
ColoursSky blue, purple, white
Website studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/ice-club

The UCL Yetis are a student ice hockey club at University College London (UCL) in London, England. Founded in 2006, the club is affiliated with the Students' Union UCL and competes in the British Universities Ice Hockey Association (BUIHA). It fields three teams at different experience levels. Their annual match against the Imperial College Devils, known as the London Ice Varsity, is able to host over 600 spectators each year. [1]

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History

The UCL Yetis joined the British Universities Ice Hockey Association in 2011. [2] The A team entered divisional play and rose through the divisions, winning the Division 3 title in 2012–13, the club's first championship. [2]

In 2014–15 the A team won the BUIHA Division 2 title and the Tier 2 National Championship in the same season, [2] then won Division 2 again in 2016–17. [2]

In 2025–26 the A team went unbeaten through Checking Division 2 South, winning all six games with a goal difference of +80 to take the title and earn promotion to Checking Division 1 South for 2026–27. [3] Ayush Lohia led the division in points (29) and goals (16); Ivan Taradin led in assists (18). [3]

Club structure

The club runs three teams at different experience levels. [2]

A Team

The A team is the club's top squad. After winning the Checking Division 2 South title unbeaten in 2025–26, the team moves to Checking Division 1 South in 2026–27. They also won the BUIHA Division 2 title in 2014–15 and 2016–17, and the Tier 2 National Championship in 2014–15. [2]

B Team

The B team (known informally as the "Betis") takes players with moderate experience and those coming up through the C team. The Betis won the BUIHA Division 2 Non-Checking title in 2015–16 and the Tier IV National Championship in 2019. [2]

C Team

The C team (known informally as the "Cetis") is open to complete beginners and those returning to the sport. It competes against other London university teams and is the club's main entry point for new players. The Cetis won the Tier 4 National Championship in 2021–22. [2]

Club leadership

The following positions are current as of the 2025–26 season. [2]

RoleName
Club PresidentJames Newbold-Comyns
Fixtures SecretaryJames Newbold-Comyns
TreasurerMarvin Hsu
A Team CaptainQuinn Clubb
A Team Alternate CaptainSvatoslav Outulný
A Team Alternate CaptainMarvin Hsu
B Team CaptainSophia Wigmore-Lopez
C Team CaptainFin Ross

Facilities

All teams train at Streatham Ice Rink in South London on Wednesday afternoons (13:45–15:45). [2]

London Ice Varsity

The London Ice Varsity is an annual ice hockey match between the UCL Yetis and the Imperial College Devils. It was first played in 2013 at Brixton Ice Rink, after both clubs were placed in the same BUIHA division. [1] The match has since moved to Streatham Ice Rink, which both clubs use as their home rink, which has a capacity of over 600 spectators each year. [1]

In 2014 the Yetis lost the match in a sudden-death penalty shootout. [4] Imperial won the 2019 edition 6–3. [1] UCL covered the 2017 match on its official news channel. [5]

The Yetis won the 2024–25 edition in a shootout. The 2025–26 fixture is to be on 13 March 2026. There is a figure skating performance during every intermission: UCL Frostbite, the KCL Wolves, and the Imperial College figure skating team historically perform during intermissions. [6]

SeasonDateUCLImperialNotes
2012–131 Mar 2013 [7] 37
2013–1428 Feb 2014 [8] 44Imperial won shootout
2014–1520 Mar 2015 [9] 42
2015–1618 Mar 2016 [10] 92
2016–173 Mar 2017 [11] 36
2017–182 Mar 2018 [12] 310
2018–191 Mar 2019 [13] ——No result recorded
2019–20———Cancelled (COVID-19)
2020–21———No fixture
2021–2218 Mar 2022 [14] 35
2022–2310 Mar 2023 [15] 86
2023–2415 Mar 2024 [16] 49
2024–257 Mar 2025 [17] 44UCL won shootout
2025–2613 Mar 2026TBDTBDScheduled 13 March 2026

Team records

A Team season-by-season

The following table records the performance of the UCL Yetis A Team in BUIHA league and cup competition. [2]

SeasonDivisionGPWLTGDPtsFinish
2012–13Checking 3 South6510+40101st
2013–14Checking 2 South10451–194th
2014–15Checking 2 South8530+21101st
2015–16Checking 1 South8161–2635th
2016–17Checking 2 South8710+57141st
2017–18Checking 1 South8080–13005th
2018–19Checking 2 South6060–3904th
2019–20Checking 2 South7250–444th
2022–23Checking 1 South10460–9785th
2023–24Checking 1 South6060–5904th
2024–25Checking 1 South8170–35–10 [18] 5th
2025–26Checking 2 South6600+80121st

B Team season-by-season

SeasonDivisionGPWLTGDPtsFinish
2015–16Non-Checking 2 South8800+86161st
2016–17Non-Checking 1 South8530+19102nd
2017–18Non-Checking 1 South8080–17505th
2018–19Non-Checking 2 South10640+49123rd
2019–20Non-Checking 1 South9450–1584th
2022–23Non-Checking 2 South6060–6504th
2023–24Non-Checking 2 South120120–14207th
2024–25Non-Checking 2 South12480–272 [19] 6th
2025–26Non-Checking 3 South6330+563rd

C Team season-by-season

SeasonDivisionGPWLTGDPtsFinish
2017–18Non-Checking 3 South8161–6835th
2018–19Non-Checking 3 South9090–145010th
2019–20Non-Checking 3 South6033–1134th

Honours

The Yetis compete annually in the BUIHA National Championships held at iceSheffield. The club has won three national titles across different tiers.

A Team

B Team

C Team

Statistics

All statistics are sourced from the British Universities Ice Hockey Association. [2] Figures represent Cup Competition totals only. Challenge, Varsity, and Nationals games are excluded.

All-time leaders

A Team

CategoryPlayerValue
PointsGuido De Boer83
GoalsGuido De Boer52
AssistsChris Fox36
PIMMark Ongemakh70
PPG (min. 10 GP)Guido De Boer3.95

Top 5 all-time points scorers (A Team):

RankPlayerGPGAPTSPPG
1Guido De Boer215231833.95
2Chris Fox233336693.00
3Mark Ongemakh242712391.63
4David Persson132311342.62
5Ruslan Ponomarev231418321.39

B Team

CategoryPlayerValue
PointsLeroy Hung44
GoalsLeroy Hung28
AssistsPhilip Edwards / Leroy Hung16
PIMCharles Olley40
PPG (min. 10 GP)Leroy Hung2.93

Top 5 all-time points scorers (B Team):

RankPlayerGPGAPTSPPG
1Leroy Hung152816442.93
2Charles Olley202414381.90
3Lawrence Yolland142411352.50
4Modaser Anwary17249331.94
5Philip Edwards81316293.63

C Team

CategoryPlayerValue
PointsMatthias David8
GoalsMatthias David / Ben Freeman / David Kubánek6
AssistsOliver Cole4
PIMWilliam Watson18
PPGBen Freeman1.75

Top 5 all-time points scorers (C Team):

RankPlayerGPGAPTSPPG
1Matthias David86281.00
2Ben Freeman46171.75
3David Kubánek56171.40
4Marcus Chow65161.00
5Victoria Heyes81340.50

Single-season records

A Team

CategoryPlayerValueSeason
PointsGuido De Boer482016–17
GoalsGuido De Boer292016–17
AssistsMarvin Hsu212025–26
PIMMark Ongemakh402013–14
PPGGuido De Boer6.862016–17

B Team

CategoryPlayerValueSeason
PointsPhilip Edwards292015–16
GoalsLawrence Yolland / Modaser Anwary162015–16, 2018–19
AssistsPhilip Edwards162015–16
PIMCharles Olley342019–20
PPGPhilip Edwards3.632015–16

C Team

CategoryPlayerValueSeason
PointsMatthias David82017–18
GoalsMatthias David / Ben Freeman / David Kubánek62017–18, 2018–19
AssistsVictoria Heyes32017–18
PIMWilliam Watson182019–20
PPGBen Freeman1.752017–18

Season-by-season leaders

A Team

SeasonPoints leaderGoals leaderAssists leaderPPG leaderPIM leader
2025–26 [20] Ayush Lohia (29)Ayush Lohia (16)Marvin Hsu (21)Ayush Lohia (4.83)Marvin Hsu / Svatoslav Outulný (14)
2024–25 [21] Kevin Barlow (5)Kevin Barlow / Maximilian Livshin (4)Svatoslav Outulný (4)Svatoslav Outulný / Georges Schmitz (0.67)Quinn Clubb (24)
2023–24 [22] Kevin Ji / Kosei Satoh (5)Kevin Ji (3)Kosei Satoh (4)Kevin Ji / Kosei Satoh (0.83)Quinn Clubb (8)
2022–23 [23] Morgan Wark (19)Morgan Wark (15)Maxwell Schipperheijn (6)Morgan Wark (2.71)Travis Campbell (27)
2019–20 [24] Harry Blake (23)Harry Blake (15)Aleksandrs Jekabsons (10)Harry Blake (3.29)Aleksandrs Jekabsons (18)
2018–19 [25] Aleksandrs Jekabsons (5)Aleksandrs Jekabsons (5)Umar Saleem (2)Aleksandrs Jekabsons (0.83)Aleksandrs Jekabsons (38)
2017–18 [26] David Persson (3)Aleksandrs Jekabsons (2)David Persson (2)Hanna Åström (0.50)Simon Kunin (12)
2016–17 [27] Guido De Boer (48)Guido De Boer (29)Chris Fox (18)Guido De Boer (6.86)Guido De Boer (35)
2015–16 [28] Maxime Tremblay (9)Chris Fox (4)Maxime Tremblay (6)Maxime Tremblay (1.13)Maxime Tremblay (30)
2014–15 [29] Chris Fox (24)Guido De Boer (15)Chris Fox (14)Chris Fox (4.00)Ruslan Ponomarev (33)
2013–14 [30] Mark Ongemakh (19)Mark Ongemakh (16)Ruslan Ponomarev / Guido De Boer (6)Guido De Boer (2.00)Mark Ongemakh (40)
2012–13 [31] Maxim Kozlov (22)Maxim Kozlov (18)Timothy Wong / Ruslan Ponomarev (7)Maxim Kozlov (5.50)Erik Scalfaro (22)

B Team

SeasonPoints leaderGoals leaderAssists leaderPPG leaderPIM leader
2025–26 [32] Leonard Lui (9)Leonard Lui (7)Alex Tam / Leo Saiu-Bell (3)Leonard Lui (1.80)Ivan Shalashilin (24)
2024–25 [33] Jeremy Au-Yeung (21)Jeremy Au-Yeung (19)Alex Wainwright (7)Jeremy Au-Yeung (2.10)Ruien Li / Abbey Li (4)
2023–24 [34] Jack Donovan (9)Jack Donovan (7)Alex Wainwright (3)Karri Heikkinen (1.00)Harvey Chadderton (12)
2022–23 [35] Gigi Laflamme / Karri Heikkinen (1)Gigi Laflamme (1)Karri Heikkinen (1)Gigi Laflamme / Karri Heikkinen (1.00)—
2019–20 [36] Leroy Hung (18)Leroy Hung (13)Leroy Hung (5)Leroy Hung (2.57)Charles Olley (34)
2018–19 [37] Charles Olley (27)Modaser Anwary (16)Charles Olley (13)Leroy Hung (3.25)David Kubánek (12)
2017–18 [38] Charles Olley (4)Charles Olley (4)Keshav Iyengar / Joseph Lee (1)Philip Marshall-Lockyer (1.00)Rory Hughes (10)
2016–17 [39] Lawrence Yolland / Nick Reilly (12)Nick Reilly (9)Lawrence Yolland / Jack Caswell (4)Lawrence Yolland (1.71)Jack Caswell (12)
2015–16 [40] Philip Edwards (29)Lawrence Yolland (16)Philip Edwards (16)Philip Edwards (3.63)Keir Ovington (20)

C Team

SeasonPoints leaderGoals leaderAssists leaderPPG leaderPIM leader
2019–20 [41] Marcus Chow (6)Marcus Chow (5)Oliver Cole (2)Marcus Chow (1.00)William Watson (18)
2018–19 [42] David Kubánek (7)David Kubánek (6)Oliver Cole / Wei Kang Tan (2)David Kubánek (1.40)Wassili Korobitsyn (4)
2017–18 [43] Matthias David (8)Matthias David / Ben Freeman (6)Victoria Heyes (3)Ben Freeman (1.75)Matthias David / Ben Freeman (2)

Record scorelines

Biggest wins

RankMarginScoreOpponentTeamDate
1+3435–1Oxford VikingsA Team6 Nov 2016 [44]
2+3132–1Cardiff RedhawksA Team31 Jan 2026 [45]
3+3030–0Cambridge Women's BluesB Team23 Jan 2016 [46]
4+2121–0Southampton Spitfires CB Team5 Mar 2016 [46]
5+1719–2UEA AvalancheA Team5 Dec 2012 [47]
6+1415–1Oxford VikingsA Team24 Jan 2026 [45]
7+1314–1Southampton Spitfires BA Team7 Feb 2015 [48]
8+1316–3Cardiff RedhawksA Team17 Jan 2026 [45]
9+1011–1Oxford VikingsA Team2 Nov 2025 [45]
10+1012–2Cardiff RedhawksA Team15 Feb 2015 [48]

Biggest losses

RankMarginScoreOpponentTeamDate
1–260–26London DragonsA Team17 Feb 2018 [49]
2–210–21Cambridge BluesA Team4 Feb 2018 [49]
3–210–21Oxford VikingsC Team10 Feb 2018 [50]
4–190–19Oxford VikingsC Team3 Feb 2018 [50]
5–180–18Oxford University BluesA Team20 Jan 2018 [49]
6–160–16London DragonsA Team28 Oct 2017 [49]
7–153–18Cardiff RedhawksA Team27 Jan 2018 [49]
8–142–16Oxford University BluesA Team10 Feb 2018 [49]
9–141–15Oxford University BluesA Team17 Feb 2024 [51]
10–140–14Oxford VikingsC Team28 Jan 2018 [50]

See also

References

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