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]
Past Club Presidents & Captains
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.
* 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.
* 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
Membership Universities
Students from the following universities can join the club as Full Members:[8]
