Edinburgh Capitals

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Edinburgh Capitals

League	Elite Ice Hockey League
Founded	1998
History	Edinburgh Capitals 1998-Present
Arena	Murrayfield Ice Rink
Capacity	3,800
City	Edinburgh, Scotland
Team Colours	Blue, Red and White
Head coach	Scott Neil
Owner	Scott Neil
Team Captain	Martin Cingel

The Edinburgh Capitals are a Scottish Ice Hockey club based in the capital Edinburgh. The team play at the Murrayfield Ice Rink, close to Murrayfield Rugby stadium.

The Capitals are a successor club to the famous Murrayfield Racers team.

The team played in the British National League for most of their existence but in 2005-06 season they joined the Elite Ice Hockey League. They also run a 'B' team in the Scottish National League, which share their name; Edinburgh Capitals (SNL).

Their headline sponsor is HVS Flooring.

It was a difficult start for the Capitals in 05-06, with the roster unrecognisable from the team that finished bottom of the British National League the season before. The Capitals had collected only a small handful of wins as the half way point of the season approached.

However, changes made to the side towards the end of 2005, including the additions of Michael Kiesman, Mike Sandbeck and Peter Konder, helped turn the fortunes of the club around. The Capitals form improved dramatically in the second part of the season. The final game saw the Capitals and the Basingstoke Bison level on points, regulation wins and overall wins. In the end the Capitals 'won' the Wooden Spoon after an overtime defeat to the Belfast Giants coupled with the Bison's 3-0 away win over the Cardiff Devils.

At the end of their first Elite League season, Neil Stevenson-Moore received the Player of the Season Award, Matt Rich received Best British Player while Neil McCann received the Coach's Player of the Year Award.

Scott Neil will coach the Capitals for their second Elite League season. Previous coach, Tony Hand, left for rivals Manchester Phoenix at the end of the 2005-2006 season.