Dublin Rams

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Dublin Rams
League Irish Ice Hockey League
Founded 2007
History Dublin Rams
2007-Present
Arena Dundalk Ice Dome
Capacity 1,200
City Dublin, Ireland
Team Colours White, Blue & Black
Head coach Roy Cooper
Manager Ashley Moore
Club President Cliff Saunders
Club Sponsors NASN, Tyrell.ie, U-Design

The Dublin Rams are an ice hockey team in the Irish Ice Hockey League.[1] One of five teams in the newly formed league, they are coached by Roy Cooper.[2]

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[edit] History

The Rams were created in February 2007 to add depth to the newly created Irish League. Their home rink is the Dundalk Ice Dome and they are one of three teams that play out of Dublin. The Flyers IHC and Latvian Hawks are also based in Dublin. Their Club President, Cliff Saunders, is also the President of the Irish Ice Hockey Association. In addition, the Rams have a B team in the IIHL Development Division.

In the 2007-08 season the Rams finished with 11 wins, 1 overtime loss, and 4 losses, and were positioned in 2nd place in the IIHL with 34 points. The Rams were the only team during the regular season to defeat the Dundalk Bulls when they did so on February 16th, 2008. The Dublin Rams went on to defeat the Flyers IHC in the IIHL semi finals by a score of 4-1. In the final, the Rams lost to the Dundalk Bulls by a score of 6-3 in a well-fought game. At the end of the season Aaron Cuskeran was voted most outstanding player of the squad as well as the most popular with his peers .

[edit] Current roster

As of February 15th, 2007:[3]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
3 Flag of Canada Sean Gibson L 2007 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
1 Flag of Canada Eric Tobia L 2007 Cloyne, Ontario, Canada
Defensemen
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
20 Flag of Canada Bret Dilabbio L 2007 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
13 Flag of Canada Andrew Gannon R 2007 St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
28 Flag of Canada Adrian Huang L 2007 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16 Flag of Canada Brent Trull R 2007 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9 Flag of the Czech Republic Radek Ohnheiser L 2007 Opava, Czech Republic
22 Flag of the Czech Republic Michal Ohnheiser R 2007 Opava, Czech Republic
6 Flag of Ireland Cliff Saunders L 2007 Dublin, Ireland
14 Flag of Ireland Ross O'Driscoll R 2007 Cork, Ireland
7 Flag of Slovakia Daniel Ferencik L 2007 Slovakia
Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
15 Flag of Canada Hunter Cape C L 2007 Toronto, Canada
23 Flag of Canada Brandon Chalazan C R 2007 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
5 Flag of Canada Matt Hearn F L 2007 St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
21 Flag of Canada Andrew Moriarty F L 2007 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
11 Flag of Canada Aaron Murphy F L 2007 St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
10 Flag of Canada Paul Silny F L 2007 Toronto, Ontario,Canada
17 Flag of the Czech Republic Tomas Burdys F R 2007 Czech Republic
12 Flag of Ireland Aaron Cuskeran F R 2007 Dundonald, Northern Ireland
25 Flag of Lithuania Arsenas Zikas F L 2007 Lithuania
27 Flag of Slovakia Marek Kovacik F L 2007 Slovakia
19 Flag of Slovakia Peter Hudec F R 2007 Slovakia
8 Flag of Slovakia Peter Cseplo F L 2007 Slovakia
18 Flag of Slovakia Tomas Pajtina F L 2007 Slovakia

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] IIHL Teams. Irish Ice Hockey Association. 2008.
  2. ^ [2] Dublin Rams Official. Retrieved Oct. 23, 2007.
  3. ^ http://www.dublinrams.com/html/?Page=cm_team