Dundee Tigers
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The Dundee Tigers are a Scottish ice hockey team, based in the city of Dundee. The present team play in the Scottish National League, and have won the competition once. Earlier incarnations of the Tigers have won numerous titles since the late 1930s.
[edit] History
The first Dundee Tigers team was founded in 1938. The Tigers played in the Scottish National League from 1946 to 1954, and in the British National League from 1954-55. The team was based at Kingsway Rink, and wore a blue, red and white strip. The Tigers won the Scottish National League in 1938-39, 1939-40 and 1948-49. The original Tigers last played in 1955.
A second Dundee Tigers team was founded in 1987. They played in the British Hockey League Premier Division 1987-88, before being renamed the Tayside Tigers in 1988. Again, they played at Kingsway Rink in blue, red and white.
The Dundee Tigers played in the Scottish Under-21 League in the late 1990s.
The present Dundee Tigers have played in the Scottish National League since 2000. They are based at the Dundee Ice Arena along with the Dundee Stars, and play in white, gold and black. The Tigers won the Scottish National League 2000-01.
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