Coventry Phoenix
| Coventry Phoenix | |
|---|---|
| City | Coventry, United Kingdom |
| League | Women's Division One (North) |
| Division | Division One (North) |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Home arena |
SkyDome Arena, Coventry Capacity: 2800 Ice size: 58m x 28x |
| Colours | Purple and White |
| Head coach | Chuck Grieve, Dave Ady |
| Captain | Hannah Bridges |
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Website www.phoenix-hockey.co.uk | |
Coventry Phoenix is the name of Coventry's only female ice hockey team. The team was established in 2003, and currently competes in Division One (North) of the British Women's Leagues.[1] They play out of the SkyDome Arena, in city centre Coventry, the same venue as the Coventry Blaze men's professional ice hockey teams.
History
Phoenix finished 5th in the Division 1 North league in 2008, and were the only team to not lose to the ultimate league winners of the league, Nottingham.
Coventry competed in a total of four tournaments, twice in Milton Keynes, finishing 6th of 8 teams in 2004 and runner-up in 2005. In addition to this they have played twice outside of Great Britain, both times at a tournament in Tallinn, Estonia hosted by the HC Dreamland Queens. In 2004 they finished 4th of 5 teams, and in 2005 finished 7th out of 8 teams.
References
- ↑ Wheeler, Paul (16 July 2010). "Ice hockey is not just for boys in Coventry". BBC News (BBC). Retrieved 18 November 2013.