English Ice Hockey Association

Governing body of ice hockey in England and Wales

England

Association name	English Ice Hockey Association
IIHF Code	ENG
IIHF membership	Not an IIHF national member
englandicehockey.com

The old logo of EIH

England Ice Hockey (EIH), formerly the English Ice Hockey Association (EIHA),^[1] is the governing body of ice hockey in England and Wales. It was formed in 1982 and featured around 60 teams. EIH is one of several bodies regulating ice hockey in the United Kingdom, along with Scottish Ice Hockey (SIH), the Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Association (IHNI), and Ice Hockey UK, which governs the national ice hockey teams of Great Britain as a national member of the International Ice Hockey Association (IIHF). In 2016, support for uniting the associations under one central organization has been expressed by heads of each of the various organizations, but, as of 2020, there are no actionable plans to be executed in the near future.^[2]

Responsibilities

The leagues and areas for which EIH are responsible for are:

National Ice Hockey League (NIHL)
Women's National Ice Hockey League (WNIHL)
National Team Programme (NTP), a training and development programme for junior players, also called “Team England”
British Universities Ice Hockey Association
Recreational ice hockey

EIH is also responsible for conducting courses on coaching as well as managing the training and registration of on- and off-ice officials.

References

^ "England Ice Hockey sets out vision for the future; new brand, website and strategy launched". Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^ Mackay, Duncan (25 September 2016). "Plan to set up single governing body for ice hockey in UK to be investigated further". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

External links

England Ice Hockey official website

Ice hockey in the United Kingdom

Governing bodies

English Ice Hockey Association
Ice Hockey UK
Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Association
Scottish Ice Hockey

Elite League

National Ice Hockey League

National League	Bees IHC Bristol Pitbulls Hull Seahawks Leeds Knights Milton Keynes Lightning Peterborough Phantoms Raiders Sheffield Steeldogs Solway Sharks Swindon Wildcats Telford Tigers
North Division 1	Billingham Stars Blackburn Hawks Nottingham Lions Solihull Barons Sutton Sting Whitley Warriors
South Division 1	Cardiff Fire Chelmsford Chieftains Invicta Dynamos Milton Keynes Thunder Oxford City Stars Raiders 2 Slough Jets Solent Devils Streatham IHC
North Division 2	Altrincham Aces Blackburn Hawks 2 Bradford Bulldogs Deeside Dragons Hull Jets Sheffield Senators Telford Tigers 2 Widnes Wild
South Division 2	Basingstoke Buffalo Guildford Phoenix Haringey Huskies Invicta Mustangs Lee Valley Lions Peterborough Phantoms 2 Solent Devils 2 Streatham Hawks Swindon Wildcats 2

Scottish National League

Women's National Ice Hockey League

WNIHL Elite	Bracknell Queen Bees Kingston Diamonds Nottingham Vipers Solihull Vixens Streatham Storm
WNIHL Premier	Bracknell Firebees Cardiff Comets Chelmsford Cobras Kingston Diamonds B Milton Keynes Falcons Sheffield Shadows Swindon TopCats Whitley Squaws
Division 1 North	Grimsby Wolves Nottingham Vipers B Sheffield Shadows B Solway Sharks Ladies Telford Wrekin Raiders Widnes Wild Women
Division 1 South	Coventry Phoenix Oxford Midnight Stars Peterborough Penguins Slough Sirens Solent Amazons Streatham Storm B Swindon TopCats B

British University Teams

Birmingham Lions
Bradford Sabres
Bristol Lions
Caledonia Steel Queens
Cambridge University Blues
Cardiff Redhawks
Coventry and Warwick Panthers
Edinburgh Eagles
Huddersfield Ice Hawks
Hull Ice Hogs
Imperial Devils
Kent Knights
Leeds Gryphons
London Dragons
Manchester Metros
Newcastle Wildcats
Northumbria Kings
Nottingham Mavericks
Oxford University Ice Hockey Club
Sheffield Bears
Southampton Spitfires
St Andrews Typhoons
UCL Yetis
UEA Avalanche

Competitions

League Championship
British Championship
Challenge Cup
Knockout Cup
Varsity Match

Player awards

Defunct leagues
and competitions

British Ice Hockey Association
Ahearne Cup
Autumn Cup
British Hockey League
British National League (1954–60)
British National League (1996–2005)
English League
English League North
English National League
English National League (1981–82)
English Premier League
Ice Hockey Superleague
Inter-City League
Northern League
Northern League
Scottish National League
Scottish Premier Hockey League
Southern League

Defunct teams

Miscellaneous

Related: IIHF; IIHF Continental Cup; IIHF European Champions Cup

v t e Sports governing bodies in England (ENG)
Australian rules football Association football Athletics Badminton British Baseball Basketball Bowls Boxing Amateur Professional Chess Cricket Croquet Diving Field hockey Golf Handball Hovercraft Ice hockey Korfball Lacrosse Netball Orienteering Rugby league Rugby union Shooting Snooker and billiards Swimming Sub-aqua Table tennis Volleyball
Some sports are run jointly with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; see Category:Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom

v t e Sports governing bodies in the United Kingdom
Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton ENG WAL SCO Baseball Basketball GBR ENG SCO WAL Boxing Professional Amateur GBR ENG SCO WAL Canoeing Cycling BC CTT Dance sport Equestrian Fencing Football GBR^M^W ENG NI SCO WAL Golf GBR ENG WAL SCO Gymnastics Handball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Hockey GBR ENG SCO WAL Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's ENG NI SCO WAL Rowing Sailing Shooting GBR ENG SCO WAL Softball Surfing GBR ENG SCO WAL Table Tennis ENG SCO WAL Taekwondo Tennis SCO WAL Triathlon Volleyball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling ENG SCO WAL Ice skating Ice Hockey GBR ENG NI SCO Luge Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding
Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Bandy Billiard sports ENG NI SCO WAL Boules Bowling Bridge Chess ENG SCO WAL Cricket ENG & WAL SCO Floorball Karate Korfball ENG SCO WAL Lacrosse ENG SCO WAL Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Motorsport Mountaineering and climbing Netball GBR ENG SCO WAL NI Orienteering Pelota vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller Sports Rugby Union ENG WAL SCO Squash ENG SCO WAL Sumo Tug-of-war Underwater sports ENG NI SCO WAL Water ski Wushu
Disability and Paralympic sports	Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair basketball
Other sports	American football Australian rules football Backgammon British baseball ENG WAL Bog snorkelling Bowls ENG SCO WAL Caving Croquet Darts Fullbore Target Rifle Horse racing Kho-kho Kiteboarding Quidditch Radio-controlled racing Sailing in schools Real Tennis Rugby league Smallbore Target Rifle
British Olympic Association British Paralympic Association Team GB Department for Culture, Media and Sport UK Sport Sport England Sport Northern Ireland Sportscotland Sport Wales Commonwealth Games England Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council Commonwealth Games Scotland Commonwealth Games Wales For some sports, Northern Ireland belongs to all-Irish governing bodies; for these, see Category:All-island sports governing bodies in Ireland.

v t e National members of the International Ice Hockey Federation
Full members	Australia Austria Azerbaijan ~~Belarus~~† Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Norway Philippines Poland Romania ~~Russia~~† Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States
Associate members	Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia Brazil Colombia Greece Indonesia Jamaica Lebanon Liechtenstein Macau Morocco Nepal North Macedonia Oman Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Tunisia Uzbekistan
Affiliate members	Chile
Former members	Czechoslovakia East Germany Moldova Namibia Soviet Union Yugoslavia
† Russia and Belarus were suspended by the IIHF due to their invasion of Ukraine.