Fife Flyers
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Fife Flyers since 1938 |
| Location | Kirkcaldy , Scotland |
| Club colors | blue, white, gold |
| league | Elite Ice Hockey League |
| Venue | Fife Ice Arena |
| capacity | 3,280 seats |
| executive Director | Tom Muir, Tom Muir sr., Jack Wishart |
| Head coach | Todd Dutiaume |
| captain | Danny Stewart |
| 2017/18 | 7th place main round, playoff fourth |
The Fife Flyers are an ice hockey club in the town of Kirkcaldy , Scotland . The Flyers play in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League . They play their home games in the 3,280-seat Fife Ice Arena .
history
The association was founded in 1938, making them the oldest existing ice hockey team of the United Kingdom . In 1977, 1978 and 1985 the team was able to win the British championship . From 1982 to 1996, the Fife Flyers played for up to a year in the British Hockey League , the highest British ice hockey league at that time. Then the team was active for nine years in the second-rate British National League , which was under the Ice Hockey Superleague and its successor Elite Ice Hockey League . The Flyers won the championship title of the BNL in 1997 (North), 2000 and 2004.
For the 2011/12 season , the Fife Flyers were included in the EIHL, in which they filled the void that the Newcastle Vipers left after their dissolution and returned to the top British league after a fifteen-year absence.
The Kircaldy Kestrels , the junior team of the Kirkcaldy Ice Hockey Club, play in the Scottish National League .
Well-known former players
Web links
- Official Fife Flyers website
- Official website of the Kirkcaldy Ice Hockey Club
