London Dragons

London Dragons
City	London, United Kingdom
League	BUIHA
Conference	Southern Conference
Division	A-Team - Div 1 Checking B-Team - Div 1 Non-Checking C-Team - Div 3 Non-Checking
Founded	2002
Home arena	Lee Valley Ice Centre
Colours	Red, White, and Black
Owner(s)	Angela Jelfs
General manager	Michael D'Aprix
Head coach	A-Team - Clive Vergnaud B-Team - Kalle Uusitalo C-Team - Kalle Uusitalo
Captain	A-Team - Matt Holowko B-Team - Jacob Finnilä C-Team - Emmu Salo
Website	LondonDragons.com
Franchise history
2005 - Present	London Dragons
2002 - 2005	London Purples

The University of London Dragons, formerly known as the University of London Union Purples, are a British student ice hockey team based in London, England.^[1] They compete in three divisions under the British Universities Ice Hockey Association. Dragons are the most successful student ice hockey team in the history of British university ice hockey.

Dragons A have won the Division 1 playoff final (or SuperFinal) in 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and the Tier 1 Nationals tournament in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2012. Dragons B have also been performing increasingly better in recent years and the development squad, Dragons C, was the runner-up in the Tier 5 Nationals Tournament of 2018.^[2][3][4]

Past Club Presidents & Captains

Club Presidents

Past Captains A hyphen means that the team didn't play that year. There also were no records of the first two Captains of the Dragons B-team.

Current rosters & management

Committee 2019-20

President - Michael D'Aprix

Secretary -Sam Zdatny

Treasurer - Connor Daly

London Dragons A - 2019-20^[5]

The rosters are accurate as of December, 2019.

Nationality	#	Name	Position	Birthplace
	39	Tourenne, Romain	G	Saintes, FRA
		Preisinger, Kristof	D	Budapest, HUN
	55	Bessner, Nathan	D	Toronto, ON, CAN
	46	Kim, Nicholas	D	New City, NY, USA
	52	Kryatalov, Mikhail	D	Cherepovets, RUS
	63	Nykstelis, Marius	D	Kaunas, LTU
	65	Baillis, Luc	D	Paris, FRA
	80	Carnovale, Nicolas	D	Toronto, ON, CAN
	23	Holowko, Matt (C)	D	Vancouver, BC, CAN
	92	Nguenti, Mark	D	Silver Spring, MD, USA
		Nádraský, Daniel	F	Letnany, CZE
	16	Minajevs, Aleksandrs	F	Jurmala, LAT
	19	Girard, Raphael (A)	F	Montreal, QC, CAN
	20	Zdatny, Samuel	F	Chicago, IL, USA
	24	Rehak, Omar	F	London, GBR
	29	Daly, Connor	F	Hong Kong, CHN
	47	Kolosnicins, Ilija	F	Riga, LAT
	62	Yiu, Justin	F	Hong Kong, CHN
	97	D'Aprix, Michael	F	Philadelphia, PA, USA

	Team Management
Clive Vergnaud	Head coach	Geneva
Lukas Frlicka	Assistant coach	Spišská Nová Ves
Kalle Uusitalo	Assistant coach / Media Officer	Kangasala
Yasin Sridhar	Compliance Officer	London, ON

London Dragons B - 2019-20^[6]

The rosters are accurate as of December, 2019.

Nationality	#	Name	Position	Birthplace
/	35	Sintoni, Christian	G	Rome, ITA
	39	Girard, Raphael	G	Montreal, QC, CAN
		Nicolai Lepota	D	RUS
	4	Poon, Ryan	D
	18	Olsson, Bo Anton	D	Uppsala, SWE
	37	Mowbray, Matthew	D	Peterborough, GBR
	62	Reid, Keir	D	Glasgow, SCO
	75	Jung, Eojinbyul "JJ"	D	Seoul, KOR
	76	Stones, Joshua (A)	D	Poole, GBR
		Tourenne, Romain	F	Saintes, FRA
		Shahabuddin, Syed	F	Kuala Lumpur, MYS
	2	Shafiqullah, Ahmad	F	Harstad, NOR
	7	Castillo, Brayan	F	Bogota, COL
	8	Nozaki, Daisuke	F	Tokyo, JPN
/	9	Goeggel, Simon	F	Dornbirn, AUT
/	15	Khan, Armaan	F	Dubai, UAE
	16	Finnilä, Jacob Viktor (C)	F	Helsinki, FIN
/	17	Chan, Arthur	F	Hong Kong, CHN
	61	Hajduk, Roman Jr	F	Zilina, SVK
	66	Noake, James (A)	F	Ruislip, GBR
	71	Caswell, Jack	F	Tredegar, WAL

	Team Management
Kalle Uusitalo	Head coach	Kangasala
Mikhail Kryatalov	Assistant coach	Cherepovets
Aleksandrs Minajevs	Assistant coach	Jurmala
Marius Nykstelis	Assistant coach	Kaunas

London Dragons C - 2019-20^[7]

The rosters are accurate as of December, 2019.

Nationality	#	Name	Position	Birthplace
		Zdatny, Samuel	G	Chicago, IL, USA
/	1	Chan, Arthur	G	Hong Kong, CHN
	24	Walker, James	D	Solihull, GBR
	26	Salo, Emmu (C)	D	Vantaa, FIN
	42	Coates, Louis	D	Edinburgh, SCO
	50	Butler, Robert	D	Norwich, GBR
	13	Snashall, Shaina	F	Chippenham, GBR
	28	Rogers, Riot	F	Bad Soden, GER
	31	Jaworska, Anna Maria	F	Wroclaw, POL
	41	Adams, Francis	F	London, GBR
	44	Rees, Sarah (A)	F	Burton-on-Trent, GBR
	62	Norris, Rebecca	F	Luton, GBR
	77	Stute, Ciara	F	Arnsberg, GER
	89	Nevile, Charlie	F	London, GBR
	99	Felix, Carl (A)	F	Los Baños, PHL

	Team Management
Kalle Uusitalo	Head coach	Kangasala
Mikhail Kryatalov	Assistant coach	Cherepovets
Aleksandrs Minajevs	Assistant coach	Jurmala
Marius Nykstelis	Assistant coach	Kaunas

Achievements

• 2003 - National Championships: Rawlinson Plate Winners
• 2004 - National Championships Finalists Finalists
• 2005 - National Championships: Rawlinson Plate Winners
• 2008 - BUIHA Division 1: Cup Winners
• 2008 - National Championships: Rawlinson Plate Winners
• 2008 - Tigers Isle of Wight Tournament Silver
• 2009 - National Championships Finalists
• 2010 - BUIHA Division 1: South Conference Winners
• 2011 - BUIHA Division 1: Cup Winners
• 2012 - National Championships: Rawlinson Plate Winners
• 2013 - BUIHA Division 1: Cup Winners
• 2013 - National Championships: Rawlinson Plate Finalists
• 2015 - BUIHA Division 1: Cup Winners
• 2017 - BUIHA Division 1: Cup Winners

Retired numbers

#	Name	Position	Birthplace	Achievements	Notes
11	Clive Vergnaud	D	Geneva,	BUIHA Division 1 Playoff Champion *2005, 2008 *2017 (as a coach) BUIHA Tier 1 Nationals Champion *2008 & 2013	* Won the coveted BUIHA Double (Division 1 & Tier 1 Nationals championships) in 2008 * Has won Division 1 titles both as a player and a coach * Played for Dragons on three occasions over 10 years.
23	Max Pinkney	D	Aylesbury,	Head of the Dragons Development Academy * 2013-16	* Coached both Dragons B & C teams (2013–16) * Dragons B captain 2014-16
88	Kalle "Crazy Viking" Uusitalo	RW	Kangasala,	BUIHA Division 1 Playoff Champion *2010, 2013 & 2015 *2017 (as a coach) BUIHA Tier 1 Nationals Champion *2012	* Served as the Dragons A Captain for four seasons (2011-2015) * Has won Division 1 titles both as a player and a coach * Play-by-play / Color commentator for BUIHA during Nationals Tournaments

Membership Universities

Students from the following universities can join the club as Full Members:^[8]

• Birkbeck, University of London
• Central School of Speech & Drama
• The Courtauld Institute of Art
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• St George's, University of London
• School of Oriental and African Studies
• University College London
• University of London Institute in Paris
• City University London
• School of Advanced Study
• London School of Economics
• Queen Mary University
• Royal Academy of Music
• Royal Holloway
• Royal Veterinary College
• Institute of Cancer Research
• UCL Institute of Education
• King's College London
• London Business School
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

References

External links

• Official website
• BUIHA listing

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