Oxford City Stars

Oxford City Stars
Oxford City Stars
City	Oxford, Oxfordshire
League	NIHL
Conference	Division One South
Founded	1984
Home arena	Oxford Ice Rink ; Capacity: 1,025
Colors	Yellow, Blue & Black ;
General manager	Jo Mundy
Head coach	Simon Anderson
Affiliates	Bristol Pitbulls, NIHL National; Basingstoke Buffalo, NIHL 2; Oxford Rising Stars, NIHL 2; Oxford Midnight Stars, WNIHL 2
Website	Oxford City Stars
Franchise history
1984–1997	Oxford City Stars
1997–1998	Oxford Chill
1998–2000	Oxford Blades
2000 – Present	Oxford City Stars

The Oxford City Stars are an ice hockey team based in Oxford, England. They currently play in the NIHL South Division 1.

Club roster 2022-23

(*) Denotes a Non-British Trained player (Import)

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
29		Aaron Burton		(1998-11-07) 7 November 1998	England	2022 from Basingstoke Buffalo	22/23
31		Ross Miller	L	(1995-07-25) 25 July 1995	Cardiff, Wales	2019 from Bristol Pitbulls	22/23
		Greg Blais	L	(1980-08-18) 18 August 1980	Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada	2021 from Raiders IHC	22/23

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
9		Christopher Cooke	R	(1994-11-13) 13 November 1994	Guildford, England	2021 from Bracknell Hornets	22/23
15		Sam Shone	L	(1990-11-22) 22 November 1990	High Wycombe, England	2022 from Bristol Pitbulls	22/23
19		Tom Stephens	L	(2003-08-19) 19 August 2003	Milton Keynes, England	2022 from Bristol Pitbulls	Two-Way
50		Charlie Roche		2006 (age 16)	England	2022 from Basingstoke U18	22/23
64		Michal Drobny		(2000-06-03) 3 June 2000	Slovakia	2022 from Edson Eagles	22/23
78		Brad Watchorn	R	(1989-09-24) 24 September 1989	London, England	2022	22/23
82		Joe Llewellyn	R	(2002-06-28) 28 June 2002	England	2022 from Bristol Pitbulls	Two-Way
84		Tom Ravenscroft	R	(2000-07-01) 1 July 2000	Oxford, England	2019	22/23

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
7		Josh Oliver	R	(1993-03-30) 30 March 1993	Oxford, England	2012 from RT Bad Nauheim U20	22/23
18		Joshua Abbott	R	(1996-02-09) 9 February 1996	Luton, England	2022 from Guildford Phoenix	22/23
21		Matthew Lawday	R	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991	Basingstoke, England	2017 from Solent Devils	22/23
22		Theodore Bundock	R	(1999-07-01) 1 July 1999	Aylesbury, England	2020 from Bancroft Rockhounds	Two-Way
23		Xander Wardlaw*	R	(2000-03-17) 17 March 2000	Sydney, Australia	2022 from Sydney Bears	22/23
27		Carter Lloyd	R	(2001-04-05) 5 April 2001	Wales	2022 from Bristol Pitbulls	Two-Way
33		Aaron Moody	L	(2002-03-29) 29 March 2002	England	2022 from Bristol Pitbulls	Two-Way
40		Jake Williams	R	(2001-08-18) 18 August 2001	England	2019 from Swindon Wildcats 2	22/23
62		Jakub Klima*	R	(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990	Liberec, Czech Republic	2021 from Nottingham Lions	22/23
66		Joe Edwards	L	(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990	Oxford, England	2021 from MK Thunder	22/23
71		Dax Hedges	R	(1990-05-14) 14 May 1990	Oxford, England	2012 from Streatham Redskins	22/23
81		Shannon Taylor	L	(1991-03-19) 19 March 1991	Swindon, England	2022	22/23
94		Logan Prince	R	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997	Swindon, England	2020 from MK Lightning	22/23

Team Staff
No.	Nat.	Name	Acquired	Role	Place of birth	Joined From
		Simon Anderson	2019/20	Head coach	Swindon, England	Svenstaviks HK, HockeyTrean
		Darren Elliott	2012/13	Assistant coach	Oxford, England
		Carl Graham	2020/21	Assistant coach	Reading, England	Bracknell Hornets, NIHL 2
		Shane Moore	2021/22	Assistant coach/Director of Hockey Operations	Swindon, England
		Greg Blais	2021/22	Goaltending Coach	Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada	Guildford Lightning, WNIHL Elite
		Jo Mundy	2018/19	General Manager	England

2021/22 Outgoing


Outgoing
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For
39		Matthew Croyle	L	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996	High Wycombe, England	Telford Tigers 2, NIHL 2
43		Aidan McGurk		(2004-02-14) 14 February 2004	England	MK Thunder, NIHL 1

Honours

British Division 2 (South) Champions – 1984/85, 1990/91, 1995/96
British Division 2 Playoff Champions – 1984/85
National Ice Hockey League, Division 2 (South) Champions – 2012/13, 2017-18
English National League Runners-up – 2003/04, 2004/05
English National League Cup Runners-up – 2003/04

Season-by-season record

Oxford City Stars season-by-season record

Season	Notes	League	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	League Pos.	Postseason
1984–85		BHL Division 2 (Midlands)	12	11	0	1	23	164	24	1st	Champions
1985–86		BHL Division 1	22	5	17	2	10	150	229	9th	No playoffs
1986–87		BHL Division 1	30	5	23	2	12	214	346	15th	No playoffs
1987–88		BHL Division 2	26	16	10	0	32	241	154	7th	No playoffs
1988–89		BHL Division 2	28	20	6	2	42	368	225	3rd	No playoffs
1989–90		BHL Division 2	24	11	11	2	24	195	178	4th	Group stage
1990–91		BHL Division 2	28	23	5	0	46	242	111	1st	Group stage
1991–92		BHL Division 2	32	17	13	2	36	284	221	4th	No playoffs
1992–93		BHL Division 2 (Group A)	32	11	20	1	23	234	352	5th	DNQ
1993–94		BHL Division 1 (North)	44	1	41	2	4	222	743	8th	DNQ
1994–95		BHL Division 2 (South)	22	11	9	2	24	148	119	5th	DNQ
1995–96		BHL Division 2 (South)	22	21	1	0	42	215	168	1st	SF Loss
1996–97		English League Division One (South)	22	10	12	0	20	174	114	6th	DNQ
1997–98#	as Oxford Chill	English League Division One (South)								NA	NA
1998–99	as Oxford Blades	English League Premier Division	32	0	32	0	0	100	410	9th	DNQ
1999–00*	as Oxford Blades	English League Premier Division								NA	NA
2000–01		ENHL Southern Conference	14	9	5	0	104	72	18	4th	Group stage
2001–02		ENHL Southern Conference	18	12	6	0	110	75	24	4th	DNQ
2003–04		ENHL Southern Conference	16	12	3	1	132	62	25	2nd	Group stage
2004–05		ENHL Southern Conference	18	13	3	2	123	77	28	2nd	Group stage
2005–06		ENL Southern Conference	20	9	1	10	97	94	19	7th	DNQ
2006–07		ENIHL Southern Conference	22	13	8	1	118	98	27	4th	Group stage
2007–08		ENIHL Southern Conference (Division A)	16	11	4	1	101	57	23	3rd	DNQ
2008–09		ENIHL Division One (South)	28	14	9	5	116	101	33	3rd	QF
2009–10		ENIHL Division One (South)	36	22	13	1	189	133	45	5th	Group stage
2010–11		ENIHL Division One (South)	40	13	22	5	130	176	31	9th	DNQ
2011–12*		ENIHL Division One (South)								NA	NA
2012–13		NIHL Division Two (South)	22	18	3	1	37	148	61	1st	No playoffs

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

'*Stars folded midway through the campaign and all of their results were expunged.

'# Oxford Chill were forced to relocate to Swindon just prior to the start of the league campaign due to a major ice plant failure at the rink. After this happened, they were renamed the Swindon Chill.

Season-by-season record (reserve teams)

Over the seasons the Stars have periodically iced teams in division as a reserve teams and a season by season list is below:

Oxford reserve teams season-by-season record

Season	Team Name	League	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	League Pos.
1985–86	Oxford City Satellites	BHL Division 2 (Midlands)	15	0	15	0	0	27	278	9th
1986–87	Oxford City Satellites	BHL Division 2 (South)	14	5	9	0	10	68	84	6th
1987–88	Oxford City Satellites	English League Division 1 (South)	16	4	11	1	9	76	92	7th
1989–90	Oxford City Satellites	English League Division 1 (Midlands)	14	1	12	1	3	40	121	8th
1989–90	Oxford City Planets	English League Division 2 (Central)	16	4	12	0	8	56	140	4th
1990–91	Oxford City Planets	English League Division 2 (South)	20	18	1	1	37	174	54	1st
1993–94	Oxford City Planets	English League Division 2 (South)	20	6	11	3	15	63	126	9th
2010–11	Oxford City Stars	ENIHL Division 2 (South)	24	12	10	2	26	116	118	6th
2011–12	Oxford City Stars	ENIHL Division 2 (South)	24	6	10	8	20	75	120	9th

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Other associated teams

The Oxford City ice hockey club also has junior and women's teams as follows:-

Under 9s (English League South)
Under 11s (English League South Division 3)
Under 13s (English League South Division 3)
Under 15s (English League South Division 3)
Under 18s (English League South Division 3)
Under 20s
Oxford Midnight Stars (Women's League Division 1 South)

References

External links

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