Oxford City Stars

Oxford City Stars
Oxford City Stars
City	Oxford, Oxfordshire
League	NIHL South Division 1
Founded	1984
Home arena	Oxford Ice Rink ; Capacity: 1,025
Colors	Yellow & Blue ;
General manager	Jo Mundy
Head coach	Dean Birrell
Captain	Josh Florey
Affiliates	Oxford Midnight Stars ; Oxford Shooting Stars ; Oxford Junior Stars
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 2020–21[]

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
31		Ross Miller	L	(1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 26)	Cardiff, Wales	2019 from Bristol Pitbulls	20/21

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
3		Josh Florey	R	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 29)	Oxford, England	2013 from Unattached	20/21
12		Adam Andrews	R	(1981-06-12) 12 June 1981 (age 40)	Swindon, England	2019 from Telford Tigers 2	20/21
17		Ethan Mayoh	R	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 20)	Horwich, England	2020 from Blackburn Hawks/Altrincham Aces	20/21
20		Sam Shone	R	(1990-11-22) 22 November 1990 (age 31)	High Wycombe, England	2019 from Bristol Pitbulls	20/21
TBA		Carl Graham	R	(1984-01-06) 6 January 1984 (age 38)	Reading, England	2020 from Bracknell Hornets	20/21

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract
21		Matt Lawday	R	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 30)	Basingstoke, England	2017 from Solent Devils	20/21
25		Olly Shone	R	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 29)	High Wycombe, England	2019 from Bristol Pitbulls	20/21
40		Jake Williams	R	(2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 20)	England	2019 from OHA U18/ Swindon Wildcats 2	Two Way
66		Joe Edwards	L	(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 32)	Oxford, England	2019 from Milton Keynes Thunder	20/21
71		Dax Hedges	R	(1990-05-14) 14 May 1990 (age 31)	Oxford, England	2012 from Streatham Redskins	20/21
93		Mike Whillock	R	(1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 (age 28)	Reading, England	2019 from Svenstaviks HK (Sweden)	20/21
TBA		Jay Warren		(2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 20)	England	2020 from Swindon Wildcats 2	20/21
TBA		Theodore Bundock	R	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 23)	Aylesbury, England	2020 from Bancroft Rockhounds	20/21

2020/21 Outgoing[]


Outgoing
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For
10		Jake Florey	R	(1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 27)	Oxford, England	Chelmsford Chieftains
27		Alex Staples	R	(1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 32)	Chelmsford, England	Chelmsford Chieftains
98		Mark Duffy	R	(1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 33)	Camberley, England	To Be Announced

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)