North End Racers Irish Ice Hockey Team 1950-1951

Enda Mulcahy

4 years ago

Factfile

Irish ice Hockey Association Team 1950-51

Home Ice: King’s Hall, Balmoral, Belfast

Colours: Unknown

All-Time Record: Total (Wins-Losses-Ties) 1-2-0; Regular Season 1-2-0 (Complete record Unknown)

Honours: None.

History: One of the “Original Seven” Irish Ice Hockey teams, the North End Racers of 1950-51 drew heavily from the Irish Catholic community in North Belfast. They played at least one season in the Irish Ice Hockey Association in 1950-51, winning one match against Shorts Redwings, although their full record is currently unknown.

Home Ice: King’s Hall, Balmoral, Belfast

Year-by-Year Record

Year	League	RS W-L-T	Pts / Pos	PS W-L-T	Champ	Other W-L-T	Champ
1950-51	IIHA	1-2-0	2 / 4th	0-0-0	None	?-?-?	?

North End Racers Irish Ice Hockey League Record 1950-51 [References: 1-9]

Results Irish Ice Hockey Association 1950-51

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	31.10.1950	H	Shorts Redwings	W	9-8
3	14.11.1950	A	Harlandic Wolves	L	2-3
5	21.11.1950	A	Shorts Redwings	L	3-12

North End Racers Irish Ice Hockey League Results 1950-51 [References: 1-9]

References

Websites

Sources:

[1] Anon. (1950) “Ice Hockey in Belfast” Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, November 1, 1950. pg. 2.

[2] Anon. (1950) “Ice Hockey | Harlandic Wolves beat Short’s Redwings” The Northern Whig and Belfast Post. Saturday, November 11, 1950.. pg. 5.

[3] Anon. (1950) “Harlandic Wolves win at Ice Hockey” Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, November 15, 1950..

[4] Anon. (1950) “Ice Hockey | Exciting match at Balmoral” Belfast News-Letter. Saturday, November 18, 1950. pg. 6.

[5] Anon. (1950) “The Ice Hockey League” Belfast Telegraph”. Wednesday, November 22, 1950.

[6] Anon. (1950) “Ice Hockey | “Wolves” first defeat this season”. Belfast News-Letter. Wednesday, November 29, 1950. pg. 7.

[7] Anon. (1950) “Ice Skating | “Wolves beaten” Belfast News-Letter. Saturday, December 2, 1950. pg. 6.

[8] Anon. (1950) “Ice Hockey | Balmoral still unbeaten”. The Northern Whig and Belfast Post. Saturday, February 2, 1951. pg. 3.

[9] Edgar, Scott (2019) “Wartime Ice Hockey in Northern Ireland”. [Internet] Available from: https://wartimeni.com/article/wartime-ice-hockey-in-northern-ireland/ [Accessed 12 July 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malachy & Liz Connolly, Belfast.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 August 2020