The Cardiff Huskies are a

sledge hockey Sledge hockey, also known as Sled hockey in American English, and Para ice hockey in international competition, is an Parasports, adaptation of ice hockey for players who have a physical disability. The sport was invented in the early 1960s at a ...

team based in

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. The team was founded by Andy McNulty and David "Jamo" James in 1996. The team is believed to be the oldest sledge hockey team in the UK. The Cardiff Huskies is the only sledge hockey team in Wales. The team is part of the BSHA ''(

British Sledge Hockey Association The British Sledge Hockey Association (BSHA) is the national governing body in the United Kingdom for ice sledge hockey. Formed in 1995, its main objectives are to expand the number of teams active in the UK (and by association the number or partic ...

)''. Cardiff Huskies is an inclusive mixed gender team, accepting both children & adults members. They accept people with a range of abilities, and are inclusive to those without disabilities. The Huskies is one of the main teams that help raise awareness of sledge hockey in the British Isles, as a way of getting more players and more teams created. Peterborough Phantoms is another team that advertises sledge hockey in the British Isles. The Cardiff Huskies used to train in the

Wales National Ice Rink Wales National Ice Rink (WNIR) was an ice rink in Cardiff, Wales. It had a capacity of 2,700 for ice hockey and was the former home of the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team. It was opened in September 1986, and was inaugurated by Sarah, Duchess of ...

. Demolished in 2006 to build the

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shopping centre, and specifically the

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department store, they now play and train at

Ice Arena Wales Ice Arena Wales (; known as Vindico Arena for sponsorship reasons) is an ice hockey rink in the Cardiff International Sports Village in Cardiff, Wales. It opened on 12 March 2016, and had two ice rinks and seating for 3,088 spectators. The ice ...

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, which is also home to the

Cardiff Devils The Cardiff Devils () are a Welsh professional ice hockey team who play in the UK-based Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). The team plays at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay, currently known as ''Vindico Arena'' for sponsorship reasons. Cardiff' ...

. In 2018 they won the British Para Ice Hockey League. They have also achieved league titles in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons.

References

Official Cardiff Sledge Hockey Website

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