Braehead Clan The Braehead Clan is a Scottish professional ice hockey team that were formed in 2010 and play their home games at the 4 , 000 capacity Braehead Arena . They are currently one of three Scottish clubs playing in the Elite Ice Hockey League , alongside the Edinburgh Capitals and the Dundee Stars . History . Braehead Arena previously hosted the Scottish Eagles ice hockey team for a brief period at beginning of the 2002 – 2003 ISL season following their relocation from Ayr . The Eagles disbanded in November 2002 due to financial troubles . When the Superleague ’ s successor , the Elite Ice Hockey League was formed , initial plans included a new Glasgow - based team as being amongst the founding clubs , but this never materialised . Following the 2008 – 09 season , the Elite League lost two teams with the resignations of the Basingstoke Bison and Manchester Phoenix , leaving the league with eight participating teams for the 2009 – 10 season . The Elite League subsequently announced the formation of the Braehead Clan as a ninth team for beginning with the 2010 - 11 season . The team ’ s ownership was announced as consisting of several of the Elite League ' s existing team owners , including Nottingham ’ s Neil Black . The club began marketing the team through the creation of the ' Braehearts ' , these were female supporters who would promote the team at events and in the community , they wore specially created ' Braehearts ' jerseys , similar to those of the teams home jerseys . The club also held open days which were to attract new potential support . With the arena being based next to the Braehead Shopping Mall , this gave the club good opportunity to further attract new supporters . 2010 / 11 Season . After being formed early in 2010 the club announced that Adam Calder would become the first coach of the Braehead Clan taking up a player / coach role for the upcoming season . The club also announced that Kirsty Longmuir would be the Business Manager tasked with the job of marketing the new club to potential supporters . Rumours began circulating in late April that Calder has resigned from the Clan only two weeks after being announced as the player / coach for the new Elite league side . On 4th May , the Braehead Clan announced official confirmation of Calder ' s departure on their website . On 5th May , it was announced that Canadian forward Bruce Richardson would replace Adam Calder as player / coach of the Braehead Clan . Bruce Richardson had spent the past two seasons as player / assistant coach for Elite League rivals , Nottingham Panthers . Richardson moved quickly to announce his first signings , three young British players who had previously played in the English Premier League : Sam Bullas , 19 , who was trained in Nottingham and previously played for Swindon Wildcats ; Matt Haywood , 19 , from Sheffield , who was the leading goalscorer for Sheffield Scimitars during the 09 / 10 season ; and Adam Walker , 23 , who spent the previous four seasons with Manchester Phoenix . Richardson ' s fourth signing would be another key British player , Kevin Phillips , 24 , who spent the previous season with the play - off winning Belfast Giants . On 19th May , the Clan announced Derek Patrosso as their first import signing . He spent the previous two seasons with Port Huron Icehawks in the International Hockey League . The following day it was announced that the Clan had signed two more British players : defenceman John Connolly , 19 , from Scottish rivals Edinburgh Capitals ; and forward Shaun Thompson , 22 , who split the previous season with Elite League side Hull Stingrays and English Premier League ' s Basingstoke Bison . Mathieu Wathier was the Clans next signing , a 6ft 1 tall defenceman from , Les Coteaux , Quebec , who had spent the last two years playing in the French Ligue Magnus . Player / Coach Bruce Richardson described the signing saying Wathier would be " solid defensively , a leader , and strong on the penalty kill " . Richardson ' s next signing was ex - team mate Tim Wedderburn , a 28 year old defenseman who played the previous season in both the ECHL with the Victoria Salmon Kings , and in the AHL with Lake Erie Monsters . Bobby Chaumont was Richardson ' s next signing . The Canadian forward spent the previous two seasons in the CHL with the Mississippi RiverKings , scoring 48 points in 64 games in his last season with the club . After a dry spell in recent signings , Richardson announced his enforcer for the season , 25 year old Cedrick Bernier . Bernier has racked up 548 penalty minutes in the previous 4 seasons , playing in various leagues such as the SPHL , CHL , and ECHL . Richardson stated Bernier wanted to prove that he was " the toughest guy in the Elite League " . On 1st July , the Clan announced that Derek Patrosso would not be joining Braehead team for their first season , and instead would stay in his native America for the upcoming season . Positive news followed , with the club announcing they had agreed terms with Brendan Cook , 27 , a teammate of Bruce Richardson at the Nottingham Panthers during the 2008 / 09 season , where he scored 70 points in 54 games ( 30 goals and 40 assists ) . Cody Bostock , 26 , was the next import announced by the club . The Canadian defenseman previously played for Odense Bulldogs in the Danish Oddset Ligaen , and was brought in by Richardson to " solidify " the club ' s defensive core .