Cardiff Redhawks The Cardiff Redhawks are a British ice hockey team that play in the Second and Third Divisions of the British Universities Ice Hockey Association , formed in 2004 . They play their home games at the Cardiff Bay Arena , Cardiff , Wales . Introduction . The Cardiff Redhawks were formed in 2004 by a handful of students from Cardiff University , many of whom had never played before . Their first game was against a local team , the Cardiff Titans , on the 7th of May 2005 following an NHL exhibition game . The squad began to grow by bringing in players from neighbouring universities such as UWIC , Glamorgan , Swansea and Newport . BUIHA Record . 2005 - 2006 . In September 2005 the Redhawks joined the BUIHA , entering teams in the Second ( Southern ) and Third Divisions . The year proved to be very successful ; with the A Team securing second place in their division as well as the Second Tier National Tournament title , and the B Team were runners up in the Third Tier Nationals . 2006 - 2007 . The following year began with the closure of the Wales National Ice Rink and the construction of the Cardiff Bay Ice Rink . Delays in construction left the Redhawks without a home for much of the 06 - 07 season , forcing the A Team to withdraw from the league . The A Team represented themselves in Tier One of the 2007 BUIHA Nationals , but fared poorly , losing all their matches and placing bottom . The Redhawks found solace in the success of the B Team who managed to improve on their previous season , winning the Third Tier Nationals . 2007 - 2008 . The 2007 - 08 season saw the Redhawks regain their stability ; the A Team returned to Tier Two South , with the B Team entering their third season in Tier Three . The Redhawks also gained membership to the Cardiff University Athletic Union . Once again the A Team clinched second place with a post Christmas undefeated streak . They fell short though in the Nationals , managing only 5th place . The B Team overachieved once again , settling for 3rd place in a much more competitive Tier Three tournament . 2008 - 2009 . The 2008 - 09 season saw the A team win Tier Two 2 South , before losing in the Tier Two Playoffs . The B team competed a clean sweep of trophies , winning Tier Three South , the Tier Three Playoffs and the Celtic Plate . They went on to win the Tier Three Nationals , dramatically winning both their semi - final and final on penalty shots , with netminder Tom Martin stopping 6 out of 6 shots , the game winning goal in the final came courtesy of Jon Griffiths . 2009 - 2010 . The A team made the jump to Tier 1 South and despite getting off to a good start by beating Warwick at home 5 - 3 the Redhawks soon found themselves struggling with a short bench and they were on the receiving end of some heavy defeats all season long and they finished in last place . The B team having lost a lot of last years team including their top 4 points scorers ( Matt Wood , Jiri Podval , Jim " Frodo " Towers and Jon Griffiths ) struggled to find the form from last season finishing second in Tier 3 South and being knocked out in the group stages of Nationals . The Celtic Cup . The Redhawks also participate in the Celtic Cup Varsity ; an annual one off challenge game against the Edinburgh Eagles who are the only other non - English team in the BUIHA . The competition has been running for the past three years , the location alternating between Cardiff Bay and Murrayfield , Edinburgh . The 2009 match was held in Cardiff , on the 14th of March . The game ended as a 4 - 1 defeat for Cardiff , the closest they ' ve come to the cup yet . The Celtic Plate . 2009 also saw the introduction of the Celtic Plate ; a secondary competition between the Cardiff and Edinburgh B Teams . This was held on the 15th of March , seeing the Redhawks B win the plate with a 5 - 3 victory . Club honours . 2005 - 2006 Current A Team Roster . " 2009 - 2010 " Current B Team Roster . " 2009 - 2010 " Great Britain Universities Squad Members . 2006 2009