Oxford City Stars

The Oxford City Stars are an ice hockey team based in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.The team was founded in 1984. They currently play in the NIHL South Division 1 at Oxford Ice Rink, Oxford
== History ==
=== The British Hockey League (1984–1996) ===
The Oxford City Stars made their debut in 1984 and had an instant impact winning the BHL Division 2 (Midlands) as well as the post season playoffs and moved into the BHL Division 1 where they were unable to repeat their success, succumbing to a 9th placed finish in their first season. The following season would see them finish 15th and return to the BHL Division 2. They would however endure more success in the 1990–91 and 1995-96 seasons as they claimed First Place, but nothing in the post season.
=== The Turbulent Years (1996–2000) ===
After the formation of the National Ice Hockey League in 1996, the Oxford City Stars were placed in the Division One South where the finished 6th and failed to qualify for the Playoffs. The following season due to issues with the Ice Rink, they moved to Swindon under the guise of Swindon Chill. The 1998-99 season saw the Stars return under the name of Oxford Blades, losing all 32 games in a dismal season with only worse to come as they folded midway during the 1999-2000 season.
=== ENHL Years (2001–2012) ===
The City Stars returned to the ENHL for the 2000-2001 season and would endure mid range results over the coming years, finishing in highs of 2nd and lows of 9th with one quarter final playoff appearance as the highlight of the performances.
=== NIHL Years (2012–present) ===
The Oxford City Stars found traction in the newly formed National Ice Hockey League where they won the Southern Division 2 Title back to back in 2012-13 and 2013-14 with no Playoffs being played. The Stars struggled the following season in Division 1 garnering just 7 wins from 36 games on their way to a 9th place finish. They picked up the following year finishing 4th and losing in the Quarter Finals of the Playoffs. The Stars would then return to Division 2 for the next 3 seasons, picking up One League Title in the 2017-18 season.
=== Covid Pandemic in Ice Hockey (2019–2021) ===
In late 2019/early 2020 the World was rocked by the emergence of a respiratory disease across the world eventually dubbed the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the world in a major way as governments struggled to control the outbreak. The Stars were due to play the Invicta Dynamos but the visiting team cancelled due to a positive test amongst the team. Shortly after this the Government announced that measures would be taken to contain the outbreak including the cancellation of all sporting events as well as other measures. Thus the 2019 Season was incomplete and halted and the post-season was cancelled as well. The outbreak would go on to claim the 2020-21 season too.
=== Returning to Hockey (2021–present) ===
After the culmination of Covid19, the League announced the 2021 season would go ahead as planned. The Stars had moved back into the NIHL South Division 1 at this point and the season would commence with 9 teams due to the closure of the John Nike Leisure Complex, home of the Bracknell Hornets who since folded. The Stars struggled in their return to action, finishing 8th of 9 with just 18 points and an elimination in the Quarter Finals of the Playoffs
==Season-by-season record==
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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
2013–14 	 	NIHL Division Two (South) 	22 	16 	5 	1 	33 	145 	60 	1st 	No playoffs
2014–15 	 	NIHL Division One (South) 	36 	7 	25 	4 	18 	143 	230 	9th 	DNQ
2015–16 	 	NIHL Division One (South) 	36 	18 	14 	4 	36 	154 	137 	4th 	QF Loss
2016–17 	 	NIHL Division Two (South) 	28 	12 	12 	4 	28 	122 	114 	4th 	QF Loss
2017–18 	 	NIHL Division Two (South) 	26 	23 	3 	0 	46 	223 	55 	1st 	SF Loss
2018–19 	 	NIHL Division Two (South) 	28 	24 	4 	0 	48 	177 	70 	3rd 	SF Loss
2019–20 	-Covid Pandemic 	NIHL Division One (South) 	36 	12 	17 	2 	26 	120 	149 	7th 	Post Season Cancelled
2020–21 	--Covid Pandemic 	NIHL Division One (South) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	NA 	Season Cancelled
2021–22 	 	NIHL Division One (South) 	32 	9 	20 	3 	18 	90 	139 	8th 	QF Loss
2022–23 	 	NIHL Division One (South) 	28 	11 	15 	2 	24 	103 	128 	7th 	QF Loss
2023–24 	 	NIHL Division One (South) 	28 	5 	20 	3** 	10 	67 	145 	7th 	QF Loss
'*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:
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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
== 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
*National Championship Trophy 2017/18
== External links ==
*Official website
*English Ice Hockey Association website
* Oxford Ice Rink webpages
Category:Ice hockey teams in England