Murrayfield Racers (2018)

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Capacity: 3800
Ice size: 200 ft × 97 ft | colours = | owner = [[Tony Hand Willie Dunn | GM = Martin Gill | coach = Martin Cingel
Jock Hay
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The Murrayfield Racers are an ice hockey team founded in 2018 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland who play in the Scottish National League (SNL).

History

The original Murrayfield Racers were founded in 1952 as the Murrayfield Royals, becoming in the Racers in 1966. The team continued to represent the Scottish Capital until they fell into financial troubles and folded in 1996. They were replaced by the Edinburgh Capitals who were a member of the United Kingdom's premier Ice Hockey league, the EIHL, until they folded in 2018.^[1]

The second incarnation of the Murrayfield Racers was founded in 2018 and were awarded the Murrayfield Ice Rink contract in the April of that year.^[2] The Racers applied for entry in to the EIHL for the 2018–2019 season but were ultimately denied entry and the Capitals, now with no home venue, ceased operations at the end of the 2017–2018 EIHL season.^[3]

In June 2018 the Racers were accepted in to the Scottish National League to represent Edinburgh for the 2018–2019 SNL season, while representing the city in the NIHL North Cup, playing their home games at the Murrayfield Ice Rink.^[4]

Current roster

Updated 23 August 2018^[5]

Goaltenders
No.		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth	Age	Joined from	Press Release
#35		Robbie Balfour	L	2018	Kirkcaldy, Scotland	25	Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)
#31		Craig Mallinson	L	2018	Irvine, Scotland	27	Edinburgh Capitals (EIHL)
#29		Mark McGill	L	2018	Broxburn, Scotland	26	Free Agent

Defensemen
No.		Player	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth	Age	Joined from	Press Release
#4		Ross Borwick	D	2018		18	Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)
#33		Scott Geddes	D	2018	Kirkcaldy, Scotland	25	Dundee Tigers (SNL)
#71		Patricks Grigors	D	2018		17	Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)
#2		Peter Haddock	D	2018		19	Murrayfield U20 (Scotland U20)
#5		Josh Quinn	D	2018		25	Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)
#43		Ethan Reid	D	2018		16	Murrayfield U20 (Scotland U20)
#3		Dean Walker	D	2018		21	Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)

Forwards
No.		Player	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth	Age	Joined from	Press Release
#7		Daniel Abercrombie	F	2018	Irvine, Scotland	20	Solway Sharks (NIHL)
#89		Callum Boyd	F	2018	Irvine, Scotland	24	Edinburgh Capitals (EIHL)
#82		Martin Cingel	LW	2018	Považská Bystrica, Slovakia	42	Edinburgh Capitals (EIHL)
#47	/	Joel Gautschi	C	2018		27	Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)
#42		Michael Ireland	RW	2018	Edinburgh, Scotland	21	Edinburgh Capitals (EIHL)
#8		Angus McLean	F	2018		17	Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)
#96		Kyle Murray	F	2018			Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)
#20		Aaron Robertson	F	2018	Kirkcaldy, Scotland	20	Edinburgh Capitals (EIHL)
#63		Jordan Steel	RW	2018	Edinburgh, Scotland	28	Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)
#83		Stuart Youngson	F	2018	Kirkcaldy, Scotland		Edinburgh Capitals SNL (SNL)

Season Record

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