Dundee Tigers

Dundee Tigers
City	Dundee, Scotland
League	Scottish National League
Founded	1938
Dissolved	2024
Home arena	Dundee Ice Arena
Colours
General manager	Colin McLeod
Head coach	Richie Phillips
Captain	Paul Guilcher
Franchise history
1938–1955	Dundee Tigers
1987–1988	Dundee Tigers
1988–	Tayside Tigers
2000–present	Dundee Tigers
Championships
Scottish National League	1938–39, 1939–40, 1948–49, 2001–02
SNL Playoff Championship	2013

The Dundee Tigers are a Scottish ice hockey team, based in the city of Dundee. The present team play in the Scottish National League, and have won the competition once. Earlier, (but not related), incarnations of the Tigers have won numerous titles since the late 1930s. In 2024, the Tigers merged with the Dundee Comets to reform the Dundee Rockets.

History

The first Dundee Tigers team was founded in 1938. The Tigers played in the Scottish National League from 1946 to 1954, and in the British National League in 1954–55. The team was based at Kingsway Rink, and wore a blue, red and white strip. The Tigers won the Scottish National League in 1938–39, 1939–40 and 1948–49. The original Tigers last played in 1955.

A second Dundee Tigers team was founded in 1987. They played in the British Hockey League Premier Division 1987–88, before being renamed the Tayside Tigers in 1988. They played at Kingsway Rink in white, gold and black.

The Dundee Tigers played in the Scottish Under-21 League in the late 1990s.

The present Dundee Tigers have played in the Scottish National League since 2000. They are based at the Dundee Ice Arena along with the Dundee Stars and Dundee Comets and play in white, gold and black. The Tigers won the Scottish National League 2000–01 and the SNL Playoff Championship in 2013.

Club roster 2020–21

Netminders
No.	Nat.	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract

Defencemen
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract

Forwards
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Acquired	Contract

2020/21 Outgoing

Outgoing
No.	Nat.	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth	Leaving For

External links

• Dundee Tigers web site

References

• Dundee Tigers on Eurohockey.net
• Dundee Tigers Roster