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The Dublin Buccaneers are an ice hockey team in the Republic of Ireland governed by the Irish Ice Hockey Association (IIHA) since 20 August 2020.

Dublin Buccaneers hockey club is player ran and was formed with "the vision and principles of like-minded hockey players who wanted a place to learn and develop their skills".

The team has a multinational member base including players from Ireland, France, Canada, America and Russia. Dublin Buccaneers currently has teams in both the A and B division of the Nigel Smeaton Memorial Cup which is sanctioned by the Irish Ice Hockey Association (IIHA).

History
The Dublin Buccaneers were formed at the beginning of 2020, with three members stepping down from their committee roles within a previous club due to irreconcilable differences with the clubs manager. Soon after their departure 13 former team mates reached out in support and expressed a willingness to compete in a more inclusive environment.

Soon after, the ideology of playing hockey with a "fun, competitive and motivated training experience" saw the players form the foundations of what would become the Dublin Buccaneers.

The Dublin Buccaneers where accepted as members of the Irish Ice Hockey Association (IIHA) in August that year. In March of 2020 Covid-19 had shut down all sporting events within Ireland, which gave the Dublin Buccaneers time to develop their team constitution, elect a committee and lay the ground work to ensure the mistakes of the previous club were not repeated.

Personnel

 * Roman Piskurev – Head Coach
 * Julien Brenier - President
 * Dermot McNally - Secretary
 * Derek O'Neill - Treasurer
 * Eoin Kirwan - Player safety officer
 * Conor Irvine, Morgan Kan, Roman Piskurev - Player representatives

2013 Roster
(roster taken from the Dublin Buccaneers official roster )

Head coach: Aaron Collins