UMFK Esja, also known as Esja Reykjavík, was an ice hockey team in Reykjavík, Iceland, founded in 2014. The team played in the

Icelandic Men's Hockey League The Icelandic Men's Hockey League, also known as Hertz deild karla for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey league in Iceland. As of the 2017–2018 season, it has four active teams. It is run by Ice Hockey Iceland. History Hockey was first pla ...

from 2014 to 2018, winning the national championship in 2017. On 27 February 2018, the club announced it would not field a team for the upcoming 2018–2019 season due to the refusal of the Ice Hockey Association of Iceland and Reykjavík's Athletic Federation to allow the club to start a junior program, which they claimed was essential for the club's future.

Titles

* Icelandic champions: 2017

Notable players

Robbie Sigurðsson Robert Michael Sigurðsson (born 18 October 1993) is an American-born Icelandic ice hockey player and a former member of the Icelandic men's national team. In 2017, he was named the Icelandic Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Year. Playing career ...

References

External links

Team profile
on Eurohockey.net Ice hockey teams in Iceland Ice hockey clubs established in 2014 2014 establishments in Iceland Icelandic Hockey League {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub