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The Telford Titans were an English
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
team that played in the
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(ENIHL). They were originally formed as the
Telford Tigers ENL The Telford Titans were an English ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called h ...
.


History

In 2007, the
English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL) was an ice hockey league of 10 teams, all of which were based in England. Headquartered in Blackpool, the EPIHL was one of two professional ice hockey leagues in the United Kingdom (the other being th ...
(EPIHL)'s
Telford Tigers The Telford Tigers are a National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) ice hockey team that formed in 1985. After initially closing in 1999, a new team, under the name 'Telford Wild Foxes', was formed in 2001; and re-adopted the original name in 2005. The t ...
introduced a second team into the
English National Ice Hockey League The National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) is a set of professional ice hockey leagues administered by the English Ice Hockey Association. It is currently the second tier of British ice hockey, below the Elite Ice Hockey League. Formerly called the ...
(ENIHL), known as the
Telford Tigers ENL The Telford Titans were an English ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called h ...
; due to changing age restrictions of the under-19s team becoming an under-18s team. In 2008, the Telford Tigers EPL and ENL split ownership due to time constraints on the owners with the two clubs still working closely together to promote ice hockey in Telford. The team was renamed the Telford Titans in September 2008, and continued to operate under this name until the team folded in August 2014, due to a mass exodus of players and management staff.


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External links


Telford Titans official Web site
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