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The 2019 NZIHL regular season will get underway this weekend for the Botany Swarm as they take on the Canterbury Red Devils from Christchurch. Games will be played on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May at the The Hive (Paradice Ice Rink Botany), with warm up […]

The coaches and management of the Botany Swarm are very proud to announce the 2019 playing team. They are: 1 Michael Hopkinson GK NZL 2 Matas Barakauskas D NZL 3 Andrea Ricca D ITA 4 Corey Morgan D USA 5 Edward Commons D NZL 6 Michael […]

The Botany Swarm management and team warmly welcomes the following import player to their 2019 playing squad: Daniel is a 23 year old right wing, born in Montreal, Canada, and now living in Dudley, Massachusetts. He has played four seasons for the Nichols College Bison who […]

The Botany Swarm management and team warmly welcomes the following import player to their 2019 playing squad: Corey Morgan is a 22 year old born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA. He is a fast-paced defenceman with a good shot and stands 180cm (5’11”) tall. Corey attended […]

              END OF FIRST PERIOD The score after the first twenty minutes stands at 1-0 for the Admirals. The Swarm had some good pushes, and a couple of close calls for Attwell and Kozak in particular, but were unable to […]

The Botany Swarm warmly welcomes Michelle Cox to the 2019 management team. Michelle has been appointed as Botany Swarm Head Coach. Michelle has a long ice hockey playing history in Auckland. She grew up playing in the Men’s representative age groups until becoming the founding member […]

The Botany Swarm management and team warmly welcomes the following import player to their 2019 playing squad: Corey is a 27 year old left-handed forward, born in Cardiff, and now living in Toronto, Canada. He has played 39 games this season for the Official Peterborough Phantoms with a […]

The Botany Swarm management and team warmly welcome the following import player to their 2019 playing squad: Andrea is a 29 year old born in Pinerolo, Italy. He’s a left-handed defenceman who currently plays for Hockey Como in Italy. Andrea started playing at the age of five and […]

The 2019 Ice Blacks left New Zealand on Monday 8 April bound for Colorado where they prepared for their IIHF Division II Group B Championship in Mexico City, Mexico. Our Botany Swarm boys were part of the travelling team who played three exhibition games against local […]