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  The 2019 Botany Swarm squad has been working hard in preparation for the upcoming NZIHL season. Pre-season team fitness sessions began at CrossFit East Tamaki back in early February, and with many of our players having been involved in various summer leagues or as part […]

The 2019 NZIHL schedule has been finalised and can be found here. This year, we will playing two pre-season games against the West Auckland Admirals in early May. The first game will be hosted by the West Auckland Admirals at Paradice Ice Rink Avondale on Saturday […]

  The Botany Swarm would like to welcome Joel Rindelaub to the 2019 management team. Joel has been appointed as Botany Swarm Interim Assistant General Manager. Originally hailing from Minnesota (USA), he has been involved with the Botany Swarm for the past two seasons as both a […]

  The Botany Swarm warmly welcomes Travis Crickard back to the 2019 management team. Travis has been appointed as Botany Swarm General Manager/CEO. We are very excited about this appointment as Travis has extensive knowledge of the team from his association through the 2018 New Zealand […]

***BREAKING NEWS***   Rick Parry confirms move to Botany Swarm for the 2019 NZIHL season! Botany Swarm are thrilled to announce that veteran goaltender Rick Parry will be moving across town for the upcoming 2019 NZIHL season. Parry, 31 is arguably one the greatest goaltenders in […]

                    We are SO proud of the Botany Swarm players who have been chosen to represent the 2019 New Zealand Ice Blacks. Huge congratulations to Jordan Challis, Andrew Hay, Alex Polosov, Stephen Mawson and Robin Vortanov. Logan Fraser has also been […]

The Botany Swarm would like to welcome Josh Smith to the 2019 management team. Josh has been appointed as Botany Swarm Marketing Manager. He developed a keen interest in ice skating and ice hockey after being invited along to the rink by friends a number of […]

The Botany Swarm warmly welcomes Fraser Graham to the 2019 management team. Fraser has been appointed as Botany Swarm Equipment Manager. He has always loved ice hockey, but never knew it existed in New Zealand until a close friend dragged him along to “Learn to Play” […]

The Botany Swarm warmly welcomes Sankaran “Sunny” Murugan to the 2019 management team. Sunny has been re-appointed as Botany Swarm Physio/Team Medic – a position which he held during the 2018 season. He is a trained physiotherapist who runs a small Ponsonby-based physiotherapy practice called Physio360 […]