Kilmarnock Junior Ice Hockey Club

Training returns week commencing 7th August - same days and times as last season. Please refer to teamapp for further information ℹ️

Huge well done to Torran Anderson and Conner McNulty! 👇

🇬🇧 Great Britain have named their team for next month’s under-20s Watersley International Ice Hockey Tournament at the Glanerbrook Ice Rink in the Netherlands.

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The new season is just around the corner!

KJIHC are delighted to be recruiting players at all levels, from our hugely successful Learn to Play programme to our talented league age groups, KJIHC is the place to play or learn to play ice hockey this season!

Interested? Message us here to find out more!

There are still spaces available for the pre season camp which is open to KJIHC players.

Interested? Contact Louise on teamapp for more information. Limited spaces so be quick!

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Kilmarnock hosts UK's top young ice hockey stars in annual tournament The local side were victorious in one of the four age group competitions

And here are the U16s highlights, and the presentations, from Saturday’s action!

A huge thank you again to all the visiting teams, supporters, sponsors, and followers for making the 2024 Ensign Ewart such a great couple of weekends.

All photos by Karin Gilmore

What Stanley Cup final? This is the hockey content you REALLY want this morning. Here are the highlights from the U12s games on Saturday’s Ensign Ewart Tournament!

U16 Final:

The U16 final between the hosts KJIHC and Kirkcaldy was no less tense. A couple of early goals for either side led to a closely fought 25 minutes, but a second goal for Kilmarnock led to a 2-1 finish. Excellent effort from both sides.

We would like to thank all the players, supporters and volunteers for making the tournament such a great success. More photos to come soon!

U12 Final:

It was all go from the start in the U12 final between Kirkcaldy and Aberdeen. Aberdeen conceded a couple goals initially but this was rectified by the end of the game with a very tense and excellently played 4-4 score. An even more tense penalty shootout led to a 6-5 win for Aberdeen. What a final!

Kilmarnock v North Ayrshire’s U16’s semifinal match was a fast paced and entertaining affair. Overall a great performance from both teams, but with Kilmarnock scoring 3 quick goals over North Ayrshire’s 1, Killie sent themselves to the final.

Semifinal number 2 for the 16s was another fast and furious game between Aberdeen and Kirkcaldy which, despite intense commitment and drive from both teams, saw Kirkcaldy victorious with a 2-0 score, and off to the final.

U12s!

Semifinal 1: Widnes and Aberdeen. This was a sprightly match which saw lots of activity across both blue lines. Despite a late goal by Widnes, Aberdeen managed a 2-1 victory which saw them through to the final.

The second semifinal was Solway and Kirkcaldy. Kirkcaldy scored early which set the tone for the rest of the match. Despite a huge effort from Solway, the final score was 4-2 in favour of Kirkcaldy.

Before the 12s semifinals, there were two more 16s matchups. First up was Kilmarnock v Widnes with Kilmarnock securing a 4-0 win. Next was Kirkcaldy v Aberdeen with Kirkcaldy coming out on top 3-1.

Semifinals incoming…

2nd (Kirkcaldy) v 7th (North Ayr) were up next in our U12s, with Kirkcaldy taking a 7-0 win. Next were 3rd (Solway) and 6th (Murrayfield) with Solway in a spirited 4-2 victory. The game following was 4th (KJIHC) and 5th (Aberdeen) with Aberdeen winning 5-0.

U12 Murrayfield v Kirkcaldy was next up, with Kirkcaldy ending up 5-1 over the Edinburgh team.

And then some U16s…Kilmarnock and Kirkcaldy in a thrilling 2-2 tie. That was followed up by North Ayrshire and Aberdeen who also tied their game up 3-3 with fantastic play from both sides.

16s now!

Kilmarnock v Aberdeen were next up. The final score line was 5-0 to Aberdeen in a heated meeting. This was followed by Widnes v North Ayrshire with a solid 4-1 win to North Ayrshire.

And back to some 12s…first up was Solway v Kilmarnock with the score 2-0 in favour of Solway. Next was Widnes v North Ayr with a 5-0 win for Widnes.

The last game in this block was a high speed meeting between Kirkcaldy and Aberdeen, with a 3-3 draw.

16s again: an thrilling 3-2 encounter between Widnes and Aberdeen going to Aberdeen, and then North Ayr v Kirkcaldy in a close game with plenty of chances but a 1-0 win to North Ayr.

And then U12s!

v North Ayr: the first 12s game of the day saw the hosts with a 3-0 victory over North Ayr. Widnes and Murrayfield next went with a 5-3 victory to Widnes. The last game in this group was Aberdeen v Solway with a last few seconds equaliser making it 1-1. Three great games indeed.

And here we go with day 2 of our Ensign Ewart Tournament!

First up was some U16s: KJIHC v North Ayr with a tight and fast 4-4 draw. Next was Widnes v Kirkcaldy which saw the Fife team win 3-0.

A great couple of games to start what will be an exciting day…

We're pleased to have signed up Aberdeen to our upcoming Ensign Ewart U12 and U16 Tournaments this Saturday. ✍️

Ensign Ewart 2024 - this Saturday!

Ensign Ewart 2024.... Part 2

This Saturday! It'll be the turn of some very committed u12 and u16 teams who battle it out for Ensign Ewart glory 🏆

Just 3 days to go! 🗓️

And of course, the U14s photos too.

See you next Saturday 22 June for the U12s and U16s. We can’t wait!

As promised, here are photos from Saturday’s U10 action!

And now the final two games of yesterday’s Ensign Ewart Tournament:

In our first final of the day, an eagerly anticipated clash between Belfast and North Ayrshire Wild U10s. Both teams opened brightly with some end to end play evident. First blood went to the Giants with two goals early on, and the Auchenharvie kids kept working hard to try and get back into the game with a goal of their own.
However, finding an extra gear, Belfast made it 3-0, and that was enough to secure the Ensign Ewart Title.

And then the 14s. Would the older Giants emulate their U10s and take two titles back to Belfast? Or would a resilient Kirkcaldy team manage to secure the win? A tense opener saw chances at both ends with no-one able to break the deadlock. The teams could not be separated at the end of regulation and both teams faced the nerve jangling penalty shoot out. Belfast managed to score the game winning penalty and secure the double.

📸: Grant Craig

Thanks again to all you of for attending, supporting, and following along, and expect more photos soon!