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The opening weekend of the 2008/2009 Irish Ice Hockey League season opened with 6 games. On Saturday night the Dundalk Bulls Ladies hosted the Drogheda Ice Breakers 1 at 5:30 p.m. to kick start the season and the IIHL Recreational Division. The Ice Breakers 1 came out the victors by a score of 22-0. Following that, the Dublin Wolves got the IIHL under way with a game against the vastly improved Hawks. The Wolves were playing their first IIHL game having won the IIHL Development Division last season. They did themselves proud despite losing 12-2 to an extremely impressive Hawks team.

On Sunday, four games were scheduled with the first ever IIHL game taking place in Dundonald, Belfast. The Tesco Belfast Giants hosted the Flyers I.H.C. with the Giants coming out on top with a 7-5 victory. While down in Dundalk, IIHL Recreational Division games were sheduled to take to place. Firstly, the Hawks hosted the Kilkenny City Storm with the Hawks edging the win with a final scoreline of 2-1. The 2nd game of the day was supposed to be the Dundalk Bulls hosting the Belfast Bruins. However, the Bruins unfortunately forfeited the game and the points to the Bulls. A game did take place though as the Bulls took on a mixture of Hawks and Storm players in what was an enjoyable match by all. The final game of the evening was the Drogheda Ice Breakers 2 versus the Flyers I.H.C. The Flyers came out victors with an impressive 3-0 win.

This weekend sees 5 games take place with double headers in the Dundalk Ice Dome scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. the Hawks 2 take on the Drogheda Ice Breakers 1 in the IIHL Recreational Division and the Dublin Rams host the Latvian Hawks at 7:15 p.m. On Sunday, the Kilkenny City Storm take on the Dundalk Bulls at 3:15 p.m. in the IIHL Recreational Division. Meanwhile the Dundalk Bulls kick start their defence of the IIHL at 4:45 p.m. when they take on the Tesco Belfast Giants. Whilst in Dundonald Ice Bowl, the Belfast City Bruins host the Dundalk Bulls Ladies at 4:45 p.m.

This weekend's games are as follows:

Saturday 11th Oct
@ 5:30 p.m. Hawks 2 v Drogheda Ice Breakers 1 (IIHL RD) - Dundalk
@ 7:15 p.m. Dublin Rams v Hawks (IIHL) - Dundalk

Sunday 12th Oct
@ 3:15 p.m Kilkenny City Storm v Dundalk Bulls (IIHL RD) - Dundalk
@ 4:45 p.m. Belfast City Bruins v Dundalk Bulls Ladies (IIHL RD) - Dundonald
@ 4:45 p.m. Dundalk Bulls v Tesco Belfast Giants (IIHL) - Dundalk

While the IIHL League Table looks like this prior to the weekend:

IIHL

IIHL 2008/2009 Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Hawks	1	1	0	0	12	2	+10	3
Tesco Junior Giants	1	1	0	0	7	5	+2	3
Dundalk Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dublin Rams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flyers I.H.C.	1	0	1	0	5	7	-2	0
Dublin Wolves	1	0	1	0	2	12	-10	0
Last updated: 10.10.2008

And the IIHL Recreational Division League Table looks like this:

IIHL Recreational Division

IIHL Recreational Division 2008/2009 Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Drogheda Ice Breakers 1	1	1	0	0	22	0	+22	3
Dundalk Bulls	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	3
Flyers I.H.C.	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
Hawks	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
Blackrock Whalers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DkIT Ravens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dublin Wolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blackhawks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tesco Junior Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kilkenny City Storm	1	0	1	0	1	2	-1	0
Drogheda Ice Breakers 2	1	0	1	0	0	3	-3	0
Belfast City Bruins	1	0	1	0	0	5	-5	0
Dundalk Bulls Ladies	1	0	1	0	0	22	-22	0
Last updated: 10.10.2008