Talk:Ireland men's national ice hockey team

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Flag

Why has the wikipedia compromise Irish rugby flag been used? As I understand the team is representative of the island of Ireland, I'm going to stick with St. Patrick's Saltire until a suitable flag is made or found - this SHAMrock doesn't feature anywhere in Team Ireland's logo etc. Plus, it looks dreadful.--Belacqua Shuah (talk) 00:43, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How about this, almost identical to the team's logo:

The flag used by Team Ireland is the Republic of Ireland Tricolour flag as per the IIHA and IIHF. Players in Northern Ireland are allowed choose between either playing for Great Britain or Ireland. The GB's team flag is not changed when Northern Ireland players play for GB (reference Graham Walton) therefore it is incorrect to change Team Irelands. If the IIHA & IIHF use the the Republic of Ireland Tricolour flag then that is what should be used here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.232.107 (talk) 17:00, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See IIHF and IIHA website links for reference to appropriate flag http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/ireland.html and http://www.iiha.org/ice_hockey/championships2008/participants.php 99.230.232.107 (talk) 18:53, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's good enough for me. Belacqua Shuah (talk) 19:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The IIHF Ireland page has a map and population statistic that suggest the IIHA represents only the Republic. The IIHF "Great Britain" page includes Northern Ireland in the map if not the name. The article "Ireland united in hockey: An all-islands approach to national team and Irish national league" might suggest an all-island remit, but not necessarily. Is it simply the case that, as with the Olympic Games, Northerners can choose compete for the Republic's team? If so, the introduction to the article should state this clearly. jnestorius^(talk) 08:48, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agree - the situation is the same as with the Olympics. This article is really about the REPUBLIC of Ireland team - it's not a true all-island Ireland team at all like the Irish rugby union team. The only reason it's "all-island" is merely because the Republic offers passports to those in Northern Ireland on an extra-territorial basis. The Great Britain Team (run by Ice Hockey UK) is the more official team for those from Northern Ireland. The prominence in which Northern Ireland is mentioned in this article seems a little mischievous to me, given its controversial nature. 213.123.6.67 (talk) 08:45, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Owen Nolan?

-May have been born in Belfast, but as this is a page for the National team and Owen Nolan has never played for the Irish National Team- Owen was removed.

Point remains. Owen Nolan has nothing to do with Team Ireland to my knowledge. I ask anybody that has proof otherwise to post it here before editing. Otherwise, Owen Nolan should be removed by anybody. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.107.45.200 (talk) 02:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 23:27, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]