Coventry Blaze

Coventry Blaze began life in 2000 after the Solihull Blaze team relocated to the Coventry Skydome, a 3,000 capacity arena.

The club play in the Elite Ice Hockey League, the top flight for the sport in the United Kingdom.

They are four-time league champions having topped the pile in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Blaze have also won two play-off crowns and two Challenge Cups.

In 2020-2021, the Blaze were one of four teams to compete in a new Elite Series event after the Elite League campaign was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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