Final Standings
| P | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | |
| East Coast Blaze L1 (C) | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 25 | 26 |
| Lumberjacks (P) | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 53 | 18 |
| Waterford Vikings (P) | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 48 | 17 |
| Dublin Wolves L1 (P) | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 67 | 15 |
| Shadow Bandits (P) | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 71 | 10 |
| Clare Badgers | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 60 | 4 |
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| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | ||
| Playoffs | Semi-Finals | |||
| 04.05.19 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 3 | Waterford Vikings | 2 |
| 04.05.19 | Shadow Bandits | 2 | Lumberjacks | 9 |
| Playoffs | 3rd Place | |||
| 05.05.19 | Waterford Vikings | 9 | Shadow Bandits | 3 |
| Playoffs | Final | |||
| 05.05.19 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 1 | Lumberjacks | 8 |
Note: (C) League Champions – did not take part in Playoffs / (P) Qualify for Playoffs
Regular Season Results
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Week 1 | The Rink, Portadown | |||
| 09.09.2018 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 7 | Lumberjacks | 4 |
| 09.09.2018 | Lumberjacks | 5 | Shadow Bandits | 4 |
| 09.09.2018 | Shadow Bandits | 10 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 4 |
| Week 2 | Longford Inline Rink | |||
| 14.10.2018 | Shadow Bandits | 3 | Clare Badgers | 2 |
| 14.10.2018 | Waterford Vikings | 2 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 7 |
| 14.10.2018 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 6 | Shadow Bandits | 7 |
| 14.10.2018 | Clare Badgers | 1 | Waterford Vikings | 5 |
| 14.10.2018 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 5 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 1 |
| Week 3 | Longford Inline Rink | |||
| 03.11.2018 | Waterford Vikings | 2 | Lumberjacks | 1 |
| 03.11.2018 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 7 | Clare Badgers | 4 |
| Week 4 | The Rink, Portadown | |||
| 18.11.2018 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 4 | Lumberjacks | 2 |
| 18.11.2018 | Lumberjacks | 4 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 2 |
| 18.11.2018 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 9 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 2 |
| 18.11.2018 | Clare Badgers | 3 | Shadow Bandits | 4 |
| 18.11.2018 | Lumberjacks | 3 | Waterford Vikings | 2 |
| 18.11.2018 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 6 | Shadow Bandits | 0 |
| 18.11.2018 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 6 | Waterford Vikings | 0 |
| 18.11.2018 | Lumberjacks | 10 | Clare Badgers | 4 |
| Week 5 | Longford Inline Rink | |||
| 13.01.2019 | Lumberjacks | 7 | Shadow Bandits | 2 |
| 13.01.2019 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 9 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 2 |
| 13.01.2019 | Clare Badgers | 3 | Shadow Bandits | 4 |
| 13.01.2019 | Lumberjacks | 3 | Waterford Vikings | 2 |
| 13.01.2019 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 6 | Shadow Bandits | 0 |
| 13.01.2019 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 6 | Waterford Vikings | 0 |
| 13.01.2019 | Lumberjacks | 10 | Clare Badgers | 4 |
| Week 5 | Longford Inline Rink | |||
| 03.02.2018 | Shadow Bandits | 1 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 3 |
| 03.02.2018 | Lumberjacks | 5 | Clare Badgers | 6 |
| 03.02.2018 | Waterford Vikings | 3 | Shadow Bandits | 0 |
| 03.02.2018 | Lumberjacks | 8 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 3 |
| 03.02.2018 | Shadow Bandits | 1 | Clare Badgers | 5 |
| 03.02.2018 | Waterford Vikings | 4 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 3 |
| Week 6 | Longford Inline Rink | |||
| 10.02.2019 | Waterford Vikings | 1 | Clare Badgers | 0 |
| 10.02.2019 | Clare Badgers | 0 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 1 |
| Week 7 | Longford Inline Rink | |||
| 16.02.2019 | Dubln Wolves L1 | 0 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 7 |
| 16.02.2019 | Lumberjacks | 15 | Shadow Bandits | 2 |
| 16.02.2019 | Waterford Vikings | 1 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 3 |
| 16.02.2019 | Lumberjacks | 9 | Clare Badgers | 3 |
| 16.02.2019 | Waterford Vikings | 7 | Shadow Bandits | 4 |
| 16.02.2019 | Clare Badgers | 3 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 5 |
| 16.02.2019 | Shadow Bandits | 0 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 1 |
| Week 8 | The Rink, Portadown | |||
| 16.03.2019 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 6 | Lumberjacks | 1 |
| Week 9 | The Rink, Portadown | |||
| 24.03.2019 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 3 | Lumberjacks | 2 |
| 24.03.2019 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 1 | Clare Badgers | 0 |
| 24.03.2019 | Waterford Vikings | 1 | Shadow Bandits | 6 |
| 24.03.2019 | Clare Badgers | 0 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 1 |
| 24.03.2019 | Lumberjacks | 5 | Waterford Vikings | 3 |
| 24.03.2019 | Shadow Bandits | 7 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 3 |
| 24.03.2019 | East Coast Blaze L1 | 0 | Waterford Vikings | 3 |
Point Leaders
| Name | Team | Position | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ondrej Vlach | Lumberjacks | Forward | 14 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 8 |
| Lucian Verkin | Shadow Bandits | 16 | 26 | 6 | 32 | 4 | |
| Martin Uroda | Lumberjacks | Forward | 17 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 6 |
| Tomas Glazer | Lumberjacks | Forward | 17 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 14 |
| Ryan Thompson | East Coast Blaze L1 | Forward | 10 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 10 |
Most Penalty Minutes
| Name | Team | Position | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ross Killen | Dublin Wolves L1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 30 | |
| PJ Cunningham | Shadow Bandits | Defense | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| Lukas Jucik | Waterford Vikings | 16 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 28 | |
| Eddy Gallagher | East Coast Blaze L1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |
| G.B. #16 | Dublin Wolves L1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 20 |
Report
East Coast Blaze won the Inline Hockey Ireland League 1 (Tier 2) competition in 2018-19 finishing with 13 wins and 2 losses from their 15 games for 26 points, well ahead of Lumberjacks in second with 18 and Waterford Vikings in third on 17. Blaze did not however take part in the Playoffs and the third and fourth team to qualify were Dublin Wolves L1 with 15 points and Shadow Bandits with 10. Clare Badgers finished in 6th place on 4 points. Lumberjacks went on to win the playoffs with an 8-1 victory over Dublin Wolves L1 in the Final. Ondrej Vlach of Lumberjacks finished top points scorer with 42 points (22 Goals and 20 Assists)
After the season Longford Hawks dropped down to League 1 from the Elite League, Shadow Bandits merged with Rileys of the Elite League to form League 1 team Riley’s Shadow Bandits; Ballymena Vandals were promoted to League 1 from League 2; Clare Badgers were relegated to League 2; East Coast Blaze dropped down to League 2 for 2019-20 and Dublin Wolves folded.
References
Images
[1] Inline Hockey Ireland Facebook Cover Photo – Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/inlinehockeyireland/photos/a.149991298356582.27261.143898408965871/143899552299090/?type=1&theater [Accessed 17 February 2017]
Websites
[2] Inline Hockey Ireland (2019) League 1 Standings 2018-19 [Internet] Available from: http://www.inlinehockeyireland.org/divisions/23182 [Accessed 7 June 2019]
[3] Inline Hockey Ireland (2019) League 1 Schedule 2018-19 [Internet] Available from: http://www.inlinehockeyireland.org/divisions/23182/games [Accessed 7 June 2019
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy, Hugh Mulcahy & Aoife Mulcahy
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