The Dundee Rockets were an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 club based in Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

, Scotland. Founded in 1963, the club were founder members of the Northern League

Northern League (ice hockey, 1967)

The Northern League was the top-flight ice hockey league in Scotland and initially northern England, from 1966. In 1982 it merged with the Inter-City League and the English League North to form the British Hockey League....

 in 1967 and the British Hockey League

British Hockey League

The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League...

 in 1982. The club won eight titles before closing in 1987.

In 1963, the Dundee Rockets were founded. They took on the Tigers home ice and colours, although they wore a yellow and black strip in the mid to late 1960s. The head coach from 1969 to 1971 was Marshall Key. The Rockets won the Northern League

Northern League (ice hockey, 1967)

The Northern League was the top-flight ice hockey league in Scotland and initially northern England, from 1966. In 1982 it merged with the Inter-City League and the English League North to form the British Hockey League....

 in 1972-73 and 1981–82, the Scottish National League

Scottish National League

The Scottish National League is the ice hockey league in Scotland.Seen as the third-tier of ice hockey, below the British Elite Ice Hockey League and the English Premier Ice Hockey League . However, its standard of play has been considered closer to the English National Ice Hockey Division One,...

 in 1981-82, and the British Championship

British Championship

The British Championship is the most prestigious ice hockey cup competition in the United Kingdom, and also the longest established ice hockey competition. It has been run under various formats and titles since 1930 and contested annually since 1966...

 in 1982. From 1983 to 1987 the Rockets played in the British National League

British National League

The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the...

 Premier Division, winning the league in 1982-83 (Section A) and 1983-84. They won the Heineken Championship in 1983 and 1984, and the Bluecol Autumn Cup in 1983-84.

Honours

• Northern League
  Northern League (ice hockey, 1967)
  The Northern League was the top-flight ice hockey league in Scotland and initially northern England, from 1966. In 1982 it merged with the Inter-City League and the English League North to form the British Hockey League....
  
  : 1972-73, 1981–82
• British Championship
  British Championship
  The British Championship is the most prestigious ice hockey cup competition in the United Kingdom, and also the longest established ice hockey competition. It has been run under various formats and titles since 1930 and contested annually since 1966...
  
  : 1981-82, 1982–83, 1983–84
• British Hockey League
  British Hockey League
  The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League...
  
  : 1982-83, 1983–84
• Autumn Cup: 1983-84

The Dundee Rockets also won the grandslam ( all the trophies there is to win in one season ) three years in a row