Slough Jets

The club were beaten finalists in the Benson & Hedges Plate in 2000, and this was also the year that one of their greatest players, Gary Stefan, was elected to the Great Britain Hall of Fame.

[5] The Slough Jets name continued with its existing amateur senior team in the National Ice Hockey League South 2 division and the Junior club.

A move was made by Gary Stefan and Jets media man Mark Denholm [6] to create a new EPIHL team at the rink but attempts to secure ice time were not successful.

[7] A Slough Jets legends match was set up and played on July 14, 2014, to honour the club's professional history and raise money for charity.

[12] Ahead of the 2015/16 season, departures affected the side with Zoran Kosic leaving and Alan Green and the Ealey-Newman brothers headed to Oxford.

Player injuries and fixture congestion [17] due to lack of ice whilst a temporary rink was constructed meant they could only finish bottom of the league with 4 victories to their name.

Ahead of the 2017/18 season, it was announced that the former Bracknell Bees and Guildford Flames forward Lukas Smital was joining Slough Jets as player-coach to replace the departing Tony Milton.

Backstopped by impressive veteran Netminder Chris Douglas and with a mix of youth and experienced players, Slough finished a creditable 7th out of 13 teams in an expanded league structure [19] achieving unexpected results against strong Chelmsford, Peterborough and Bracknell sides as Jets turned their temporary rink into a very difficult place to go and get a result.

Jets were tied on points with Solent Devils after victory against Peterborough Phantoms 2 in the final match of the season but were awarded the league title due to the head-to-head results.

[20] Sean Norris and Sam Talbot made the NIHL2 South second All-Star team [21] Jets re-signed Lukas Smital and the core of the NIHL2 South title winning side including Matt Smital in net, Lindgren, Reynolds, Rose, Talbot and Norris for the 2019/20 season.

[24] They were unable to carry on this form though and a severe concussion injury to key forward Sean Norris against Oxford City Stars on October 13 [25] put him out of the side for several weeks and a further injury against Milton Keynes Thunder upon his brief return saw him sidelined again before he made a decision to leave the club.

Norris left the club to join the NIHL National Basingstoke Bison full time and was followed there in mid-January by Sam Talbot further weakening the Jets side.

After the Elite Ice Hockey League announced it was cancelling the 2019/20 season on March 13 [26] the EIHA made a statement that fixtures for the weekend were expected to continue.

Slough Jets cancelled their away fixture on March 15 against Bracknell Hornets as it became clear of the risk and concern amongst the players, supporters and their families.

Despite leaving the Jets mid season, Sam Talbot was voted onto the second NIHL1 South All-Star team.

First of all was the South Cup [31] with the following teams involved; Haringey Huskies from NIHL2, Milton Keynes Thunder, Solent Devils and Slough Jets.

A close 2–1 loss away against eventual league, cup and playoff winners Streatham IHC with seven seconds left [36] showed the promise in the side.

Slough Jets were the first away side to beat Bristol Pitbulls in their new rink with a 1–0 victory coming courtesy of a goal by Lewis English and a 61 shot shutout for Brett Shepherd.

Whilst renovations where carried out, the Jets played out of a temporary facility located in the leisure centre car park.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes, POS = Position in league table at end of season Note: *2019-20 season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Blaž Emeršič scoring a penalty shot goal for Jets' EPIHL Play-Off Champions title in 2009–10
The Slough Ice Arena