In November 2012 fifteen players from the Men’s Blues team resigned from the University Sports Federation and the OUIHC, fully aware that they were leaving the history of the club behind. In October 2013, a new team independent of the University was formed – The Oxford Blues Varsity Ice Hockey Team, governed by a charity also established in that year – the Oxford Ice Hockey Trust. The OUIHC, a registered club with the Sports Federation and the University since 1921, remained after the split and consisted of a small number of Oxford University men’s players as well as two teams: the Women’s Blues and the Oxford Vikings (the men’s second team). The OUIHC remains the only University affiliated ice hockey club and the only club to allow students the opportunity to earn Blues in the Varsity Ice Hockey Match.
