The Offical British Hockey Thread 2007-2008

Post by **Calv** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:28 pm

One of Hull's best players Paul Cabana has just left for Germany, combined with their current injury problems are poor run means things aren't looking good for them

Post by **Calv** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:32 pm

only 4 more teams to update in the original post now

Post by **Calv** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:53 pm

finally finished updating all of the teams now in the original posts

Saw Coventry batter Phoenix 8-2 on sunday, it's not looking good for the Phoenix atm

Post by **Calv** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:17 pm

Bracknell Bees of the EPIHL are now ownerless

The owners were the same people who bought Basingstoke Bison over the summer, it's not looking good for Bracknell as some of their players haven't been paid for a while...

Post by **Calv** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:06 pm

looks like they'll be staying in the EPIHL until at least the end of the season

Bracknell Bees Future Secured
17/12/2007
The future of the Bracknell Bees ice hockey team has been secured for the rest of the season and the club are now working hard to get back into action this weekend.

On Monday evening, supporters' club Chairman Stuart Robinson issued the following;
"After an incredibly long day of negotiations, we have just been informed by the English Premier League Chairman, Ken Taggart, that the proposals that have been made to keep the Bees alive for the rest of the season have been accepted by both the league and the John Nike Group. Therefore we're good to go.

"The primary reason is the fantastic support that was shown at the public meeting last Thursday and we really want that public support to come out for the meeting on Tuesday."

The public meeting is on Tuesday night (18th) in Honies Restaurant at Bracknell ice rink, beginning at 8pm, with all Bees' supporters urged to attend to find out more about the way forward.

Bees are back in action this weekend when they travel to Telford on Saturday, before hosting the Tigers at the Hive on Sunday evening (6pm).

Post by **Calv** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:28 pm

the third professional british hockey team to be in trouble this year are Cardiff, who are making a loss of £1,000 to £1,500 a week, and need to find £18,000 to stay afloat for the rest of the season

£18,000 may not seem a lot, but it is the same as an import players salary for the year.

mark_htfc · Post by **mark_htfc** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:45 pm

Hello everyone, long time no talk,

I have not been to any games in a good few Month Calv but I know they ain't doing so cracky now. I think I might head down to the Sheffield game on Saturday if I can get away from football quick enough if not I will probably go to the home game on the Sunday.

I have missed going to Ice Hockey, so should be a good return. How has the Phoenix been in the game syou have seen?

Mark

Post by **Calv** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:39 pm

Phoenix usually start out brightly and then fade away, usually due to the fact they only really play 2 line hockey. When I saw them they had injury problems so this had more of an effect than usual. They beat Sheffield 4-0 away on saturday, but lost 5-3 to Hull on sunday

I may try and go to the game on thursday, as its their first home game on sky, however I should be revising for my exams!

Post by **Calv** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:43 pm

also Ice Hockey now has its on page on the Sky Sports webpage: http://www.skysports.com/icehockey/0,19 ... 96,00.html and the EIHL results now appear on Sky Sports news, so it's slowly getting more coverage!

mark_htfc · Post by **mark_htfc** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:45 pm

That's the only problem with me and weekday's. With me living in Huddersfield it is hard for me to get to midweek games, I would love to though but by the time I got home I would be in bed later than usual for work, Unless I booked Friday off as I have 4 day's to get in then that would involve me catching a train.

I went to about 5-6 home games on the trot at the start of the season and they started of very brightly indeed, it is just a shame that for some reason or another they have faded away.

Did they get the seating sorted out behind the goal? As I reckon it would be a good view from there.

P.S Where has Minty got to, I see he has not posted since last August.

mark_htfc · Post by **mark_htfc** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:47 pm

Calv wrote:also Ice Hockey now has its on page on the Sky Sports webpage: http://www.skysports.com/icehockey/0,19 ... 96,00.html and the EIHL results now appear on Sky Sports news, so it's slowly getting more coverage!

I knew about the results on SS as I always see them going across at the bottom but didn't know about the webpage, at least Ice Hockey in this country is getting more coverage now, hopefully they will start to show live games soon enough.

Post by **Calv** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:50 pm

yeah they got the seating in behind the goal, the view of the near goal is pretty good, slightly better than sitting in line with the faceoff circle where I used to sit.

Post by **Calv** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:50 pm

I hope they show the playoff final live

mark_htfc · Post by **mark_htfc** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:54 pm

I used to sit inbetween the middle and defensive line near the exit door's, I mgiht have to see what the view is like behind the goal next time I go.

Yeah it would be great to see them show the play-off final live.

Post by **Calv** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:29 pm

Team GB for the Mont Blanc Challenge:

Netminders :

Stevie Lyle Belfast Giants
Stephen Murphy Stjernen, Norway
Joe Watkins Guildford Flames

Defencemen :

Luke Boothroyd Hull Stingrays
Paul Dixon Guildford Flames
Leigh Jamieson Belfast Giants
Jez Lundin Newcastle Vipers
Paul Moran Belfast Giants
James Morgan Peterborough Phantoms
Ben Morgan Sheffield Scimitars
Ben O’Connor Edinburgh Capitals
James Pease Coventry Blaze
Mark Thomas Sheffield Steelers
Graeme Walton Belfast Giants
Jonathan Weaver Coventry Blaze

Forwards :

Greg Chambers Basingstoke Bison
David Clarke HC Alleghe, Italy
Gary Clarke Milton Keynes Lightning
Russell Cowley Coventry Blaze
Mark Garside Edinburgh Capitals
Jason Hewitt Sheffield Steelers
Marc Levers Nottingham Panthers
David Longstaff Newcastle Vipers
Greg Owen Basingstoke Bison
Jonathan Phillips Sheffield Steelers
Nathan Rempel Peterborough Phantoms
Mark Richardson Nottingham Panthers
Colin Shields Newcastle Vipers
Ashley Tait Sheffield Steelers
Warren Tait Sheffield Steelers
Matt Towe Cardiff Devils
Adam Walker Manchester Phoenix
Tom Watkins Coventry Blaze

Also looks like Dan Tessier(99 points last season) is coming back to England, and probably back to Sheffield who today released Jeremy Cornish after the Steelers went on a poor streak. Tess is a good player altho changes team a little bit too often!

Post by **batdad** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:14 am

What? THe old man was not good enough? What? I thought he was a god. Where is he on this roster?

Or is he the coach?

Post by **Calv** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:27 am

He retired from international duty last Euro Champs, and is assistant coach to Paul Thompson.

Post by **Calv** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:52 am

And Tessier is confirmed by Kalamazoo Wings as leaving for Sheffield who have given him a conctract for next year as well. He can't be cheap but he could be the difference between winning the playoffs and Sheffield going trophyless for another season

Post by **Calv** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:58 pm

Well the regular season is over & the first playoff quarters are being played tomorrow night.
Congratulations go to Coventry Blaze on winning the Elite League & the British Knockout cup, defeating Basingstoke Bison in the latter competition.
Congratulations to Nottingham Panthers winning the Challenge Cup, defeating Sheffield Steelers in the final.

The table finishes up as:

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     Team  	   GP    W    WOT   L    LOT   Pts
1 	Coventry    54 	36 	5 	11 	2 	84
2 	Sheffield   54 	33 	5 	14 	2 	78
3 	Nottingham  54 	30 	3 	18 	3 	69
4 	Belfast 	 54 	29 	4 	19 	2 	68
5 	Newcastle   54 	24 	4 	22 	4 	60
6 	Cardiff 	 54 	23 	3 	25 	3 	55
7 	Manchester  54 	20 	3 	28 	3 	49
8 	Edinburgh   54 	16 	3 	32 	3 	41
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9 	Basingstoke 54 	13 	3 	33 	5 	37
10   Hull 	    54 	12 	1 	34 	7 	33

The Playoff Quarters are:
1) Coventry v Edinburgh
2) Sheffield v Manchester
3) Nottingham v Cardiff
4) Belfast v Newcastle

These are played over 2 games, the team with the highest aggregate score going through to the semi final, with the games getting decided by 5 minutes 4-on-4 and then a shootout if no winner can be found in regular time.

The Semis are
Winner of 1) v Winner of 4)
Winner of 2) v Winner of 3)
These are one off knockout games played in Nottingham the Saturday after next, with the final being played the sunday after. Both games have 5 mins OT & Penalty shots if required.

Post by **Calv** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:20 pm

Adam Calder tops the points scoring charts and goals scoring charts, with Dan Carlson(both of Coventry) being the only other player scoring over 100 points in the regular season.

Points:

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Player   	           Team   	   Pld  G    A    Pts   	 
Adam Calder      	   Coventry	  64	56	65	121	
Dan Carlson     	    Coventry	  64	29	78	107	
Greg Chambers          Basingstoke  64	39	56	95	
Sean McAslan	        Nottingham	62	40	53	93	
Joe Tallari	         Manchester	57	54	38	92	
Ed Courtenay	        Belfast	   55	24	64	88	
Tony Hand	           Manchester	59	24	61	85	
Sylvain Deschatelets	Cardiff	   62	23	60	83	
Peter Campbell	      Belfast	   45	36	45	81	
Colin Hemingway        Edinburgh	 55	40	40	80

Goals:

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Player   	      Team   	   Pld  G   	 
Adam Calder	    Coventry	  64	56	
Joe Tallari	    Manchester	57	54	
Sean McAslan	   Nottingham	62	40
Colin Hemingway	Edinburgh	 55	40	
Greg Chambers	  Basingstoke  64	39

Assists:

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Player   	           Team   	 Pld  A   	 
Dan Carlson	         Coventry   64	78	
Adam Calder	         Coventry   64	65
Ed Courtenay	        Belfast	 55	64
Tony Hand	           Manchester 59	61
Sylvain Deschatelets	Cardiff	 62	60

British Points Scorers:

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Player   	      Team   	  Pld  G    A    Pts   	 
Tony Hand	      Manchester  59	24	61	85	
Ashley Tait	    Sheffield	55	32	40	72	
Colin Shields	  Newcastle	53	35	34	69	
Greg Owen	      Basingstoke 63	28	37	65
David Longstaff	Newcastle	62	19	43	62

Post by **batdad** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:55 pm

Hey...I was reading all those stats..somehow I knew Calv would find a way to get Tony Hand to the top of a table.

And sure enough...there it is, the last table, and at the top of the BRITISH point scorers list is Grandpa Hand. Shocking!! Time for him to have babies and get his grandkids on the ice.

Is that not like having a special category for Canadians playing football? Well, except for Hargraves on that Brit team, who is really a Canadian, and just shirked his duty to play for his country like Lennox Lewis..but yeah, off topic rant there.

Post by **Calv** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:43 pm

Depends what the Canadian football league is like. If, like the EIHL, it is dominated(in both numbers & skill) by imports then I would put a separate table for Canadian football players. If it wasn't then I wouldn't

Post by **Calv** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:30 pm

Playoff Quarter Final results:
Newcastle Vipers 7p-6 Belfast Giants
Manchester Phoenix 8-9 Sheffield Steelers
Cardiff Devils 7-6 Nottingham Panthers
Coventry Blaze 4-2 Edinburgh Capitals

A couple of surprises in there, with Nottingham,the biggest budget team in the league, getting knocked out to Cardiff & Belfast getting knocked out by Newcastle.

The semi's are played next saturday at Nottingham's National Ice Centre:
Coventry v Newcastle
Sheffield v Cardiff

And the final is being played on sunday.

The IHJUK awards have been given out as follows:
EIHL First Star Team:
Trevor Koenig (Coventry Blaze)

Neal Martin (Coventry Blaze)
*Jonathan Weaver (Newcastle Vipers)

Adam Calder (Coventry Blaze)
Joe Tallari (Manchester Phoenix)
Sean McAslan (Nottingham Panthers)

Second Team:
Tom Askey (Nottingham Panthers)

Rod Sarich (Sheffield Steelers)
Corey Neilson (Nottingham Panthers)

Dan Carlson (Coventry Blaze)
Ed Courtenay (Belfast Giants)
Peter Campbell (Belfast Giants)

Coach of the year:
Paul Thompson - Coventry Blaze

EIHL Player of the Year:
Adam Calder - Coventry Blaze

British Top Scorer:
Tony Hand - Manchester Phoenix

British Netminder of the Year:
Stevie Lyle - Belfast Giants

British Defenceman of the Year:
Jonathan Weaver - Coventry Blaze

British Forward of the year:
Tony Hand - Manchester Phoenix

British Young Player of the Year:
Mark Garside - Edinburgh Capitals

Post by **Calv** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:08 pm

congrats to Sheffield who beat Coventry in the Playoff final 2-0, with Jody Lehman getting the first ever shutout in the playoff final

Post by **Calv** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:38 pm

The Senior GB team had a good 2-2 draw with Sweden U-20s last night.

GB took the lead through Ashley Tait in the 15th minute, and held it until Persson scored for Sweden on 33 minutes. Erkgards put the swedes in front with 5 minutes to go but David Clarke scored with 55 seconds left to tie it up.

May not sound great for any other nation, but the Sweden U-20 had more draft picks in their team than GB has ever had!(Currently only 2 GB players have ever been drafted).

The World Championships start next week in Austria, and GB play Poland, Austria, Korea, Netherlands & Kazakhstan.