Craig Simpson
The 2011-12 season has been a great one so far for Womens Hockey in the UK - and the biggest event is still to come.
On Saturday the Billingham Stars' quest for the League title took them to Sheffield for a road game against the Spartans.
One of the big stumbling blocks about the sport of ice hockey in the UK is the lack of ice facilities - quite a major point for a sport played on ice.
This past weekend I made my first ever visit to the Braehead Arena, home of the Clan, to see the home side take on Dundee Stars.
When the world of British ice hockey goes into meltdown, which it is apt to do from time to time, it’s generally during the off-season when to be honest there’s not a lot else happening.
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