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It's hockey, Jim, but not as we know it

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.

A round-up from Door 19

It has been so long since I sat down to write something not English Literature related, I've pushed my e reader to one side and sat down to think about the second half of this season.

From Braehead to Billingham

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.

Where are they now: Evan Cheverie

6'1, 31 year old forward Evan Cheverie hails from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. I would describe him as a big flair player who could play either centre or wing.

Where are they now: Peter Campbell

Peter Campbell a 5' 9” left shooting centre from Gloucester, Ontario, Canada played for the Basingstoke Bison during the 2002/2003 season.

Bah! humbug!

Where was the Nottingham Panthers Christmas spirit this festive period? They rocked up to Sheffield on Boxing Day and took all the points out of the Christmas stocking.

Defending the mice

Another game and another week in which we are questioning the officiating in the Elite League. If you didn’t get a chance to watch last Fridays game its worth trying to catch it on SKY.

Thompson has stepped down from his job as head coach of Great Britain. Now the given reason for this is that Thompson believes he can't give the job the attention it deserves with the current situation in Coventry and must focus his energies there

Now is the winter of our discontent

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.

The failure of Newcastle

I have just read a very interesting blog by Ian Braisby on the Cats Whiskers regarding the failure of Ice Hockey in Newcastle and after reading a very well written blog I thought it was important to provide another perspective and view.

Blogs

Braehead	v	Sheffield
24th February 2012 19:30
Edinburgh	v	Braehead
25th February 2012 18:00
Hull	v	Belfast
25th February 2012 18:00
Nottingham	v	Cardiff
25th February 2012 19:00
Fife	v	Sheffield
25th February 2012 19:15
Sheffield	v	Edinburgh
26th February 2012 17:00

Sheffield	5-1	Fife
21st February 2012 19:30
Coventry	4-6	Braehead
19th February 2012 18:00
Hull	3-5	Cardiff
19th February 2012 18:00
Edinburgh	0-9	Nottingham
19th February 2012 18:00
Belfast	7-1	Fife
18th February 2012 19:00
Braehead	4-3	Coventry
18th February 2012 19:00

	Club	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Belfast Giants	45	37	8	3	187	90	77
2	Sheffield Steelers	41	35	6	0	156	94	70
3	Nottingham Panthers	45	32	13	3	203	99	67
4	Cardiff Devils	43	24	19	10	142	121	58
5	Braehead Clan	42	25	17	2	163	136	52
6	Coventry Blaze	44	25	19	1	165	131	51
7	Hull Stingrays	45	13	32	4	118	181	30
8	Edinburgh Capitals	42	11	31	3	96	194	25
9	Dundee Stars	44	8	36	6	110	178	22
10	Fife Flyers	43	7	36	5	85	201	19

Swindon	v	Telford
25th February 2012 17:45
Bracknell	v	Manchester
25th February 2012 18:00
Guildford	v	Sheffield
25th February 2012 18:00
Basingstoke	v	Milton Keynes
25th February 2012 18:30
Milton Keynes	v	Slough
25th February 2012 19:00
Manchester	v	Bracknell
26th February 2012 17:30

Bracknell	2-3	Sheffield
19th February 2012 18:00
Guildford	9-1	Swindon
19th February 2012 18:00
Manchester	5-2	Milton Keynes
19th February 2012 17:30
Peterborough	6-7	Basingstoke
19th February 2012 17:30
Telford	1-5	Slough
19th February 2012 17:30
Milton Keynes	6-3	Swindon
18th February 2012 19:00

	Club	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Guildford Flames	43	30	13	4	202	123	64
2	Manchester Phoenix	42	26	16	4	160	128	56
3	Slough Jets	41	26	15	2	182	136	54
4	Sheffield Steeldogs	41	25	16	4	133	106	54
5	Basingstoke Bison	43	24	19	2	153	145	50
6	Milton Keynes Lightning	41	24	17	1	129	112	49
7	Swindon Wildcats	43	17	26	5	142	157	39
8	Bracknell Bees	41	14	27	10	118	156	38
9	Peterborough Phantoms	43	15	28	4	150	191	34
10	Telford Tigers	42	9	33	2	110	225	20