nice win for hull last night over braehead clan

Ah, my Father and my Uncle used to go to almost all the Seahawks home games and some of the closer (Sheffield, Nottingham) away games. It was them who got me into hockey during one of Stingrays early seasons (Think it was 2006-7) back when we had Slava Koulikov and Tom Chamberlain.

Got myself a puck at the last game though

Clean sweep for Nottingham. Very impressive.

Hate the Panthers with a passion. Almost as much as I hate the Steelers, probably hate them both the same.

Hmmm quite.

The finals will always be a joke until played at a neutral venue back at Wembley arena would be good but will never happen.

Thats the problem with the EIHL when you have people like Neil Black & Dave Simms involved as the sport will never truly progress as they tend to only look after their own clubs interest instead of the sport as a whole.

Spot on. As far as I am concerned, there's a desperate need to reduce the import numbers. That way we can have a league that actually means something and has a decent geographical spread- the idea that Coventry is the southernmost team is a joke. I did once read that Neil Black said he had no interest in Guildford joining- Guildford are probably the biggest team outside the EIHL but can't afford that level as it stands.

Reduce the import levels, bring back Guildford, Basingstoke and Manchester and you've got a far more credible league and sport.