In non hockey news, I have a job and start Monday. 😀
Thank you to everyone that has helped with my job search, made suggestions and given their good luck wishes.
I thought Peterborough Phantoms Netminder Tyler De La Bertouche played really well over the 1/4 Final Playoff games. Faced 50 shots last night in the 2nd leg. Only 17 years old. One to watch for the future.
Well played
@TDLB42
Everyone is finally home from the Hospital. We have a big bag of antibiotics and creams but it's good to have my little girl back home. I hope the infection all the scars and rashes clear up fully.
Thank you to everyone that has sent kind messages.
All the NIHL National games have been Postponed - the correct decision made by the players.
Feel Raiders v Bristol Pitbulls and Leeds Knights v Telford Tigers decisions to Postponed could have been made earlier though.
I'm home. I'm OK. I tried my best to keep everyone updated with what's on and not.
I really hope people haven't had to travel too far and I feel for the teams and fans that did like Tigers and Pitbulls.
Please stay safe and take care of everyone. Be nice, life is too short. 🤗
NIHL National season has finished with 3 different cup winners.
🏆 League Champions
🤺 Leeds Knights 🤺
🏆 Playoff Champions
👻 Peterborough Phantoms 👻
🏆 NIHL National Cup Winners
⚡ Milton Keynes Lightning ⚡
Congratulations 🎉🍾
Had little bad news yesterday that I became redundant due to the company I worked for became insolvent 😒 However going to have a good weekend up in Yorkshire (hotel already booked etc), have some fun 😀, clear my head and get back to job hunting Monday.
Hi from Coventry SkyDome.
Under 2 hours to doors opening at 12 noon.
Wishing everyone a great weekend, good luck to all the teams, staff, officials and fans. Have a great time and stay safe.
I hope everyone likes what I do & enjoy the updates. Feel free to comment, like or retweet anything I do. Thank you all for following & hope everyone has a safe, fun & good season ahead.
Hope to see you around the UK rinkside. Have a great week ahead, take care and good night.
Home. What a weekend, has gone so fast. Must have spent a minimum of 16 hours in the Skydome ice rink. It's been good fun but also hard work, trying to get all the correct information of 4 games & 2 of them on 2 accounts.
I really hope everyone had a great weekend & lots of fun.
All the best to Basingstoke
@BisonHockey
at Planet Ice Basingstoke this evening. Hope you have a good game and go out on a high. Have fun and celebrate the game we all love to watch.
Thoughts will be with all the, fans, staff and off ice helpers. Thank you all. 🏒🦬
Not sure on the level of hockey updates this weekend as been in hospital with my little girl for 3 days. Will be following & posting stuff in quiet periods but at time may not be available. The plan was to be at both MKL v Raiders games but at present may be at 0, 1 or 2 games.
About to make the short trip up the A1 to Peterborough.
It will be the 61st Twitter game updates out of 62 Raiders games this season. Being sick stopped it being 62 out of 62. 😞 I managed the whole season last year, so I guess 1 game in 2 years with no updates isn't bad. 🏒😀
Bit of comfort food at Baldock services after what has been a pretty rubbish day.
I got a lot of thoughts going through my head, not sure Twitter got enough characters for them, just a lot of things could have been communicated better & I felt pretty emotional driving to Romford
Flights ✈️🇸🇪 booked for Gothenburg next week and ticket booked for SHL match Frölunda v Växjö Lakers.
Can't wait to watch my favourite Swedish SHL team
@frolunda_hc
next week, buy a new jersey and also hope to catch my first SDHL match. 🏒😀
🦅
@hullseahawks
fans you did your team proud. Great number of fans at MK on a weekday. Never fun to lose but getting to a final in your 2nd season,4th in the league & playoffs to come is good going. Hull has some top players & coach in Matty Davies. All the best for the Playoffs!
Good morning. Hope everyone's weekend is going well.
Sorry there weren't any scores yesterday, I had picked up some bug & had a massive headache I couldn't shake off, so didn't see any hockey 🙁
Feeling a bit better today, so I'm hoping I might be able to see some hockey. 🤞
Safe journey home to everyone at the Coventry SkyDome. Thank you to all the fans, players, staff, officials, media etc. Also thank you to all following my updates.
Be more thank yous etc at a later time, but for now stay safe and have a good evening.
Totally agree with
@jordan_lawday33
I don't mind an extra import in the league but shouldn't be a netminder. We have a lot of good British 🇬🇧 Netminders and some potential young guys coming through. Let them play.
Allowing import goalies in the national league won’t do anything but stunt the development of our goalies we have working their way up. Give it a few years and we will be asking to have import goalies play for the national team 🙄💔. Let the brit goalies play 🏒.
I like to thank everyone that has followed my updates, liked anything and commented.
Will make some personal thank yous once it's confirmed the end of season but thank you to everyone that helped me out with updates, info etc
For now stay safe, take care and good night.
I'll be off later to Peterborough for my 47th out of 47 Raiders league game (48th league game was cancelled due to Covid). All have had rinkside Twitter coverage over on
@RaidersIHCMN
this season, along with the 8 Autumn Cup and 4 challenge games (total 59 games).
Leeds Knights go back to the top of the NIHL National League, equal on points with MK Lightning and Hull Seahawks. Hull with a game in hand
Bristol Pitbulls go to the bottom of the table, with Solway Sharks getting a 4 point weekend.
(Table thanks to
@NIHLStats
)
Been trying to bite my lip, but all I will say is why do a very small amount of people want to ruin things for the majority. Also, I wish people would not generalise and blame a whole group of people when just 1 or 2 are to blame, especially when most of the people do a good job.
Well done to Seahawks, Knights, Wildcats, Steeldogs & Tigers on wins today in the league. Knights finish 10 points clear of MKL in 2nd.
Unfortunately Bees, Pitbulls & Seahawks don't make the playoffs.
Additions of Hull Seahawks & Bristol Pitbulls to the league have been great.
With just a week to go to the start of the NIHL National league, I just want to remember the Basingstoke
@BisonHockey
.
I hope to see some of the Bison 🦬 fans around other rinks over the season and hope you will be back next season 🏒🤞
Thank you to Luke Ferrara, Jordan Marr and Tom Norton the only 3 Phantoms players that seemed to want to acknowledge the away fans & bothered to skate a few extra steps. I noticed this at Peterborough, in a Seahawks game earlier in the season, but unfortunately wasn't a one off.
Just a little windy on the Humber Bridge.
NIHL National game 7 in 10 days in person, tonight as I watch Seahawks v Steeldogs.
Seen 8 of the 11 teams in the league over the Xmas period. Also, saw Knights on the Steeldogs stream, Wildcats I will see Sat 7 Jan & Pitbulls 14+15 Jan
I really feel for the
@BristolPitbulls
who travelled all the way to Romford.
Thank you for making the journey across, sorry you had to come all this way and hope you have a safe and good journey home.
Bad news is not going to be rinkside at a hockey game this weekend (don't want to spread the germs).
Good news, is that the Covid Test is negative, I'm feeling better than yesterday (just not 100%), will be streaming the Raiders v Steeldogs game & hopefully tweeting some scores.
Was sitting on the same row as these guys at Nottingham for the GB 🇬🇧 v Poland 🇵🇱 game. Thank you for letting me take a photo and hope you enjoyed the game.
@BristolPitbulls
do these guys look familiar? 😉🏒
Good morning. Hope you're well and had a good week.
I wake up with a mixture of feelings, but mainly excitement to see potentially 4 great games of ice hockey over the next 2 days and hope that everyone has a great time.
Everyone traveling to Coventry this morning safe travels!
Thank you to the league and everyone involved.
I know I have missed some people and unable to name everyone separately, sorry and thank you.
Finally thank you to everyone following, have liked, retweeted or commented. Hope you all enjoy the summer.
Stay safe and good night.
The Nottingham Panthers are truly devastated to announce that Adam Johnson has tragically passed away following a freak accident at the game in Sheffield last night.
I managed my own 100% record of providing in game tweets of all 30 Spring Cup games. I really hope everyone has enjoyed them.
Still plenty of ice hockey to come, with the last weekend of the South 1 Cup and the start of the Elite series next weekend.
🏒🦬 I know Planet Ice Basingstoke isn't in the best condition but has a good hockey community. Didn't see this coming and be a shame not to see the Bison in the NIHL National next season. ⬇️
Happy Christmas to all the hockey players, staff, match night helpers, on and off ice officials, fans, friends and family. Hope you are all well have a wonderful day! 🎅☃️🎄🎁
On Facebook it popped up about me doing game updates on a game at Swindon in March 2014. Not 100% when I started doing ice hockey updates but wow been over 10 years. Seen lots of good games & drove thousands of miles.
Safe journey to all going to games today & enjoy the hockey.
I think Hull is in for some fun hockey this season after seeing them live at Peterborough & MK, both times winning from behind. Matty Davies has put together a good team and all 3 imports look good. Svec we know puts up points but Young can score & Bartholomew is good on defence.
Congratulations to Bristol Pitbulls on their 1st NIHL National away win at Basingstoke tonight.
Well done to Telford Tigers that won 7-2 at home scoring 7 unanswered goals after being 0-2 down to Wildcats.
Thank you for following my updates. Stay safe and have a good night.
Strange going into the weekend knowing I haven't any hockey to go to.
I know a number of teams have their award nights/end of season parties coming up. Have a great and fun night if you are going to one.
Whatever you are doing this weekend stay safe and have a lovely time.
Definitely one of the best if not the best game of the Spring Cup. Raiders 0-3 down to Tigers in the 2nd. Then getting the equalising goal at 59.10 and then winning in overtime 6-5
Congratulations to
@Raiders_IHC
🔶🔷 on the win.
Well done to Ben Solder on Man of the match.
🏒 NIHL National league table 🏒
(After games on Sun 6 March)
1🐯 Tigers P 40 Pts 56
2⚡ Lightning P 40 Pts 49
3🐾 Wildcats P 40 Pts 48
4🤺 Knights P 40 Pts 46
5🐶 Steeldogs P 40 Pts 46
6👻 Phantoms P 40 Pts 40
7🦬 Bison P 41 Pts 40
8🐝 Bees P 40 Pts 29
9🤠 Raiders P 41 Pts 28
NIHL NATIONAL Winners
🏆 League Champions
Telford Tigers 🐯
🏆 Playoff Champions
Sheffield Steeldogs 🐶
🏆 NIHL National Cup
Sheffield Steeldogs 🐶
🏆 Autumn Cup
Swindon Wildcats 🐾
🏅 Coach of the year
Tom Watkins 🐯
🏅 Player & young player of the year
Kieran Brown 🤺
Referee James Ions has requested to change his jersey number.
💬 "47 is Adam’s legacy. No longer wearing the number felt the right way to show respect on behalf of all the officials."
Game officials will join players at centre ice for this weekend's pre-game tributes.
NIHL National Playoff groups
Group A
Knights 🤺
Seahawks 🦅
Phantoms 👻 OR Tigers 🐯
Bees 🐝
Group B
Lightning ⚡
Wildcats 🐾
Phantoms 👻 OR Tigers 🐯
Raiders 🤠
Hope everyone enjoyed my updates over the last 3 days and thank you to anyone that commented, retweeted, liked and followed.
Off to get some sleep. Have a great week, stay safe and good night.
Pity not to have
@BisonHockey
in the NIHL National league this season but it's good the Basingstoke Bison 🦬 fans have a block at Coventry. Hope you enjoy the weekend.
🏒 FINAL SCORE 🏒
🏆 NIHL National Semi-final Playoff
⛸️ Coventry SkyDome
🏒 Steeldogs 🐶 4-5🤠 Raiders
🐶🥅 Bonner x2, Buesa, Vulkanovs
🤠🥅 Novak x2, Anderson x2, Roberts
MOM
🐶 Ben Morgan
🤠 Alex Roberts
Congratulations to Leeds Knights on being Top of Group A and Telford Tigers on being Top of Group B. Knights and Tigers along with Peterborough Phantoms and Swindon Wildcats make up the Final 4 weekend.
Whose looking forward to a weekend in Coventry?
Different people deal with things differently. I don't think anyone should be made to play but some people deal with mourning and grief by doing something while others take time out.
However you cope, I hope everyone will be ok, stay safe and take care of themselves.
Thank you to everyone that said hi or thanked me for the tweets etc. It's been a pleasure.
Good to meet a lot of friends, officials, players, and fans.
Saw 4 good games of hockey, thank you to all the teams taking part.
Be more thanks etc in the next couple of weeks.
A little snack 🍔 and coffee ☕ on route to the hockey 🏒
Safe journey to all driving to Romford tonight for the game. Roads horrible, wet and busy. Take it easy and have a good evening.
I feel some communication needs to be made, either way. At least then everyone knows the situation. Don't want officials, teams and fans to start traveling and find games postponed after they have left. Teams also need to know they will not be penalised for postponing as well.
I'd strongly encourage the association at this time to make a decision and announcement on the playing or postponement of games under the association's remit today, at all levels.
🏒 🏆 Congratulations to 🔶🔷
@Raiders_IHC
🔶🔷 on winning the Twitter match up league with a maximum of 18 points. A clean sweep of the league winning all the games, against each team. 🎉🎊🍻🍾