Getting ready for the season’s start is always a dramatic time for players, management and coaches alike. More so when the team are league champions looking forward to playing in a Champions League knockout competition in Europe as well as…
The home opener for the Coventry Blaze saw them entertain the Sheffield Steelers in the second of two back-to-back preseason games. Unlike the previous night, it was the Yorkshire that was to come out on top, winning 3-1 in a…
Yesterday I considered the completed squads of the Erhardt Conference. Today I will be moving metaphorically north of the border (and also popping eastward-bound to Hull) to weigh up the most recent additions to the sides of The Gardiner Conference,…
The past two seasons in Coventry have been both disappointing and worrying. After seven seasons at the top of the pile, the following saw the Blaze slip into mid-table mediocrity. This past off-season has seen a period of reinvention; changing…
How time flies when your country’s hosting an Olympics. Drowning in a sea of golden moments, hockey couldn’t have been further from my mind these last few weeks but one can’t fail to respond when a cursory glance at a…
