by Jay DeMarco | Apr 15, 2019 | Small Saves
Hi everyone. Hope you had a great week. The first illustration for the Small Saves holiday storybook, “The Forgotten Christmas Goalie”, is finished. I feel this will be a wonderful yuletide tale everyone of all ages will enjoy. Speaking of books, “Goalie in the...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 14, 2019 | Archived Features, EIHL, Homepage, Leagues
The English Elite Ice Hockey League championship game began precisely at 4pm Nottingham time on Sunday, with the national anthem of Wales. And not “God Save the Queen” for the Northern Ireland team.What? A hockey insider I talked to said that the Giants never play an...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 14, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues
Championship Sunday dawned cold in Nottingham, and probably early for many fans, who had filled the pubs and clubs of the city centre the night prior. Even what looked like traditional British pubs were often turned into thumpa-thumpa noise boxes with people standing...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues
In the prior story, I told you about some happy and excited Nottingham and Guildford fans who talked to me Saturday morning in advance of the two semi-final games in the weekend PredictorBet EIHL Playoff Finals. Each group was charged up about their team’s prospects....
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues
The first folks I spied when I arrived at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham were exactly the sort I wanted to find: passionate fans all decked out in costume, and looking unlike anything I’ve found in an NHL arena Six people, six stories. As you look at the photo...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage
Up at the crack of dawn, down to the Oxford train station, through Birmingham to Derby. Change of trains for the express to Nottingham. Walk to the Motorpoint Arena, a twenty-year-old facility that seats about 6500 people. Time to figure out what the heck British...
