by Brian Kennedy | Apr 24, 2024 | EIHL, Inside Hockey, NHL
The day I left Winnipeg after being on the spot for the introduction of Jets 2.0, in 2009, every section of the local paper had a story on the team. Every one, not just sports. On Saturday, April 20th, when I opened the British papers expecting to find something about...
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 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
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...
