ELITE ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE(EIHL)

[NickRichardsonYT]

Wooo off to my first Stingrays game on Sunday the only bad thing is that our arena is sooooo small!

[IIJaCk123Xx]

Steelers

[CMPUNKwweCHAMP]

FLYERS!

[doco1996]

the hull arena is so small

[AntoG1986]

@doco1996. I don't know why they even bothered with a team in Hull. They already have two rugby teams and a football team, where would the interest be?

[xIRyanxX]

@citizen773 even though hockey is better than football

[ihavtugo]

Hope ice hockey starts to become popular over In Britain. Theirs been talk for a while that the NHL wants a team In London. But obviously they need fans to attend games.

[G00n3r4Life]

@ihavtugo Honestly out of all the sports that are big in USA and Canada ice hockey as the potential of being the biggest in the UK. They;ve tried american football but to be honest its crap and we dont like the stop start play. We like flowing sports just like ice hockey.

[Shaftsus]

Some good stadiums, pity that they're half empty most of the time I go down to watch a game lol

[panthers1946]

@Shaftsus try going to Panthers v Steelers or Panthers v Blaze then...ALWAYS sold out!

[thelegend4500]

sheffield steelers are the best plus when i was 4 the coach for london nights said to my dad when i am 18 i will play for them left wing

[triplexxxsatyr]

That's awesome!

[garyc2]

This needs updated. The Braehead clan are missing

[jovovich1999]

Giants have best home arena!!

[azambrap]

@jovovich1999 nope nottingham do

[phil16]

The EIHL is a great league with good standards of hockey for a minority sport. A few arena teams (Giants, Steelers, Panthers) followed by some smaller rinks, we constantly get a shifting of teams moving from the EPL to the EIHL. We no longer have Bison or Phoenix who moved down to the EPL, but we have gained Dundee and Braehead. I think the League is great but not perfect. The best arena has to be the Odyssey, everything from hockey to bowling along with top class nightclubs and restaurants.

[Yevil23]

Edinburgh Capitals have the best rink in Britain, i spent most of my childhood there and loved every bit of it.

[okpapereat]

theres really few brithish hockey players here in north america such as Owen Nolan and Steve Stumpy Thomas but only those british players are good. I would watch english premiership soccer instead way more exciting great to see rooney on the pitch. But yea thats my thoughts on british hockey

[chaddyendredwing]

macauleymcdowell: are you serious? sheffield arena is nothing like an nhl rink. the only one in the UK that could be an nhl rink is the M.E.N and I should know as back in the day I was a hugh storm fan (still watch phoenix by the way) and I have done a tour of 8 NHL arenas. just a shame we got screwed when ogdens sold the arena otherwise storm would still exist. and all you steelers should remember you nearly went the same way in 98 and it was only with the help of storm fans you stayed alive!

[jaywbe]

hallam fm and odyssey are the 2 best in the uk hands down

[drum2max]

CARDIFF DEVILS

[sufcfox]

steelers are the biggest side with most fans

[jack101canucks]

STINGRAYS !!!

[macauleymcdowell]

steelers ground in like nhl ground man its masive

[azambrap]

@macauleymcdowell Nottingham is bigger its the biggest in england

[TheMikey124]

hockey deff needs a push in the uk like they are trying to do with american football get a nhl game over here and build the fan base

[toiletsrus]

kinda late on that one, the ducks and kings played two games in london a couple seasons ago

[TheMikey124]

@toiletsrus yeah but it wasnt as hyped as the nfl coming

[zizispoonie876]

GMB Nottingham Panthers :DD Thier the best :)

[clayton998]

Manchester out Basinstoke out

[clayton998]

They changed there names to LBM Belfast Giants

[clayton998]

Im from Belfast and they're an Amazing team see them once a month

[JJgretzky]

great supporter then

[Latexi84]

Holy Jesus those rinks are nice!!!!

Never thought there is big arenas in UK

[panthers1946]

@Latexi84 Nottingham Arena and the Odyssey hold 7500 (upto 11000 for concerts), Sheffield Arena holds 8000 (12000 for concerts-because of the wider rink)

[lamonster16]

what is this league comparable to in north america? and is the EIHL higher or lower then the EPIHL

[azstong]

I would say the EIHL is comparable to the ECHL in north America.

The EIHL is the top league in the U.K.

[Ducesweden]

@lamonster16

In Europe you probably can compare the leauge with the second highest leauges in Sweden, Germany, Chezch republic and such. It would be really fun to see some practice games here against english teams.

[britgirl19]

Ahhh, I loved ice hockey but since the superleague died out, I've not been to any games as my local team doesn't exist anymore. I've been to the Newcastle arena, Sheffield arena and the Manchester arena (when it was in MENA). Those arenas were FAB!!!

[MadRussianStudent]

When does the British ice hockey season start and when will the fixture list be available?

[leafsfan1991]

@MadRussianStudent

It's on now, October to march. If you google EIHL and it's the first link, all the fixtures are on there

hope that helps

[titanicmad4ever]

basingstoke and manchester dont have a team now

[azstong]

I made this video when Basingstoke & Manchester were in the league.

[panthers1946]

we got dundee stars, braehead clan, edinburgh capitals, sheffield steelers, coventry blaze, cardiff devils, newcastle vipers, belfast giants, and the mighty NOTTINGHAM PANTHERS for 2010-11 season...did i miss anyone??? i only got 9....oops! there's 10.....there's no manchester or basingstoke though as they're in the EPL...

[leafsfan1991]

@titanicmad4ever

they do, just in a lower league

[panthers1946]

@titanicmad4ever they do have teams. they're in the lower leagues...

[titanicmad4ever]

i go 2 EVERY vipers game!!

[hamsterDUDE999]

how longs an ice hockey game

[azstong]

A hockey game lasts 2 1/2 hours, but its actually just 60 mins playing time, coz the clock stops ticking when the play stops. Hope that makes sense?

[hamsterDUDE999]

so 1 1/2 of half time

[azstong]

no, they play 3, 20 minute periods.

[leafsfan1991]

60 mins, 3 periods of 20 minutes. but they last 2 - 21/2 hrs + any overtime

[colddarknight666]

Je suis un mordu du hockey en Angleterre, merci!

[dervit]

Hockey FTW!!

[ConCon75]

Oddessy is one of the best arenas out there.

[evsolomon]

Panthers arena clearly the best... and the team

[mpmcufc666]

No london team any more :(

[ConCon75]

u would have thought they would be the most popular wouldnt you?

[slattery32]

vipers looking at new rink..just like devils.only nine now but it better than a six team league.lol.

[TGwynforS]

Aww man, Devils Arena looks crap compared to the others. Make sure you update this vid when our 3000 seater is finished, hehe.

Anyone who hasnt seen Cardiff arena, watch this vid all the way through and you'll see why we call it "the Blue Tent" hehehe....

[LP640roadster]

murray field looks the best ice

[tonyhandrules9]

kwl vid phoenix rink looks wierd like that

[azstong]

Thanks for the nice comment.

[danthebrit]

Glad you had the best team and arena first

[azstong]

Of course, got to get my priorities right. LOL. GO PANTHERS GO.

[phoenixdiao]

HEY THAT CLIP FOR PHOENIX IS WELL OLD

[azstong]

Yeah, sadly it was the only 1 i could find. Sorry

[TGwynforS]

Nice Vid Azstong!

[azstong]

Thanks m8.