December has seen a mammoth month of fixtures that has seen out the Challenge Cup and provided some upsets, collapses and revivals. Largely thanks to a busy recruitment and attrition phase of the schedule, which has impacted teams, results and form. Another 47 games were played, 46 for regular season, as Panthers matched up on... Continue Reading →
League Record So Far; 17 – 3 – 4, 38pts, 1st Place L10GP; 8 - 0 - 2 Series vs Blaze; 4:0 CARDIFF, WALES - The follow up to the initial festive clash did not disappoint, as gloves were dropped early, rumbles and scrums ensued, goals were scored, shutout secured and that wasn't all on... Continue Reading →
League Record So Far; 16 - 3 - 4, 36pts, 1st Place (Tied) L10GP; 8 - 0 - 2 Series vs Blaze; 3:0 CARDIFF, WALES - They see these games should be a 'Boxing Day Classic' for game then a Festive Classic in terms of the series. For part one vs Blaze, it certainly lived... Continue Reading →
It has been a very long month, with travel to Scotland and the year-end rush in the way, but most of all, a massive amount of fixtures throughout the November slate for the EIHL calendar. There were 47 games played throughout the month, with 5 of those to wrap up the Challenge Cup group stages,... Continue Reading →
League Record So Far; 9 - 3 - 2, 20pts, 3rd Place L10GP; 6 - 3 - 1 CARDIFF, WALES - The Cardiff Devils took 3 points from 4 on a weekend that continued a trend of late, which has become all too familiar across the last few seasons. Scoring 9, conceding 5 and shutout... Continue Reading →
Scottish Triple Header Boils Down to Must Win Game vs Flyers League Record So Far; 7 - 3 - 1, 15pts, 3rd Place L10GP; 6 - 3 - 1 KIRKCALDY, SCOTLAND - The long awaited Scottish triple header finally got scheduled, to the excitement of many travelling Devils fans, with the expectation of at least... Continue Reading →
League Record So Far; 7 - 1- 1, 15pts, 2nd Place L5GP; 4 - 1 - 0 CARDIFF, WALES - It took a long time, but Devils finally ended another poor record against a rival, as they swept aside a Steelers team that had no answer for their visitors, which would be etched into the... Continue Reading →
League Record So Far; 6 - 1 - 1, 13pts, 3rd Place L5GP; 4 - 1 - 0 (8pts) CARDIFF, WALES - Devils turned the up heat against a run down Giants team to firmly put themselves into the leading pack early on in the EIHL campaign. Following a defeat a little over a week... Continue Reading →
League Record So Far; 5 - 1 - 1, 11pts, 3rd Place L5GP; 3 - 1 - 1 CARDIFF, WALES - Cardiff Devils host rivals Belfast Giants Friday night at home in the Vindico before to hit the road vs current league leaders and fierce foes, Sheffield Steelers. It is a big weekend for the... Continue Reading →
For this season, I had taken on another stats related and content related endeavour to rank each EIHL game week to track form and create opportunities for further fanbase discussion. Of course, this is run through the EIHL Face-Off Podcast as an additional feature to the weekly show, where listeners will get first access to... Continue Reading →
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