League Record So Far; 11 - 3 - 0, 22pts, 1st Place Champions Sheffield Steelers visit the Vindico Arena to clash with league leaders Cardiff Devils in a hotly and eagerly anticipated league clash, their first of the season and one that could be vital for the fate of the title later in this campaign.... Continue Reading →
League Record So Far; 11 - 3 - 0, 22pts, 1st Place Devils came from behind to deny Flyers their second win on home ice and collect a desperate two points to reverse an underwhelming return to EIHL action. It was lights out after the first for Devils, as their post-Conti Cup slump extended to... Continue Reading →
Record; 2 - 1 - 0, 6pts, 2nd Place It was a game that went the way of the agitators HC Arlan Koketshau, who managed to come from behind and score 5 unanswered goals, costing the Devils a clean sweep of their group and their top place. All the hard work that went into a... Continue Reading →
Record So Far; 2 - 0 - 0. 6pts, 1st Place, Qualified To the travelling army of fans in Slovakia, you have done yourselves proud and once again shone in Europe. There is no doubt who the best fans in Europe are, especially when it comes to travelling away. Every fanbase in the EIHL has... Continue Reading →
Devils launched their 2025 IIHF Continental Cup campaign with a commanding, easy win over Italian champs, Rittner Buam. The game went back and forth, as both teams boxed out attacks to the boards, but it was Devils who first found twine along the top of the slot as Fournier opened the scoring. Here are my... Continue Reading →
With the hosts, their city, cuisine and the opponents brought up to date, here is how the Devils shape up going in to this tournament group in Slovakia. They will be looking for a clean sweep, the first in their clubs history with this competition away, as they took a full sweep with them to... Continue Reading →
The other opponents that the Devils will face are Alps League Italian club Rittner Baum/Ritten or Renon and Kazakh side, HC Arlan. The teams join Cardiff in Žilina, Slovakia and present a mouthwatering slate of hockey for the visiting army of Welsh fans and the like. Rittner Baum The Italians won their group to qualify... Continue Reading →
House Keeping It has been a quiet 10 days of late, as a bout of illness has hit the HockeySteve household, so first of all, apologies to the regular and awesome readers for no updates during this time. Own job aside, the one thing I felt guilty about was not being able to function enough... Continue Reading →
Challenge Cup Record So Far; 3 - 2 - 1, 7pts, 4th Place The campaign for this years challenge cup has been pretty quiet in South Wales, as the league was the predominant fixture slate up until last weekend. From then, there was 5 games left to play, with a lot of the group nearly... Continue Reading →
The way the team has been set up and laid out has surprised many already this season, with the early part of the season featuring a line of Barrow - Olischefski - Busch. It was a choice considering higher skilled options for goal generation, but the method worked. Forecheck was great, game flow disruption was... Continue Reading →
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