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Unofficial points table updated.
The official points table still has ties in it, not sure why, they don’t exist any more.
I’m going to put my top hockey analysis on the line and make an early call. Thunder vs Stampede in Queenstown to determine which of them two plays Swarm in the final (in Auckland).
The wins to date (after three rounds) have made a circle:
Red Devils beat Swarm.
Swarm beat Stampede.
Stampede beat Thunder.
Thunder beat Admirals.
Admirals beat Red Devils.Hell of a even competition.
Andrew Kibbelwhite is bringing Learn to Play kids down to Alexandra for regular training. He’s working there for a youth camp or something. He’s got 23 or so regulars.
Gore also sometimes melts over the summer – it was melted this most recent summer.
I understand that Southern initially supported the idea of moving to summer, and was the prime pusher of it. Their reasoning was that it would mean that the senior open grade would be viable again during winter. I think we’ve managed to turn that around.
I’d much rather see the southern open grade played during the main part of the season, and the national league teams exclude their top three lines or so.
That would then leave Dunedin with a team, probably Alex and Gore. Could be played the same time as SNC tournaments. Taking out all those top players (who already get 16 games in the national league) would bring down the level and mean that younger juniors, top midgets, newer players to checking hockey could partake in it.
Canterbury beat Southern in both the pre season games held three weeks ago. 6-1 and… 9-4 or something?
I suspect it’s slapshot productions showing the nzihf and nzihl what they can produce as a sample. Looked pretty professionally shot and edited.
I’ve watched it very closely and you can see my lining partner a couple of times, but not me at all. What the hell?
I suspect money would be a major barrier to people playing in two leagues which followed each other.
My suggestion would be that an Ice Blacks training squad should tour Australia playing AIHL teams, including a decent bunch of age group players, say in Feb. You could spend a week in Sydney and play all three teams that are in the region.
And that an AIHL team should come here each year for pre-season and tour for a week playing all the NZIHL teams in May. Different team each year. Both leagues could help fund both tours.
