I don’t think they’d be going for 20K+ spectators. Some NHL rinks don’t hold that many. If you could seat close to 10K would be good. Most pre-season games are like pre-season Super rugby games – tickets are cheaper because they’re trying out some players, some stars aren’t on the field, and they can take them out of town to places they wouldn’t use for a proper game where they’d want a big crowd for ticket sales.

We’d be the only building in NZ that could get close to that number. New stands behind the benches and temporary stands on the curling rinks would probably get us up close to 8000. Any where else would have to build an ice rink in a different building to get more than a couple of thousand in.

Stats etc from round 1 are now available here: http://dunedinicehockey.hellyer.kiwi/dihl-round-one/

Ryan Hellyer, you really need to get out more.

Just on Sonja, there was a Sonja listed in the Keas line up, but the surname wasn’t Texley. So I’ve emailed David to confirm if he actually meant her, in which case she’ll switch.

There are two goalies in the Bullfrogs, still figuring out if the team will have two or one of them.

Adult Beginners is on at 7pm, as advertised.

What no hand drawn map? Could you paint little feet walking along the footpath towards it Blake?

Thanks Ryan,

It’s been a major job, and we’re taking some things on faith. Some of the things that are in the book, we currently don’t have full commitments from people that they’ll be organised. All the ice has been booked, but I can’t take responsibility for the rink cancelling our bookings.

There will be some errors in the book (I already found two after sending it to the printers, they’ve been fixed in the version on the web site), and inevitably some things will change during the year, and it will date, but we’re moving forward.

If anyone has suggestions or corrections for the booklet, email them to me and I’ll update the 2011 version as I receive stuff.

As a note, we’re still looking for people to do a bunch of jobs, mostly around SNC. We don’t have a manager for the SNC practice on Thursday nights – just someone to make sure that all the people that turn up for it play, it could be one of the SNC players. Also a person to organise an SNC team to play in the club night games on Saturday night (could be the same or different person). And if anyone is keen, someone to see if there is interest within the club to have a travelling SNC team (which we need to tell SIHL by mid-March). It’s a case of someone needing to step up to make sure that these opportunities happen for everyone else.