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"Did Anyone Actually Care About The Panthers Game Against Geneva? Did It Actually Happen?"

This and much much more will not be answered in this short blog of the week. However two questions will raise their heads.

1. How can Brad Cruickshank getaway with crosschecking an official?

Yes he was 3rd man into the the altrication between Clouthier and Sharp. Thats the first penalty.

He also crosschecked a player who was on the ice (the league deem this to not be as bad as punching someone who's on the ice?), Next penalty.

This action incites another fight between him and Burnett. surely a game penalty.. AND a 1 match ban under the new "inciting a fight in the last few minutes of a game"?

Yet no... Cruickshank gets no such ban. He hurts Staniforth, incites a fight (theres a difference between Clouthier and Sharp agreeing to fight and C'Shank inciting one by attacking Clouthier on the ice), and gets off scot free?

Anyone would think Mike O'Connor went into the Refs room after the game and threatened not to let the Steelers go to Manchester if any of his players were banned.

But no. That doesn't happen? does it?

2. Where's Nigel Boniface?

Anyone would think he's on a months suspension. What would drive them to that?
And of course if such a thing were true, the league would have told us? Wouldn't they have?

It's been quite an interesting weekend in the EIHL.

Coup and the Gang!

How many times, on how many different forums, have we heard time and time again about how fan harken for the days of the ISL, the days of all import leagues. Where the brits are disregarded and we have the "good ol days".

Well I hope you're happy! I hope you all have a smile on your face. Because this is the weekend you've been waiting for isn't it. The GB team have marched on Poland (insert joke here).. leaving the lunatics to take over the asylum!

Teams have been left stripped bare, no Tony Hand, no Jonno Phillips, No Dave Longstaff, No Greg Chambers (can the Bison actually deal with that?), no Robert Dowd! ROBERT DOWD! "The Saviour of Sheffield"!

No, now all teams are left to face EIHL competition (well I say all, not the Panthers, nor the Giants who are either not playing or facing pointless European opposition), with stripped down teams.

Its a weekend of two line, substandard import hockey!

Man, don't you love the EIHL!