Below are a couple of articles on the story below regarding the changes to the EIHL over the off-season. Read More»

If you read the message boards across the Elite League then it will come as no surprise to you that the EIHL looks set for major shake up’s this coming summer. It wouldn’t be an off-season in British Hockey without rumors, lack of answers, thoughts, theories and wild suggestions but this time the rumors seem strong and the possibility that we’ll be watching a six-team Elite League next season, down from a ten-team league this year, is very real.

Basingstoke is already gone and Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh look set to follow. Finances as always are the reason for the moves and with the credit crunch in full swing these four teams have clearly felt the pinch.

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Remember Ed Courtenay? Of course you do. Well if rumors coming out of Cardiff are to be believed it seems he is set for a return to British ice hockey, just six months after retiring, to play for the Devils. Having retired on a few occasions to be bench boss for the Giants but later coming back to play Ed Courtenay might well be the most retired/un-retired hockey player of all time.