The BOTW Podcast

After breaking the news that National Division hockey was coming back to Hull back in April, it's now May and the Hull Seahawks are ready to take flight. Anthony sits down with Seahawks GM of Sport and British hockey veteran Matty Davies about bringing hockey back to his home town, the death of the Pirates, chip spice, team colours and what to expect from this new team.http://bannersonthewall.wordpress.com@BannersOTW

Steeldogs captain Lewis Bell shares his thoughts after lifting the trophy

Solway head coach Martin Grubb chats to Anthony after their national title win over Streatham

Sharks take the title, Liam Stenton gives us his thoughts before the beer sets in

Sharks take the title, Liam Stenton gives us his thoughts before the beer sets in

Let's have a quick sit down and chat about Sunday's games as 2021/22 comes to a close

Steeldogs coach Greg Wood joins Anthony after the 3-1 win over Telford as the Sheffield side look towards Sunday's final

The early morning news out of Coventry as the NIHL Final Four 2022 weekend begins. Planet Ice sign on as sponsor of the National Division for 3 years and Ashley Tait retires from playing though remains in Basingstoke

On the day that the Bristol Pitbulls announce that they will join the NIHL National Division, we sit down with Pitbulls' owner and British hockey veteran, Richie Hargreaves to discuss the decision, the club's return to the city and their plans.http://bannersonthewall.wordpress.com

After his release on 2/12/21, Filip Martinec left the Basingstoke Bison. We finally get to chat about why it happened.

An audio report from the Bison's 4-3 loss at home to Leeds in the NIHL National Division

Ahead of the EIHA's online forum on the 28th November and the AGM n the 12th December, we spoke to Andrew Miller about funding from the government, the streaming series, the EIHC and the big question of the AGM; a unified governing body for British ice hockey.

Anthony goes audio for the match report

In April of 2017, Doug Clarkson wrote his letter to British hockey as he left the sport with his ideas of what neeed to be done to improve things. After leaving, coming back and now having left and called time for good on his hockey career the former Cardiff, Dundee and Telford forward speaks to Anthony as they look back on what he said then, what's changed and what still needs to be done to improve British hockey.We've also got a preview of the last two weeks of the regular season in NIHL division 1, some thoughts on Ryan Watt's statement and #BucketsForBowersThe BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

Where did the BOTW Podcast go?Are we getting a new national 2nd tier league?Are we getting a new governing body?Where will the league titles end up in the NIHL?We attempt to answer most of those questions and a few more in the new BOTW Podcast.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

It's been hotting up this week as we've been getting closer to Doug Sheppard's return to Basingstoke with the Bees. It's all been getting a bit tense so what does the BOTW Podcast do? Anthony gets the voice of Bees TV and former Bison head of media Graham Bell on the show to be silly (and a bit serious too) as they chat over why Graham joined the Bees, the new order of things at Bracknell and a host of other stuff.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

To say it's been a tough season for the Invicta Dynamos would be an understatement of some size. Anthony speaks to netminder Conor Morris about his career, the Dynamos' winless season so far, the money issues and the successful crowdfunding campaign. It's a good chat with a fascinating young man.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

We took a break from the show to get some headspace but now it's back and, as promised we're trying some different things.Anthony is joined by Basingstoke Bison netminder (and Swindon fan favourite), Dan Weller-Evans to go through Dan's recent injury, all the big news and Dan learning to play the guitar.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

So this was going to be a regular episode to bring in the new season but then Anthony's chat with ProHockeyNews.com's Dave Carr went for an hour and covered all the topics.So instead of chopping and changing, British hockey's Saint and Greavsie help you get back into the swing in style.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

Summer rumbles on. We catch up on the signings in the NIHL and speak to Russ Cowley as the Coventry legend comes out of retirement to join Basingstoke. Anthony chats to Russ about retirement, getting his PhD and the upcoming season.We also do our annual check on the AIHL. Burnie Mac, host of The AIHL Podcast joins the show to chat through hockey down under as we wait for the British season to begin.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

The BOTW Podcast pops its head out of its summer hideaway! We round up the news from the NIHL and give our thoughts and we chat about the NHL and KHL trying to expand their brands.Our interview guest is a really fun one. A journeyman as a player (including 3 months in Basingstoke), Brett Larson retired from hockey and headed to coaching. 2 national titles in American college hockey as an assistant coach later, we chat to Brett on the eve of his debut season as head coach of the St Cloud State Huskies about coaching college players, his goals and how he deals with players being drafted.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

The BOTW Podcast goes live for the first time to chat all the news action and views from the NIHL as well as all levels above, below and in between...if the tech holds up.The BOTW Podcast is brought to you in association with Victory Hockey UK

We're all off to Coventry so Anthony and Nancy Carpenter from 482 Days put their heads together to preview what we're going to see this weekend. Load up the podcast player, grab your beer tokens, we'll see you all at the Skydome!The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

So, we're due an episode but the final 4 is next weekend. What can we do?So it's a shorter episode; Anthony does a quick wrap-up of where the NIHL playoffs are so far and discusses the "Swindon situation".The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

The regular season has ended in NIHL 1 North and South with Sheffield and Basingstoke taking the spoils so here comes the second season.ProHockeyNews.com's David Carr joins Anthony to talk about the playoffs in the south whilst Craig Simpson, EIHA Media Officer joins the show to talk about the playoffs in the north to make sure that you are in the know.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.

Whilst Billingham occupy the last of the playoff spots in NIHL 1 North, Chris Sykes has been the goalscoring cog in the Big Red Machine as he tops the league's scorer's charts. We chat to Chris about his career and more.There's the round up of the results and all the latest news to keep you going.The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK; the news, action and views from the NIHL and all levels above, below and in between.