Another good turnout gathered at the Basingstoke Arena as the Sherfield School Basingstoke Bison entertained the Peterborough Phantoms for the second time in three weeks. Last time the Phantoms had won in penalty shots but the Bison went into the game on a four game winning streak so were looking […]
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Following a home and away weekend success over the Sheffield Steeldogs the Bison were back on home ice to entertain the Hull Pirates. Tim Pickett was in charge for the game with Jason Earl and Donald Campbell on the lines. Basingstoke Bison 3 Hull Pirates 1 There were early chances […]
The Sherfield School Basingstoke Bison welcomed pupils from their title sponsor as they lined up on home ice to start the home and away weekend against the Sheffield Steeldogs. Ahead of the game the Bison gathered for a presentation to Dee who had left Planet Ice after 12 years of […]
The Sherfield School Basingstoke Bison suffered a loss at Peterborough 6 days earlier so welcomed the Phantoms to Basingstoke Ice with the intention of reversing the result. Basingstoke Bison 3 Peterborough Phantoms 4 (after penalty shots) Vanya Antonov made a welcome return to the Herd line up who took to […]
With a disappointing open weekend done the second weekend of the season proper, and league title defence, started on home ice with M3 derby opponents, Bracknell Bees taking to the Basingstoke ice. It’s no mean feat that the Bees even got to the starting line after a desperately tough season […]
After a successful pre-season with 3 out of 4 wins the Sherfield School Basingstoke Bison took to home ice to start the 2016/17 season and the defence of the English Premier Ice Hockey League. Their opponents were the Telford Tigers, who didn’t complete a win against the Bison last season […]
Following a successful weekend in pre-season the “friendlies” came to an end with the Swindon Wildcats visiting the Basingstoke Arena. Saturday’s mist issues were consigned to history and the view was crystal clear! Basingstoke welcomed new signing Jakub Barton who made his debut and gave a start to Dan Weller-Evans […]
With the highs of 2015/16 still fresh in the memories of hockey fans the 2016/17 pre-season had started on Wednesday at Swindon before the home ice return for the Basingstoke Bison saw them take on local rivals Guildford Flames. The Bison won the league in 2015/16, the best team over […]
Yesterday the EIHA announced that it had been voted through that the EPIHL will allow teams to dress 5 non EIHA trained players in every game, an increase of 1 from previous seasons. Reaction has been mixed but I think it’s a great idea. It ups the standard of the […]
Following interest on-line when I tweeted that the final Bison programme article of the season touched on the possibility of 5 imports in the EPL here’s the article from the final episode of Stampede from the 15/16 season. What excellent nights the last two Sunday’s have been. First the high […]