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Bison 1516 vs Steeldogs (Game 2)

As January rolled on so rolled around hockey night in Basingstoke once again as the Paul Baldwin Agencies Basingstoke Bison welcomed the Sheffield Steeldogs. Matt Towalski’s #21 jersey had arrived in the week as well meaning the Bison’s newest forward could wear his own number for his 600th EPL appearance. […]

Bison 1516 vs Phoenix (Game 3)

Manchester Phoenix were the team to visit the Bison arena as the next opponents for the Paul Baldwin Agencies Basingstoke Bison. Bison were still missing long term injuries Alex Symonds, Grant Rounding and Tomas Hiadlovsky with Alan Lack on honeymoon and Joe Baird also scratched. Phoenix new signing Martin Baranek […]

Bison 1516 vs Phantoms (Game 2)

A packed Basingstoke Arena prepared to see in the New Year on the ice as the Paul Baldwin Agencies Basingstoke Bison welcomed the Peterborough Phantoms back. Over the Christmas / New Year period the Bison had completed a perfect six point sweep to secure themselves solo possession of the top […]

Bison 1516 vs Phantoms (Game 1)

For their final home game pre-Christmas the Paul Baldwin Agencies Basingstoke Bison would take on their toughest opponents to date at home as the Peterborough Phantoms finally arrived in December for their first visit of the season. Bison went into the game missing Alex Symonds, Tomas Karpov and Tomas Hiadlovsky […]

Bison 1516 vs Tigers (Game 2)

A huge crowd assembled at the Bison Arena with fans scrambling to get to their seats to see Mr Basingstoke honoured with his shirt retirement ahead of the game. The Tigers skated out followed by the Bison before the presentation party took to the ice and then stepped forward Tony […]

Bison 1516 vs Pirates Game 2

On the final weekend of November the Paul Baldwin Agencies Bison welcomed the Hull Pirates to the Arena still with their home winning run in tact. It was debut night for Rene Jarolin who joined from rivals MK Lightning during the week, replacing Joe Rand who had stepped down following […]

Bison 1516 vs Lightning Game 2

With the temperatures plummeting outside the Paul Baldwin Agencies Bison took to home ice to take on the Lightning. It’s a battle of two Planet Ice Teams, two contending teams and a netminding battle of Tomas Hiadlovsky taking on the goaltender who could possibly have been his number two this […]

Bison 1516 vs Bees (Game 1)

As November rolled on it was finally time for the first Basingstoke hosted M3 derby of the season. The teams had already met at the Hive and against the run of form the Bees took the win on that occasion but this time it was in Basingstoke where the Herd […]

The future of British Ice Hockey?

Although I wouldn’t normally do this I thought this was an important subject so I thought I’d share an excerpt from last week’s column in the Basingstoke Bison programme While the league is going well I still fear for the future of British Ice Hockey! The Elite League is mainly […]

Bison 1516 vs Steeldogs (Game 1)

Saturday night saw the new look Sheffield Steeldogs make their first journey to Basingstoke of the season. The two teams had met two weeks previously in Yorkshire where the Bison had taken the points thanks to a 1 goal win. Over the summer the Steeldogs decided to part company with […]