The BOTW Podcast – episode 81

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 #BucketsForBowers

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 80

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.

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 79

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.

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 78

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.

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 76

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.

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 75

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.

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 74

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.

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 72

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!

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 71

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”.

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The BOTW Podcast – episode 70

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.

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