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EIHA & SIHA PRESS RELEASE
On Monday the
28th of June the English Ice Hockey Association and
the Scottish Ice Hockey Association released a joint
Press Release regarding next season's Northern
League. The release reads as follows:
"The English Ice
Hockey Association and Scottish Ice Hockey Limited
are pleased to announce the expansion of the
Northern League to include Solway Sharks - Fife
Flyers - Whitley Warriors, Northern Stars -
Blackburn Hawks - Bradford Bulldogs - and Sheffield
Spartans.
The League will start
on Saturday the 4th of September 2010 and will be
completed by 13th of March 2011with a top four
play-off weekend scheduled for 19th/20th March 2011.
The revamped Northern
League will be launched with a tournament at
Newcastle Arena on on the weekend of 28/29th August
2010.
The League will allow
two non British trained players."
Sharks web
understands that these are teams who have currently
committed to the new set up but it is still possible
that there might be two additions to that list. The
Northern Stars are a rebranded Newcastle ENL team.
Each team will play
each other twice home and away but English teams who
already play each other in the English Leagues will
play those games with points counting in each of the
two leagues to reduce fixture congestion.
If and when any
further details become available they will be posted
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