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 here.