Newfoundland Hockey Talk

What a strange turn of events here.... 3 years ago the 4 original ECSHL teams seemed to have HNL’s backing when they withdrew from the AESHL to form the ECSHL and now HNL is taking the side of the Cee Bees?? This is ridiculous, for HNL to hold the ECSHL hostage like this and run the risk of having n...

FTR there's a huge difference between posting an opinion and making a series of serious allegations. In the meantime, a couple of serious questions though and not just stirring the pot. Who will officiate these scheduled games played in a league that is currently not sanctioned by HNL and how will ...

This afternoon the Clarenville Caribou’s posted their regular season schedule to their Facebook page. In the comments a fan asked where are the Cats and Flyers playing this year and the Caribou’s Facebook page responded saying that they are not part of the ECSHL and that the ECSHL teams had no desir...

Don’t “oh puhlease” me, thank you very much. I am entitled to my opinion. The precedent that HNL risks setting is the one of forcing a five team league into non-existence because it seems no one wants to work with the Cataracts or Flyers and form a league that would include them so they’re trying to...

What's the precedent and how does it involve the Cataracts? Please be specific instead the usual vague unsubstantiated insults. Clearly this is the Cataracts and Flyers forcing HNL to make a decision because no other team wants to be a part of a league with them based on how they currently operate....

What I heard was that HNL turned down the ECSHL application for membership, period. If this is indeed true, this is a very worrisome precedent being set by HNL and the GFW Cataracts. Are HNL really prepared to effectively destroy the ECSHL and the five teams in that league by trying to force the te...