Manchester Storm used to have the largest Ice Hockey arena outside North America, the Manchester Arena, which still holds the record for largest attendance in British Ice Hockey history, over 18,000 to see Manchester Storm v Sheffield Steelers in 1997. Unfortunately the Storm went bankrupt and the Phoenix club that restarted couldn’t afford the rent at the arena.
Nice that my team, Glasgow Clan, win the Wide World of Stadium award for best ice hockey arena in the UK. We’ve won bugger all else since our formation in 2010.
@@edwardburek1717 I must have missed that. Was that our old Braehead logo or our current Glasgow one? I’m not keen on the current one which is a Braveheart rip off. The old one, otherwise known as the Hockey Neds, I do like though many thought it was done on the cheap and is a bit amateur. I must add that we have won some silverware, namely a few conference trophies in the seasons where the league was split into conferences. But as for serious silverware, namely league, cup or play off, we’ve seen none and this season will be no different.
The Clan have a fantastic roster this upcoming season. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can accomplish. Guildford did amazing last season in the League@@egpx
Did you know that the British Ice Hockey League is the only professional sports league in the UK to feature at least one team from each of the four constituent countries of the UK.
Hush! Don't give soccer any ideas! If they find out they'll create some kind of ultra tier premiership from the 4 home countries! Just, it will be ⚽ 365 days a year & will kill other sports!
Surreal to be sitting in here in Central Scotland and, on this channel where I learn about exotic and wonderful stadia from all over the world, seeing the Kirkcaldy ice rink. Couple of things worth knowing - ice hockey is a very small sport in Scotland, so small in fact that the scores don't even feature in the sports news. The main use for our ice rinks is curling. And Dundee FC's new stadium is planned to be built next to the ice arena there.
It really pisses me off that hockey is never covered in the media, the overexposure of football plus the old firm made me lose interest in the so called beautiful game.
@@AllyStrikesBack I love football, obsessed by it really, but I have little interest in the Premier league exactly for the reason you say. I'm lucky that the team I support play in the East of Scotland League so we're insulated from all the nonsense. Ice hockey is a cracking sport and played at a reasonable level in Scotland, it's always surprised me more people don't go to games. You're right, it's the lack of media coverage. Same with basketball.
Where do Coventry natives like myself go to for premium Swedish horsemeat, now that the Ikea's closed down? Walsall - well, you did ask. And since those flat-pack merchants left, the place is still being kept busy. It's now a rudimentary TV studio and rehearsal venue. Thanking you very much for showing the Elite League rinks, this league - and hockey in general - needs a hell of a lot more media coverage, because it's a brilliant product. And, as seems to be the case for pretty much every other commenter lately, please do the ECHL arenas next.
Love this! Would be awesome to see some of the arenas in the British Basketball League covered. After all, I know you could do a lot of jokes with the BBL name.
Nice to see Belfast Giants getting a shout out, and my place of work across the river made the video, woohoo. BTW, the venue will always be locally known as the Odyssey no matter who sponsors it.
Sheffield fan here but I enjoy going to the Clan as their arena is nice and tonnes of fud in the shopping centre it is attached to, parking is easy too.
Years back during the NHL Players strike, I got my Hockey fix listening and following the Cardiff Devils. Should really try to pick up a Devils jersey next time I visit family in the area.
Have recently gotten into EIHL with my daughter and I becoming Nottingham fans. This was a very cool (excuse the pun) video to see what the other arenas were actually like having only seen the Motorpoint before!
You should do the NIHL National, D1, D2 and SNL rinks. Some teams within these leagues share the same rink/arena and it’s kinda easy to get the teams of the leagues mixed up so let me know and I’ll get the teams together. Do note know, most of the rinks are similar to Guildford and Manchester in that they are more rinks than areas and so most if not all the arenas can’t house more than 3k spectators and are leisure centres, but all have their own characteristics 😅.
Love these videos! Being a Minnesotan, I love seeing our State sport being represented well across the pond. I would love to see a video covering some of the more well known Hockey arenas in Minnesota! Even highschool hockey has some great venues! We are the State of Hockey!
Thanks for this I requested some European arena stuff a while back but fsr I didnt get any notification about a new videos so just stumbled upon it now. I was also held captive by Van Donge and De Roo, which has changed me forever and am undergoing therapy.
Belfast Giants are a brilliant thing for the whole off Northern Ireland no sectarian rubbish like all the other sports but unless they win the league or cup the news never tell you much about them sadly as they are a very important part of this city. Id say the Giants, Stealers and Panthers are the big three in the league! Definitely in regards to Average attendance.
considering we founded the elite league with Nottingham and Sheffield I'm not surprised. I do wish we'd get a little more coverage but we're one of the three biggest sports teams alongside Ulster Rugby and the NI National team I'd argue we're doing better than the other teams in terms of awareness.
The National Ice Centre, which the "Motorpoint Arena" is part of, was opened by Jayne Torvill. Torvill and Christopher Dean trained at the previous incarnation and it's here they practiced their famous Bolero routine that got a perfect score at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics. Six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six.
disappointed that the steelers wasn't your favorite but you go with what you want only ever been to Sheffield and Nottingham and Sheffield was by far the best.
Ice hockey was invented in the UK and the first Spengler Cup win went to a UK based team (believe it was Oxford HC). And we won the 1936 Olympic gold medal in Germany. So yes, we do indeed play the sport and the Elite League is a fun little league to watch. Would definitely recommend if you don't mind minor hockey leagues.
@@sammybeaver9130 I will def check it out. It’s just surprising bc being American the only sport you ever hear about the UK is soccer. Didn’t think they were really invested in anything else at a bigger level.
@@wckdaintgood Rugby is a pretty big sport here too, both league and union. And golf, obviously. The other big spectator sports are Formula 1 and cricket. Globally-popular sports like ice hockey and basketball are much, much smaller here than in most European countries, which you can see in our relatively poor collection of sports-specific arenas. We have some great arenas but they're built for concerts and don't have sports tenants.
@@wckdaintgood Ice Hockey is the best attended indoor sport in the UK.The Sheffield Steelers attract home crowds of over 9000 fans,Nottingham Panthers 5 or 6000,same with the Belfast Giants.Cardiff Devils and Glasgow Clan 3000 home fans.The Belfast Giants average home crowd is around 5000.They played a Cup Final there the other week in their home arena that attracted almost 8000 fans
Manchester Storm used to have the largest Ice Hockey arena outside North America, the Manchester Arena, which still holds the record for largest attendance in British Ice Hockey history, over 18,000 to see Manchester Storm v Sheffield Steelers in 1997. Unfortunately the Storm went bankrupt and the Phoenix club that restarted couldn’t afford the rent at the arena.
I think Karl Pilkington was at that game.
17,245 to be precise
more suited to altrincham anyway interms of attendances
Would love to see more college hockey conferences. So many unique buildings!
Nice that my team, Glasgow Clan, win the Wide World of Stadium award for best ice hockey arena in the UK. We’ve won bugger all else since our formation in 2010.
What about the Best Hockey Logo competition, as voted for by Post2Post?
@@edwardburek1717 I must have missed that. Was that our old Braehead logo or our current Glasgow one? I’m not keen on the current one which is a Braveheart rip off. The old one, otherwise known as the Hockey Neds, I do like though many thought it was done on the cheap and is a bit amateur. I must add that we have won some silverware, namely a few conference trophies in the seasons where the league was split into conferences. But as for serious silverware, namely league, cup or play off, we’ve seen none and this season will be no different.
The Clan have a fantastic roster this upcoming season. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can accomplish. Guildford did amazing last season in the League@@egpx
Love your sense of humour mate. Thanks for another great vid.
Thanks for watching!
Did you know that the British Ice Hockey League is the only professional sports league in the UK to feature at least one team from each of the four constituent countries of the UK.
Hush! Don't give soccer any ideas! If they find out they'll create some kind of ultra tier premiership from the 4 home countries! Just, it will be ⚽ 365 days a year & will kill other sports!
Surreal to be sitting in here in Central Scotland and, on this channel where I learn about exotic and wonderful stadia from all over the world, seeing the Kirkcaldy ice rink.
Couple of things worth knowing - ice hockey is a very small sport in Scotland, so small in fact that the scores don't even feature in the sports news. The main use for our ice rinks is curling. And Dundee FC's new stadium is planned to be built next to the ice arena there.
It really pisses me off that hockey is never covered in the media, the overexposure of football plus the old firm made me lose interest in the so called beautiful game.
@@AllyStrikesBack I love football, obsessed by it really, but I have little interest in the Premier league exactly for the reason you say. I'm lucky that the team I support play in the East of Scotland League so we're insulated from all the nonsense. Ice hockey is a cracking sport and played at a reasonable level in Scotland, it's always surprised me more people don't go to games. You're right, it's the lack of media coverage. Same with basketball.
Manchester call their arena the storm shelter which is pretty cool. Away fans call it the drizzle dome
I would love to see a video on the ECHL Arenas.
Where do Coventry natives like myself go to for premium Swedish horsemeat, now that the Ikea's closed down? Walsall - well, you did ask.
And since those flat-pack merchants left, the place is still being kept busy. It's now a rudimentary TV studio and rehearsal venue.
Thanking you very much for showing the Elite League rinks, this league - and hockey in general - needs a hell of a lot more media coverage, because it's a brilliant product. And, as seems to be the case for pretty much every other commenter lately, please do the ECHL arenas next.
Love this! Would be awesome to see some of the arenas in the British Basketball League covered. After all, I know you could do a lot of jokes with the BBL name.
Nice to see Belfast Giants getting a shout out, and my place of work across the river made the video, woohoo. BTW, the venue will always be locally known as the Odyssey no matter who sponsors it.
Sheffield fan here but I enjoy going to the Clan as their arena is nice and tonnes of fud in the shopping centre it is attached to, parking is easy too.
Whoa! The Fife Flyers are way older than the Philly Flyers!
4:50 speaking of the devil, you should do a video on the Finnish Liiga arenas 🏒🇫🇮
Until recently, I had no idea the UK even had an ice hockey league.
I never knew myself
Welcome to reality.
@@evog35viii oop there goes gravity
I found out from the NHL video game having Champions Hockey League.
Years back during the NHL Players strike, I got my Hockey fix listening and following the Cardiff Devils. Should really try to pick up a Devils jersey next time I visit family in the area.
Have recently gotten into EIHL with my daughter and I becoming Nottingham fans. This was a very cool (excuse the pun) video to see what the other arenas were actually like having only seen the Motorpoint before!
You should do the NIHL National, D1, D2 and SNL rinks. Some teams within these leagues share the same rink/arena and it’s kinda easy to get the teams of the leagues mixed up so let me know and I’ll get the teams together.
Do note know, most of the rinks are similar to Guildford and Manchester in that they are more rinks than areas and so most if not all the arenas can’t house more than 3k spectators and are leisure centres, but all have their own characteristics 😅.
Pls make a video about the Swiss national hockey league! Would be very cool
Agreed
Love these videos! Being a Minnesotan, I love seeing our State sport being represented well across the pond. I would love to see a video covering some of the more well known Hockey arenas in Minnesota! Even highschool hockey has some great venues! We are the State of Hockey!
Sheffield Steelers head coach is from Minnesota and wev had a few good players from your way in the last few years
Thanks for this I requested some European arena stuff a while back but fsr I didnt get any notification about a new videos so just stumbled upon it now. I was also held captive by Van Donge and De Roo, which has changed me forever and am undergoing therapy.
Can you make a video about the stadiums of the Liga Futbol de Guatemala?
Belfast Giants are a brilliant thing for the whole off Northern Ireland no sectarian rubbish like all the other sports but unless they win the league or cup the news never tell you much about them sadly as they are a very important part of this city.
Id say the Giants, Stealers and Panthers are the big three in the league! Definitely in regards to Average attendance.
considering we founded the elite league with Nottingham and Sheffield I'm not surprised. I do wish we'd get a little more coverage but we're one of the three biggest sports teams alongside Ulster Rugby and the NI National team I'd argue we're doing better than the other teams in terms of awareness.
The National Ice Centre, which the "Motorpoint Arena" is part of, was opened by Jayne Torvill. Torvill and Christopher Dean trained at the previous incarnation and it's here they practiced their famous Bolero routine that got a perfect score at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics.
Six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six... six.
Next Finnish League (Liiga) Hockey arenas? There is now new arena and coming up two more new arenas. And yes, old ones too.
If you get the chance, you should cover the ECHL. Sadly my hometown team isn't alive anymore, but the rest of the league has some great arenas!
Neat to see a European hockey league!
Are you gonna do the World Baseball Classic? It would be a quick one
Would you be willing to do a college lacrosse stadium video? There are some pretty unique small stadiums in D1
Czech Extraliga would be a great suggestion.
Nottingham arena doesn’t hold 10,000 for ice hockey. Only holds 7,300.
love it
take a look at the rinks of England's NIHL National division too :)
Lookup Naval Academy Dahlgren Hall rink if you want to see something really spectacular. Unfortunately they removed it in 2006.
Please do a video about Swedish Hockey League arenas
I like that youre doinmg more hockey, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do the ECHL arenas for my my cincinnati cyclones. thank you
Do National Lacrosse League arenas
Can you make a video about del,shl or national league (switzerland) arenas
they are much better than elite league stadiums
Really hope to hear abouts doing a video on the Premier Hockey Federation formerly known as the national women’s hockey league
Can you do the German Penny Del next?
Would have been hilarious to see Murryfield Ice Rink in Edinburgh, as that is such an outdated rink with limited seating
Great video but opening with a clip from Liverpool when Liverpool doesn’t have a team (yet!) is a bit weird
Could you bring back college hockey arenas
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
hey bud what about Speedway ?
IPL stadiums would be cool to see!
You should do the national league north and south in the UK for the next season
Well, the UK is the birthplace of ice hockey.
And NHL winners trophy, the Stanley Cup, was made in Sheffield.
You should one (or two) about the Swedish Hockey League and Hockeyallsvenskan!
Maybe do AIHL next
1:09 So only three shades of grey, not fifty
Please do the WHL, OHL, QMJHL, ECHL and NLL soon!
Fife arena is in Kirkcaldy, and 50k population is actually a decent sized place in Scotland…😂
Yup, it's the 12th biggest town in Scotland, and not far from other reasonable-sized places like Glenrothes, Dunfermline, Methil, Leven etc.
Do SHL and HockeyAllsvenskan
You forgot to do a video of the British Basketball League arenas.
disappointed that the steelers wasn't your favorite but you go with what you want only ever been to Sheffield and Nottingham and Sheffield was by far the best.
Like how you didn't even show the Skydome properly in the video. It's the building behind the one you showed. The building you showed is the car park.
Glasgow didn’t follow the other teams by adopting NHL names. Because Rangers is right there for the taking 😂
Neither did Fife! Philidelphia adopted their name from the og Fife Flyers ! 😆
Do the A-Sun Conference! GO BISONS!
Belfast Giants and London!
You should do OHL arenas
A game like hockey in a country like Scotland should be a match made in heaven, especially given the Scots "technically" created the game.
Let’s go panthers
Nottingham.... intimidating atmosphere. Hmmmmm not sure about that.
Do the ECHL!
Come on man. Where is the Slovenian Football league? 😢
They play hockey in the UK ??!! Surprising
Ice hockey was invented in the UK and the first Spengler Cup win went to a UK based team (believe it was Oxford HC). And we won the 1936 Olympic gold medal in Germany. So yes, we do indeed play the sport and the Elite League is a fun little league to watch. Would definitely recommend if you don't mind minor hockey leagues.
@@sammybeaver9130 I will def check it out. It’s just surprising bc being American the only sport you ever hear about the UK is soccer. Didn’t think they were really invested in anything else at a bigger level.
@@wckdaintgood Rugby is a pretty big sport here too, both league and union. And golf, obviously. The other big spectator sports are Formula 1 and cricket. Globally-popular sports like ice hockey and basketball are much, much smaller here than in most European countries, which you can see in our relatively poor collection of sports-specific arenas. We have some great arenas but they're built for concerts and don't have sports tenants.
@@gordon1545 The Belfast Giants are tenants in their arena.The arena in Belfast was built specifically for the team to play in.
@@wckdaintgood Ice Hockey is the best attended indoor sport in the UK.The Sheffield Steelers attract home crowds of over 9000 fans,Nottingham Panthers 5 or 6000,same with the Belfast Giants.Cardiff Devils and Glasgow Clan 3000 home fans.The Belfast Giants average home crowd is around 5000.They played a Cup Final there the other week in their home arena that attracted almost 8000 fans
Plant ice Altrincham is potentially the worse the in the league
Tyler Mac what Is this personal arena
Interesting. I wasn't expecting this to be British ice hockey arenas.
Do the khl
do the echl
Steelers ❤🍊🏒
Let go sh3ffield steelers
I don't think ice hockey quite captures the imagination of the British public. 99% of the population can't even skate.
I was born in one of those arenas
How