Overall it was an excellent day.
I agree, I'm not sure how the fixtures could have been better - perhaps no fixtures on the Saturday?
You will never get it totally fair - but as a first attempt it worked well.
The games were entertaining - with the teams really trying to get into a format they had never tried before. Lots of fast, open hockey - real end to end stuff. To me, the only team that didn't 'take part' was Nottingham, who looked awful.
Caps looked the better team in their heat, just couldn't get the puck in the net.
More of the same next year please Just, fill those slots in the middle. There is nothing much around the arena, so more was needed to entertain the crowds. Plus, an hour isn't long enough to get anything to eat other than a junk food fix.
Maybe more space for food earlier, and have a later finish? Probably not the best...mind you, I wish I had remembered how good the food in Ice Sheffield is, or I would have nipped there and had something better than a rink hotdog!
Also, why were only half the food concessions open? It was a fairly big crowd trying to get something to eat in the same slot - you spent most of the break queuing.
I agree, I'm not sure how the fixtures could have been better - perhaps no fixtures on the Saturday?
You will never get it totally fair - but as a first attempt it worked well.
The games were entertaining - with the teams really trying to get into a format they had never tried before. Lots of fast, open hockey - real end to end stuff. To me, the only team that didn't 'take part' was Nottingham, who looked awful.
Caps looked the better team in their heat, just couldn't get the puck in the net.
More of the same next year please Just, fill those slots in the middle. There is nothing much around the arena, so more was needed to entertain the crowds. Plus, an hour isn't long enough to get anything to eat other than a junk food fix.
Maybe more space for food earlier, and have a later finish? Probably not the best...mind you, I wish I had remembered how good the food in Ice Sheffield is, or I would have nipped there and had something better than a rink hotdog!
Also, why were only half the food concessions open? It was a fairly big crowd trying to get something to eat in the same slot - you spent most of the break queuing.