Weekend Teaser: Basingstoke Bison Challenge



Pre-season begins with challenge against local rivals Basingstoke Bison

Finally, September is here which means hockey season is just around the corner! We start the season against a new look Basingstoke Bison side whose top scorers last season have departed to Bristol, one of the latest additions to the NIHL National line-up.

The upcoming weekend will give us our first insight into how much the Bison roster is going to struggle with the departure of these two experienced pointscorers. However, Basingstoke does have new imports coming into the spotlight - and it is hard to assess until the season gets underway how the duo will perform in England.

Here are the players head coach Ashley Tait will have to select from across the weekend




Two players on the list are ex Bees players Zach Milton and Aidan Doughty who both had impressive seasons last season finishing 3rd and 4th respectively in the Bison points rankings.

Furthermore Bees defender Josh Kelly made the move to Basingstoke over the summer, and will return to the Slough Ice Arena in different colours on Sunday.

Now we'll have a look at the selection of players Doug Sheppard will get to choose from for the first games of the new season.



Brendan Walkom is our newest import to look out for during his first weekend in Bees colours. Dominik Gabaj's first game also took place at the Silverdome - and that concluded with a happy ending.

Join us this weekend across our twitter and instagram social media accounts for all the latest news and updates, and next week will be the return of Player of the Weekend, where Adam Goss was victorious last season with 5 wins!



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