The BOTW Podcast

By Anthony Russell

What's The BOTW Podcast about?

The BOTW Podcast in association with Victory Hockey UK - bringing you the news, action and views from Britain's National Ice Hockey League as well as all levels above, below and in between.

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The BOTW Podcast episodes:

04.28.2024
*INTERVIEW* Finally, Streatham are D1 National champions
04.16.2023
Leeds Knights coach Ryan Aldridge speaks to BOTW after their playoff final win
04.16.2023
Raiders IHC coach Sean Easton speaks after their loss to the Knights
04.16.2023
Solway Sharks captain Struan Tonnar reflects on the grand slam
04.16.2023
Jonathan McBean post game chat with BOTW
04.15.2023
Pregame Knights vs Tigers
04.15.2023
Pre-game: Steeldogs vs Raiders
05.05.2022
Fly Seahawks, Fly - BOTW speaks to Matty Davies
After breaking the news that National Division hockey was coming back to Hull back in April, it's now May and the Hull Seahawks are ready to take flight. Anthony sits down with Seahawks GM of Sport and British hockey...
05.01.2022
@Steeldogsihc captain Lewis Bell
Steeldogs captain Lewis Bell shares his thoughts after lifting the trophy
05.01.2022
@solwaysharks coach @MartinGrubb shares his thoughts
Solway head coach Martin Grubb chats to Anthony after their national title win over Streatham
05.01.2022
@solwaysharks defenceman Liam Stenton post game
Sharks take the title, Liam Stenton gives us his thoughts before the beer sets in
05.01.2022
@solwaysharks defenceman Liam Stenton post game
Sharks take the title, Liam Stenton gives us his thoughts before the beer sets in
05.01.2022
NIHL Final Four Sunday preview
Let's have a quick sit down and chat about Sunday's games as 2021/22 comes to a close
04.30.2022
@SteeldogsIHC coach Greg Wood shares his thoughts after their win over Telford
Steeldogs coach Greg Wood joins Anthony after the 3-1 win over Telford as the Sheffield side look towards Sunday's final
04.30.2022
Semi Final 1 is about to begin...
04.30.2022
Early Saturday news from Coventry; Planet Ice x National Division, Ashley Tait retires
The early morning news out of Coventry as the NIHL Final Four 2022 weekend begins. Planet Ice sign on as sponsor of the National Division for 3 years and Ashley Tait retires from playing though remains in Basingstoke
03.15.2022
Running with the Herd - Bison vs Telford Tigers 12/3/22
03.01.2022
BOTW speaks to Richie Hargreaves
On the day that the Bristol Pitbulls announce that they will join the NIHL National Division, we sit down with Pitbulls' owner and British hockey veteran, Richie Hargreaves to discuss the decision, the club's return to the city and their...
12.26.2021
Goodnight and Good Luck - Filip Martinec
After his release on 2/12/21, Filip Martinec left the Basingstoke Bison. We finally get to chat about why it happened.
12.26.2021
Running with the Herd - Bison vs Leeds Knights 18/12/21
An audio report from the Bison's 4-3 loss at home to Leeds in the NIHL National Division
12.07.2021
Running with the Herd - Bison vs Raiders IHC 4/12/21
11.26.2020
The price of unity - BOTW speaks to EIHA director, Andrew Miller
Ahead of the EIHA's online forum on the 28th November and the AGM n the 12th December, we spoke to Andrew Miller about funding from the government, the streaming series, the EIHC and the big question of the AGM; a...
12.31.2019
Running With The Herd - Bison vs Raiders IHC 28/12/19
12.31.2019
Running With The Herd - Bison vs Swindon Wildcats 26/12/19
Anthony goes audio for the match report
04.14.2019
@piratesihc arrrrre the champs
04.14.2019
It's time! The NIHL National Playoff Final is next!
04.14.2019
Anthony and @gophantoms commentator Dan Breen preview day 2 of @NIHLhockey Final Four
04.13.2019
Andre Payette chats to Anthony after Hull's win over Bracknell
04.13.2019
Hull defeat Bracknell - Semi Final Wrap Up
04.13.2019
Finals commentator Graham Bell offers his thoughts ahead of the weekend
04.13.2019
Welcome to The #BOTW Final 4 coverage
03.08.2019
Ep81 - Fixing British hockey with Doug Clarkson
In April of 2017, Doug Clarkson wrote his letter to British hockey as he left the sport with his ideas of what neeed to be done to improve things. After leaving, coming back and now having left and called time...
02.15.2019
Ep 80 - Take me to The National
Where did the BOTW Podcast go?Are we getting a new national 2nd tier league?Are we getting a new governing body?Where will the league titles end up in the NIHL?We attempt to answer most of those questions and a few more...
12.01.2018
Ep79 - The Bison/Bees love in (aka Why Can't We Be Friends?)
It's been hotting up this week as we've been getting closer to Doug Sheppard's return to Basingstoke with the Bees. It's all been getting a bit tense so what does the BOTW Podcast do? Anthony gets the voice of Bees...
11.17.2018
Ep 78 - Invicta's Conor Morris
To say it's been a tough season for the Invicta Dynamos would be an understatement of some size. Anthony speaks to netminder Conor Morris about his career, the Dynamos' winless season so far, the money issues and the successful crowdfunding...
10.27.2018
Ep 77 - call it a comeback (featuring Dan Weller-Evans)
We took a break from the show to get some headspace but now it's back and, as promised we're trying some different things.Anthony is joined by Basingstoke Bison netminder (and Swindon fan favourite), Dan Weller-Evans to go through Dan's recent...
09.08.2018
Ep 76 - The Long Talk
So this was going to be a regular episode to bring in the new season but then Anthony's chat with ProHockeyNews.com's Dave Carr went for an hour and covered all the topics.So instead of chopping and changing, British hockey's Saint...
07.28.2018
Ep75 - Russ Cowley/AIHL chat with Burnie Mac
Summer rumbles on. We catch up on the signings in the NIHL and speak to Russ Cowley as the Coventry legend comes out of retirement to join Basingstoke. Anthony chats to Russ about retirement, getting his PhD and the upcoming...
07.06.2018
Ep 74 - Hey hey NCAA!
The BOTW Podcast pops its head out of its summer hideaway! We round up the news from the NIHL and give our thoughts and we chat about the NHL and KHL trying to expand their brands.Our interview guest is a...
06.01.2018
Ep73: We'll do it live
The BOTW Podcast goes live for the first time to chat all the news action and views from the NIHL as well as all levels above, below and in between...if the tech holds up.The BOTW Podcast is brought to you...
04.08.2018
Bison are Champions
04.08.2018
NIHL 1 National Final Preview
04.08.2018
#BOTW welcomes you to day 2
04.07.2018
Doug Sheppard talks to BOTW after the Bison defeat Sheffield
04.07.2018
Telford coach Tom Watkins on Telford's win over Peterborough
04.07.2018
BOTW does the Playoffs
04.06.2018
Ep72 - NIHL 1 Playoff Finals preview
We're all off to Coventry so Anthony and Nancy Carpenter from 482 Days put their heads together to preview what we're going to see this weekend. Load up the podcast player, grab your beer tokens, we'll see you all at...
03.30.2018
Ep 71 - The playoff short
So, we're due an episode but the final 4 is next weekend. What can we do?So it's a shorter episode; Anthony does a quick wrap-up of where the NIHL playoffs are so far and discusses the "Swindon situation".The BOTW Podcast...
03.16.2018
Ep 70 - NIHL 1 Playoff Preview Party
The regular season has ended in NIHL 1 North and South with Sheffield and Basingstoke taking the spoils so here comes the second season.ProHockeyNews.com's David Carr joins Anthony to talk about the playoffs in the south whilst Craig Simpson, EIHA...
02.23.2018
Ep 69 - Chris Sykes (Billingham Stars)
Whilst Billingham occupy the last of the playoff spots in NIHL 1 North, Chris Sykes has been the goalscoring cog in the Big Red Machine as he tops the league's scorer's charts. We chat to Chris about his career and...

What's The BOTW Podcast about?

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The BOTW Podcast episodes:

*INTERVIEW* Finally, Streatham are D1 National champions

Leeds Knights coach Ryan Aldridge speaks to BOTW after their playoff final win

Raiders IHC coach Sean Easton speaks after their loss to the Knights

Solway Sharks captain Struan Tonnar reflects on the grand slam

Jonathan McBean post game chat with BOTW

Pregame Knights vs Tigers

Pre-game: Steeldogs vs Raiders

Fly Seahawks, Fly - BOTW speaks to Matty Davies

@Steeldogsihc captain Lewis Bell

@solwaysharks coach @MartinGrubb shares his thoughts

@solwaysharks defenceman Liam Stenton post game

@solwaysharks defenceman Liam Stenton post game

NIHL Final Four Sunday preview

@SteeldogsIHC coach Greg Wood shares his thoughts after their win over Telford

Semi Final 1 is about to begin...

Early Saturday news from Coventry; Planet Ice x National Division, Ashley Tait retires

Running with the Herd - Bison vs Telford Tigers 12/3/22

BOTW speaks to Richie Hargreaves

Goodnight and Good Luck - Filip Martinec

Running with the Herd - Bison vs Leeds Knights 18/12/21

Running with the Herd - Bison vs Raiders IHC 4/12/21

The price of unity - BOTW speaks to EIHA director, Andrew Miller

Running With The Herd - Bison vs Raiders IHC 28/12/19

Running With The Herd - Bison vs Swindon Wildcats 26/12/19

@piratesihc arrrrre the champs

It's time! The NIHL National Playoff Final is next!

Anthony and @gophantoms commentator Dan Breen preview day 2 of @NIHLhockey Final Four

Andre Payette chats to Anthony after Hull's win over Bracknell

Hull defeat Bracknell - Semi Final Wrap Up

Finals commentator Graham Bell offers his thoughts ahead of the weekend

Welcome to The #BOTW Final 4 coverage

Ep81 - Fixing British hockey with Doug Clarkson

Ep 80 - Take me to The National

Ep79 - The Bison/Bees love in (aka Why Can't We Be Friends?)

Ep 78 - Invicta's Conor Morris

Ep 77 - call it a comeback (featuring Dan Weller-Evans)

Ep 76 - The Long Talk

Ep75 - Russ Cowley/AIHL chat with Burnie Mac

Ep 74 - Hey hey NCAA!

Ep73: We'll do it live

Bison are Champions

NIHL 1 National Final Preview

#BOTW welcomes you to day 2

Doug Sheppard talks to BOTW after the Bison defeat Sheffield

Telford coach Tom Watkins on Telford's win over Peterborough

BOTW does the Playoffs

Ep72 - NIHL 1 Playoff Finals preview

Ep 71 - The playoff short

Ep 70 - NIHL 1 Playoff Preview Party

Ep 69 - Chris Sykes (Billingham Stars)

INTERVIEW Finally, Streatham are D1 National champions