Chinn anticipates good season as fixtures are revealed

Slough Jets players and supporters will have Saturday, September 20 firmly in their heads as the new season nears.

On that day, Slough welcome Telford Tigers to the Hangar in the opening game of the 2008-09 English Premier Ice Hockey League season. The following day, Steve Moria’s side travel to Sheffield to take on the Scimitars.

Captain Nicky Chinn revealed that the squad cannot wait to get back on the ice and are eager to go one better than last year by winning the league.

“The play-offs is a nice one to win but the league shows consistency,” said Chinn. “As a team we are capable of winning one or two trophies a season.

“Winning something like we did last year gives you that extra edge which you can’t teach people.”

Chinn is pleased that Moria was able to retain key players from last year’s squad and believes there is a good understanding between them on the ice.

“It’s pretty much the same squad with a few additions,” he said. “It’s always good to keep a nucleus and we have a good understanding in the team.”

The visit of rivals Bracknell Bees to Slough will be an eagerly anticipated after they defeated the Jets in controversial circumstance in last year’s EPL Cup final.

However, the Jets did gain their revenge on the Bees by thrashing them 4-1 in the final of the EPL Play-offs to lift their first piece of silverware for nearly a decade.

Schedule:

SEPTEMBER
20 Telford 18:30 League/cup
21 Sheffield 13:00 League/cup
27 Peterborough 18:30 League/cup

OCTOBER
04 Bracknell 18:30 League/cup
05 Peterborough 17:30 League/cup
11 Peterborough 18:30 League
18 Guildford 18:30 League/cup
19 Bracknell 18:00 League/cup
25 Romford 18:30 League/cup
26 Peterborough 17:30 League
29 Swindon TBC League

NOVEMBER
01 Guildford 18:00 League/cup
02 Guildford 18:30 League
08 Bracknell 18:30 League
15 Telford 18:30 League
16 Wightlink 17:30 League/cup
22 Sheffield 18:30 League/cup
23 Bracknell 18:00 League
29 Swindon 17:45 League/cup
30 Swindon 18:30 League/cup

DECEMBER
06 Romford 18:30 League
07 Telford 17:30 League/cup
14 Telford 17:30 League
20 Milton Keynes 18:30 League/cup
21 Milton Keynes 18:00 League/cup
27 Sheffield 18:30 League
28 Sheffield 17:30 League

JANUARY
03 Guildford 18:30 League
04 Guildford 18:00 League
10 Milton Keynes 19:00 League
11 Milton Keynes 18:30 League
17 Telford 18:30 League
18 Telford 17:30 League
24 Peterborough 18:30  League
31 Swindon 18:30 League

FEBRUARY
01 Sheffield 17:30 League
05 Peterborough 17:30 League
07 Wightlink 18:00 League
08 Wightlink 18:30 League/cup
14 Bracknell 18:30 League
15 Guildford 18:00 League
21 Swindon 17:45 League
22 Wightlink 18:30 League
28 Sheffield 18:30 League

MARCH
08 Wightlink 18:30 League
09 Milton Keynes 18:00 League
15 Milton Keynes 18:30 League
22 Swindon 18:30 League
29 Romford 18:30 League
30 Bracknell 18:00 League
TBC Wightlink League