Craig Anderson

FORMER Braehead Clan captain Matt Keith has urged his old team to go for it in their play-off quarter final tie with Cardiff Devils.

Allan Johnston says he called it from the touchline that Queen of the South talisman Wullie Gibson would score with a Panenka penalty.

Glasgow Clan have appointed a new coach in experienced Canadian Malcolm Cameron.

While the last year has been hard on all the sporting world, ice hockey in this country has had it really tough.

IF there’s an upside to seeing the Elite League season being suspended for this year, it’s that Glasgow Clan captain Matt Haywood can finally enjoy a birthday at home with his family.

WHEN the call came to ask Jordan Krestanovich to return to Glasgow to take part in Matt Haywood’s Testimonial for Glasgow Clan last November, it was unexpected but an invitation he could not turn down.

Coaching changes were an annual occurrence during the first three years in Glasgow Clan’s history, when they were known as Braehead Clan. Apart from Matt Haywood, the only player who was there throughout, the only other constant was former assistant coach Frank Morris.

WITH so much uncertainty in life as well as sport, ice hockey players who were in the UK last season are taking work where they can get it. For former Dundee Star Matt Marquardt, he thought he was set for the season until his new team pulled out of their league.

The indefinite suspension of the Elite Ice Hockey League season has meant new challenges to overcome by the clubs, but Dundee Stars’ General Manager and coach Omar Pacha has a motivation to keep them going for the next year.

THE coronavirus will set the junior development programmes back by five years if ice rinks start to close, Scottish Ice Hockey chairman David Hand believes.