Category Archives: Ice hockey

What’s in a name? Five teams accused of causing offence with ethnic stereotypes

Posted on October 6, 2020 by weltchmedia

Our senior consultant Andrew Weltch looks at the recent heightened controversy over some sports teams’ names, accused of reinforcing ethnic stereotypes – and what they’re doing (or not doing) about it. There are all sorts of weird and wonderful names … Continue reading →

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GB hockey facing the world’s best

Posted on May 7, 2019 by weltchmedia

For the first time in a quarter-century, Britain’s men’s ice hockey team is competing at the sport’s highest level, writes Andrew Weltch. Team GB qualified for the top-flight world championship in Slovakia by winning Division 1A last season – a … Continue reading →

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Fatima joins the Capitals – because hockey is for everyone

Posted on February 23, 2017 by weltchmedia

Top-level sport has huge potential to influence attitudes and behaviour. That’s why we despair when a pro soccer player takes a dive and rejoice when a tennis player concedes a disputed point. Athletes’ actions will be imitated and their attitudes … Continue reading →

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The court that will resolve legal disputes at Sochi 2014

Posted on January 27, 2014 by weltchmedia

Guest post by Kimberly John, Juris Doctor candidate at The Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, who explains how a specialist ad hoc court will resolve legal disputes at the Sochi Games – fast.

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Ice age – a timeline of UK’s top hockey teams

Posted on November 12, 2012 by weltchmedia

Ice hockey is no sporting newcomer to Britain – some of the teams in the top league have been around for a long, long time.

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Goal! UK’s ice hockey teams score with social media

Posted on August 26, 2012 by weltchmedia

Our first look at UK ice hockey teams’ use of social media proved to be one of our most popular posts. Now, one year on, we can report phenomenal growth in fans engaging with their teams through the main networks.

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Ice hockey league imposes social media blackout

Posted on August 9, 2012 by weltchmedia

The UK’s top ice hockey league has become the latest sports organisation to restrict players’ use of social media. We like hockey and we like social media. We don’t like this.

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An Annual reason for British ice hockey to be proud

Posted on December 5, 2011 by weltchmedia

When we put forward five reasons to watch British ice hockey last year, we should have added a sixth – it has an excellent yearbook!

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How a Super League shock played out in social media

Posted on July 31, 2011 by weltchmedia

Among all the codes of football, rugby league seems to produce more than its share of off-field controversy – and this week’s jaw-dropping announcement of the new Super League licences was played out in real-time through social media.

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Who are ice hockey’s social media elite?

Posted on June 14, 2011 by weltchmedia

Sports teams have embraced social media with varying degrees of enthusiasm in recent years; and, being curious types, we wondered who were the “social elite” of British ice hockey? So we researched the numbers to find out.

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