Better late than never, we have the monthly awards which are still not to be taken seriously. It's harmless fun and we're sure that everyone appreciates that. So don your smartest outfits that you've blown the cobwebs off, and give a round of deserved applause to the January winners.
Enjoy...
Player Of The Month: It was a tough call to decide this award, but I will hand this to Mark Richardson of Cardiff. The GB internationalist has been a rock in the Devils defence all season, and quietly goes about his business every night: often going under the radar. GB head coach Peter Russell rates the 29 year old highly, and he's one British defenceman I would seriously like to see in orange rather than the red and white of Cardiff.
Team Of The Month: Early on in the season, I was worried about them but now they are a team that nobody wants to play if they have an off-night. Step forward Fife Flyers. Todd Dutiaume has started to get things right in "The Auld Barn" and it's good news for the Kirkcaldy outfit. Whether they can keep it up or it becomes a false dawn, is open to conjecture. But they're improving, and good on them.
Flops Of The Month: For a team that looked very dangerous at the start of January, the end of the month saw them slip right off the radar. Step forward the Belfast Giants. Derrick Walser's men have gone from title contenders to rank outsiders who will be lucky to come away with this season with some kinda silverware. They were comprehensively dismantled by a Steelers team who couldn't believe their luck in the SSE Arena, and now seriously have to start looking over their shoulders. Jobs are on the line in County Antrim, and the Giants know it.
Coach Of The Month: I was going to give it LeCoachPach (Omar Pacha to those not in the Twitterverse) but I will make it a Kirkcaldy double. Skate forward with great honour, Todd Dutiaume. You have turned the Flyers season around when I doubted them. If you carry on like this then you will be looking at a top six finish easily - and wouldn't that be some kinda achievement.
Douchebags Of The Month: It's not a team, a player or a coach but an independent bunch of prats (yes that's being polite) who are making an absolute mockery of our sport. It's not DoPS but the independent panel who deal with DoPS appeals. What kind of wallies, that's another name for them, can reduce a ban for dangerous play to absolute nothingness. They have set precedents that will haunt British hockey for years to come. Once you know you can appeal; you can bet your bottom dollar that you will get away with it.
And that concludes the award ceremony again. Put the outfit back in the wardrobe, and we will be back for another round in a few weeks.
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