From The Editor's Chair - Edition 18

Welcome again to the views "From The Editor's Chair". I've made the first one of the new year a kind of look back where some of you have kindly offered your hockey highlight and lowlight of 2016. Thanks to all that have contributed, I really appreciate them. Here we have 2016 thanks to you:

First up is Andy Roberts (@ic3creamman):

Highlight - The away trip to Jönköping, Sweden for the CHL game there.

Lowlight - Any from witnessing the blow up bear, Roddy's retirement, the increase of the football mentality idiots at games.

Glynn Birkett-Morley (@glynnm76):

Highlight - Steelers winning back to back league titles.

Lowlight - Getting hammered by the Panthers in the Challenge Cup semi-final first leg.

Nathan Turner (@NJT75Owl):

Highlight - Winning the league.

Lowlight - The surge of the idiot brigade at certain games when hockey is supposed to be a family sport.

Jo The Greek (@geraldhenders14):

Highlight - Beating EC Red Bull Salzburg in the CHL.

Lowlight - Eddy retiring.

Tony (@DISGU15ED):

Highlight - Belfast weekend, January 2016, where I took part in the beach ball interval game and people doing the conga in Rockies.

Lowlight - Losing 8-1 to second tier EC Red Bull Salzburg was pathetic.

Carol Ibbotson (@ladygrey30):

Highlight - Seeing how happy my daughter was when she was on the ice for Hewy's testimonial as a mascot. #ProudMum

Lowlight - When Blaze split the away fans. Their fans were swearing and arguing and it's the only time I've ever felt so uneasy at a game.

Kev (@richardwilcock4):

Highlight - The trip to Fife when we won the league, an absolutely fantastic effort by our fans to get up there and fill their away blocks.

Lowlight - The same as Carol's.

Roxanne Reynolds (@roxanneangelmum):

Highlight - Winning the league.

Lowlight - The fighting between fans which seems to have reared its ugly head.

Steve Owen (@steowe1968):

Highlight - Fife with Chloe being snapped in background whilst our friend Cullen Eddy celebrated.

Lowlight - Not getting to the play-off weekend by choking against the Chavs consistently, oh and Valaprick!

Nicki Blueitt (@owlsteeler):

Highlight - Winning back to back league titles in Fife. That was special.

Lowlight - I'll go along and agree with what Carol said.

Bryan Ibbotson (@bryibbo):

Highlight - Watching Amy-Leigh being mascot for Hewy's testimonial and seeing how happy she was.

Lowlight - Having to work when Steelers won in Fife and the league as a result.

Samantha Dale (@sam_26)

Highlight - Winning the league and the Belfast double header weekend

Lowlight - No Plan B from Paul Thompson

Jo-Anne Mullins (@JoAnneMullins5):

Highlight - The Belfast double header weekend.

Lowlight - Crashing out of every Cup.

Myself (FSB Editor) ....

Highlight - Fife away to win the league was amazeballs, I even got on the EIHL website the following day. 

Lowlight - The lack of a phone signal in Cardiff's new rink, sort it out "Killer!"

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