After 6 weeks all teams remained in the hunt for first place. This night’s games had the potential to turn the standings upside down, so lots of action expected from teams who are starting to really gel after 5 games together. Early Game – Slovenia vs Portugal Portugal stood only a point ahead of Slovenia […]

Okay, back from the league office in Italy for a series of owners meetings where a new set of playing rules were passed. These new rules will be enforced without exception and violation will result in immediate expulsion from the league. Govern yourselves accordingly. Our refereeing corps has been provided with a copy in braille. […]

OK so Flumerfelt is away with his squeeze on a romantic vacation in Italy. I told him to call the doctor after 4 hours he is no spring chicken anymore. So you got me for just one week until he returns and I am no where near as funny as he is and I cannot […]

It was a tight race going into the fourth week. With the first place Italians resting and all other teams tied for 2nd place only 2 points behind, both games were battles for a share of first place in the standings. Early Game – Scotland v Slovenia Scotland’s version of Boston’s famous #4, defenceman Brad […]

Early Game – Italy vs Portugal Portugal enters this game with a perfect 1-0 record against a 1-1 Italy team. Winner will take at least a share of first place. Paul Harty broke the ice for Italy midway through the first but Chris Johnson answered for the Lisbonites a few minutes later to tie the […]

Early Game – Ireland vs Italy Italy goes into this one feeling confident after a week-1 win against an Irish squad who lost a squeaker in their first match. Both goalies looking extremely strong in the first period with no goals until fabulous Joe Peacock banged in a rebound with three minutes to go. Paul […]

Early Game – Slovenia vs Ireland We’re off to the races with a brand new PCOHL Season and we kick it off with a game between Ireland and Slovenia. It’s over a thousand miles from Ljubljana to Dublin, but these two teams are no strangers to each other, this game a rematch of last year’s […]

Following a unanimous decision by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association, League Commissioner Gary Bettman is seen here presenting the 2024 Conn Smythe Trophy to Italy’s Leo Brideau. There wasn’t much doubt about this one. Leo led the playoff in points and, characteristically, most of them were assists. Leo is the ultimate team player and a […]

The PCOHL Exec would like to send out a big shout out to our referee squad, the Barrett Brothers. We will be holding a 50/50 draw over the summer to help them with their optometry bill, so please buy tickets. It was a great celebration after the Gold Medal game with friends from both squads […]