Starcast: the Billingham Stars podcast

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Stars’ captain joins the gang to talk about the season so far and run-in to the playoffs.  We also take some questions from readers/viewers/listeners. A review of NIHL Cup action in N1 and N2 is followed by preview of the return to action at home to Widnes on Sunday. Finally a little AOB including the new game ‘guess the question’! Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Facing off against the league’s top two sides, Stars were beaten twice but put in two great performances across the weekend, on another day would have picked up some points. No games this weekend, we have a look at the Cup semi finals which are taking place, with a home tie for Buccs on Sunday too! Finally a busy AOB spot featuring DEL & Kirky, Olympics, GB teams, sponsor love, AMC #itsokaytotalk, and Henry Staelens decision to leave IHUK. Next week we will take some mailbag questions so look for details how to get in touch. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream A double home weekend for your Stars yielded four points and a whole heap of rules controversy. Great win over Hull, frustrating shootout loss to Leeds - but who was really to blame? After the break we look ahead to a road and home weekend against the division’s two top sides - at Telford on Saturday and home to Blackburn on Sunday. Finally a spot of AOB with genuine Winter Classic, GB teams in action and supporters club ready for you on Sunday! (GB U18 women won 1-0 vs Spain with Evelyn Brown posting a 41-save shutout!) Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream A full roster reacts to the Warriors’ Christmas Cup win before reviewing 2025 overall for your Billingham Stars.  It wasn’t at all bad, was it? After the break we look ahead to a first-foot double header with both Hull and Leeds heading into the Forum for a home game bonanza to kick off 2026. Finally a quick spot of AOB and yes Jono has a list! Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Jono is back from his east coast vaycay and Craig’s internet is back so the gang’s all here for another episode. Review of the win over Deeside, the loss in Nottingham, the lost man games this season and how different it is to last year. After a look around the league results and tables with surging Telford and goals a plenty.  Don’t forget to check Joe’s NIHLstats.wordpress.com site for his Christmas top tens of all stat categories. We preview a derby double header in Christmas Cup action, Craig mentions the colour blue and nearly starts a war. Our AOB thanks to everyone who supported the Christmas Raffle and the Teddy Toss - photos from hospital visits were shared since last podcast. And we end on the bombshell of one panel member having mushy peas on Christmas dinner. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Your podcast panel are back to look back at last week’s special double episodes with very special guests.  We salute the success of another Billingham Bear Bonanza and then get to the hockey with last Sunday’s losing trip to north Wales. After a look around the league results and tables it’s home double header time with Widnes and Telford coming to Teesside with important League AND Cup points on the line. Our AOB detours into Christmas films, Jono breaks signing news “live on air” (as live as you can be recorded 12 hours before publication!) and we talk about ex NHLer Milan Lucic possibly coming to Fife. Special guests with festive Carol include Pepper and Pickle. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream The full podcast crew are joined by another special guest as IHUK and EIH Chief Executive Officer Henry Staelens to talk about the proposed merger into a single national governing body for our sport. Starcast asks Henry about the major issues and talking points with an eye on the sport from our position in NIHL1 but a look at the bigger picture too for GB men and women, junior development, broadcasting, Olympics. For anyone with an interest in UK hockey at what ever level the next couple of weeks will go a long way to deciding how our sport look in the short and long term. Thanks to Henry and IHUK/EIH for making him available, and please follow the governing bodies on their social media ahead of the EGM votes on 17 December. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Craig & Jono are joined by Nick Rothwell for a fantastic chat about his work with Re-Tribe, a network supporting current and former players with wellbeing, mental health and other issues.  Nick talks passionately about his own journey as a player, broadcaster and then how he lost himself and hit rock bottom.  We’ll certainly have Nick back in the new year. Find Nick’s organisation at www.retribecollective.com and on social media.  Nick is also on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.  There is also a Re-Tribe podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube. The guys then look back at the Stars’ six point weekend with wins in Hull and home to Sheffield, before review and results and tables across the division. We look ahead to a trip to North Wales for our only weekend fixture against the Deeside Dragons. Finally AOB reminder about Christmas Draw, the Teddy Toss was again fantastic, and our mascot experience from Sunday which made Craig feel verrrrry old. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Our intrepid trio sail the good ship Starcast again, and boy is there a lot to talk about!  We cover Billingham’s trip to Blackburn along with a late suspension, segregated seating and 12 skaters on the biggest ice in the league. The game talk actually melts into a positive forward look for the future of Billingham ice hockey with the next generation coming through, two of whom already ice with the Stars.  Happy 16th birthday Will Thornton - MOM in Blackburn! We look ahead to a double header weekend with a quick return to Hull before Sheffield are the visitors for our Teddy Toss game - the gang talk about the importance of the event to the club, the town and mostly the patients and staff in hospital at Christmas. Finally AOB features a bonus Black Friday recommendation from the gang - films and podcasts to get stuck into for your viewing and listening pleasure. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream The OG crew of the good ship Starcast return to look back at double defeat for the Stars but plenty of talking points.  We look at the results & tables, preview the trip to Blackburn and at one point the host disappears! Our AOB bits cover the latest Billingham junior to graduate to seniors, a milestone for former Billog Robert Dowd and our wonderful Teddy Toss is just around the corner! Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream No guest goalies this week so it’s the OG Starcast crew reviewing a Saturday matinee in the Steel City and look ahead to another double weekend and a quick return to Teesside of the league leaders. There’s some AOB bits and pieces with GB next gen, NHL and bumper Supporters Club update. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Widnes Wild goalie Luca Tessadri joins this week’s podcast talking about his return to playing and backstopping Widnes Wild this season.  Great to see Luca back and enjoying his hockey after missing pretty much a full year not too long ago. The podcast crew, some might say three grumpy northerners, then review the Stars six point weekend with wins at Widnes and home to Nottingham before checking other games from the NIHL N1 and look ahead to a Saturday Sheffield lunchtime road trip. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Stood still on the highway….. a nightmare road trip compounded a zero point weekend for your Billingham Stars. Solihull goalie Graham Laverick joins to talk his side’s weekend and great start to the season before Carol, Jono and Craig review the home & home and look ahead to another big weekend, ending with a Sunday home game with Nottingham. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Carol, Jono and Craig review the late late (double late!) loss to Blackburn at Forum and ahead to home & home with Solihull Barons. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream General Manager Allen Flavell makes his podcast debut with a great chat about his roles, the Stars growth off the ice as well as on and putting teams together for the NIHL in modern times.  A really great insight from the man at the top of the club. Plus the gang talk about the loss in Telford and look ahead to Blackburn’s visit this coming weekend. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Starcast presented in association with Thor’s Ice Cream Two perfect 10’s for the Stars over Sheffield and Hull, and of course we talk about the Financial Times article which united the whole UK hockey world. Carol, Jono and Craig talk all things Stars, women in hockey and a return to Telford before making their NHL picks for the new season across the pond. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Stars finally join the NIHL N1 party with a win in Leeds and look ahead to a home opener.  And Billy. Captain Michael Elder joins as first guest of the season to discuss the unusual start to the schedule and finally getting underway before the gang break down the Leeds game and look around the league’s other games. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

No games played but we do have hockey on the horizon! It’s game week for your Billingham Stars and the podcast is here to cover pretty much everything. And we mean everything! Look ahead to Stars at Elland Road on Sunday, a round up of games played across the division at the weekend.  NIHL North Updates predictions discussion (with free NHL punditry), media content ramping up, SC ready to roll, and new addition imminent if you can bear to wait. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Our intrepid trio is back with no NIHL Stars games to discuss - which we manage to drag out to 45 minutes! A quick pre-season recap, the week in NIHL N1, Stars girls historic game, Buccs battle and AOB with a bumper Supporters Club update. Carol’s pre-season updates on all Moralee teams:Blackburn https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-blackburn-hawksDeeside https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-deeside-dragonsHull https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-hull-jetsLeeds https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-leeds-knights-2Nottingham https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-nottingham-lionsSheffield https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-sheffield-scimitarsSolihull https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-solihull-baronsTelford https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-telford-tigers-2Widnes https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-widnes-wild Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support.Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

The gang is back for the last off-season pod and we catch up with the Stars’ latest signings and news like fixtures and playoffs.A quick look around the rest of NIHL North 1 before we shine the spotlight on Billingham’s new U16 Girls team, and look back at last weekend’s Golf Day at Castle Eden (home of the brewery that sponsored a little local hockey tournament back in the day!) Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.