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.
The gang is back together and we look at the squad building for the Billingham Stars and wider around the NIHL North 1. 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.
Off season catch up with the gang as news starts to feed into the NIHL North-a-sphere - nothing Billog related though. 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. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY: Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.
We catch up on the successes at Steel City Showdown and the season ending game in Coventry and a quick thought on 24/25 season for the Billingham Stars. Carol joined from her seaside retreat between Hartlepool, Seaton Carew and Redcar and battled some wifi issues but we got all the content we needed. 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. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY: Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.
Billingham reached the Steel City Showdown with a two-leg win over Deeside - we’ll talk about it as well as the other NIHL division semi finals. Stars will face a repeat of last year’s Final against Blackburn - we’ll talk about it AND the three other Finals taking place in Sheffield Steel City Showdown store: https://eihevents.square.site/ for hats, pucks, programmes and more merch! Steel City Showdown tickets: https://eih.ticketco.events/uk/en/e/nihl_steelcity_showdown_2025 Finally we have the NIHL North player and coach of the year shortlists, sponsored by Ice Barn and powered by True Hockey. 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. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY: Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.
It’s the OG three on this week’s pod talking all things Stars in full post-season mode. Playoff quarter final wins over Leeds secured, lots of goals and lots of love for Luca. We also check in with the playoff brackets elsewhere in the NIHL divisions. The gang then look ahead to the semi final series with Deeside before the AOB segment features Coventry tickets, Steel City Merch, awards, presentation night and BOTW Parmo Review (watch on FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18oKV2Y2wK/) Steel City Showdown store: https://eihevents.square.site/ for hats, pucks, programmes and more merch! 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. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY: Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.
We are delighted to announce NIHL’s official All-Star teams for North 1 and 2 (approx 35 mins in) - thanks to NIHL for giving us this honour/responsibilty! We are also joined by Stars’ coach Stephen Foster and captain Michael Elder to review where we are at the end of the regular season heading into playoffs (spoiler - it’s going kind of OK thanks!) How was the last game of the regular season and trophy lift? We’ll tell you what we think! The gang look at tables and playoff fixtures for North and South 1, congratulations to Slough Jets for winning Britton and see you in Coventry! Finally a look at our playoff quarter final with Leeds Knights. 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. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY: Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.
The gang are joined by Pete from Cross Check Clothing to talk about his hockey journey, how the brand was born and recently working with your Billingham Stars. Our 100 point men Chris Sykes and Iain Brown also drop by to talk goals, assists, points, trophies and more. Of course Iain also talks about his league goals record. There's the regular features reviewing Deeside double header, results & tables, South 1 watch and look ahead to the regular season finale. Save the date features in Any Other Business in a packed episode. Tune in on Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Amazon and many other places. 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. CROSS CHECK CLOTHING www.crosscheckclothing.co.uk STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY: Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.
Billingham Stars did another thing! A win on Sunday in Solihull secured a second successive League title for the Big Red Machine! Goalie Jacob Hammond joins the crew to talk about it, before Carol, Jono and Craig go through the game in more depth. We look at results and tables from last week, before previewing a Deeside double header which starts with the party bus to North Wales and ends with a long-awaited return to home ice on Sunday. In AOB we look at South 1 to see who Billingham will face at Coventry and congratulations to Cardiff Canucks, Stuart Jackson and GB Bandy. Jono has merch to sell so Carol & Craig take a breather (!) and we unveil the winner of the Steel City Showdown tickets in our competition. 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. EIH EVENTS SHOP https://eihevents.square.site/ STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY: Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.