steveoath Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) Petition To Global Mutual (new owners of the Braehead Arena, home of the Glasgow Clan and Paisley Pirates) If you can spare a few minutes could you possibly visit the above link to sign this petition that may help save my local rink and hockey team. The previous owner/operator of the ice rink here have went into liquidation. A new owner has taken over, and are considering a change of use for the facilities - used for hockey, curling, public skate, coaching, "on ice" shows like cirque du soleil. From the link: "With no current home ice to play out of, and already a huge lack of other local ice facilities in Scotland, a change of arena used by the current ownership Global Mutual is a threat. Not only a threat to the future of a team, that many support and love, but also to a facility that is used by many of the local community via multi ice sports, at all levels, across the area and Central Belt of Scotland. It would be a travesty if we lose access to this facility within our local community which would threaten the existence of a team that brings so much financially to the area on match days via the huge home and away fan bases, as retail tries to recover from the current pandemic. Over the past 11 years, the Glasgow Clan has been the main tenant in the building at Braehead Arena, with the owner a customer for over 20 years and the Paisley Pirates a tenant for 14 years. Following the collapse of Intu Braehead Leisure in late 2020 the Glasgow Clan have been in negotiations with London-based new owners of Braehead Shopping Centre with the objective of becoming the new operating company of Braehead Arena. This long-term commitment by the Glasgow Clan to maintain and grow ice sports at Braehead Arena, in addition to ambitious and substantial infrastructure plans for the venue, will secure the future of this facility for the benefit of the local community and surrounding areas. We would ask Global Mutual to enter positive discussions imminently with the Glasgow Clan to help secure their future as well as that of the Paisley Pirates, all ice users and the wider community. By providing the current Glasgow Clan organisation with the security of ownership we believe this will secure future access to this premier ice facility for all community users". Cheers Steve Edited September 3, 2022 by steveoath We have positive outcome 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steveoath Posted July 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 So looks like the negotiations to run the ice arena are a success and the Clan have announced the HC for next season. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PromoTheRobot Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 Ice time isn't cheap. I don't know what the new owners were looking to charge, but I know in Massachusetts and NH rinks are charging between $350-500/hr depending on time of day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 First live hockey for me since I can't remember! Feels good to get a bit of normal, I have been struggling with isolation of late. Playing our arch nemesis Fife Flyers, and we're up 2-0 at the first intermission. Also, Clan now run the rink and have it for another 20 years as part of larger community venue. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, steveoath said: First live hockey for me since I can't remember! Feels good to get a bit of normal, I have been struggling with isolation of late. Playing our arch nemesis Fife Flyers, and we're up 2-0 at the first intermission. Also, Clan now run the rink and have it for another 20 years as part of larger community venue. Happy for you 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indabuff Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Filthy Fifers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 3-0 at 2nd intermission. Played around half of the period on the pk. Refs are atrocious. Atmosphere is great. Almost full house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Kinda disappointed the Paisley Pirates' sweaters aren't paisley. But congrats, Steve! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 4-1 final. I'll pop the highlights video here when it appears. The 4th goal was a thing of beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 hours ago, steveoath said: First live hockey for me since I can't remember! Feels good to get a bit of normal, I have been struggling with isolation of late. Playing our arch nemesis Fife Flyers, and we're up 2-0 at the first intermission. Also, Clan now run the rink and have it for another 20 years as part of larger community venue. I approve of that beautiful orange and white bastard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted April 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 We are in post season. Have a home and home v Cardiff this weekend. Winner goes into the playoffs. We beat Cardiff 4 to 3 in Cardiff last night. Now they must come to Glasgow today and win by 2 goals to progress. Scenes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted April 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 If anyone wants to catch the game we have a webcast now! https://www.clanihc.tv/ 6pm UK time which is around lunchtime for you guys on the east coast I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted April 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 0-0 as we finish the 2nd period. Clan will begin 3rd on the powerplay too. Getting nervous now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted April 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Clan lose 2 goals in the third. Cardiff win 5-4 and progress to finals weekend. Season is over for us 😢 Overall this was a decent season under the new head coach. Hopefully we can keep a few of the players around. Shane Starrett in goal was very good in particular and I would like to see him back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, steveoath said: Clan lose 2 goals in the third. Cardiff win 5-4 and progress to finals weekend. Season is over for us 😢 Overall this was a decent season under the new head coach. Hopefully we can keep a few of the players around. Shane Starrett in goal was very good in particular and I would like to see him back. Bummer. Misunderstood your earlier post about winning by 2 goals to move on. D'oh! Must've been a wild 3rd if there were 9 goals scored in that frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, steveoath said: Clan lose 2 goals in the third. Cardiff win 5-4 and progress to finals weekend. Season is over for us 😢 Overall this was a decent season under the new head coach. Hopefully we can keep a few of the players around. Shane Starrett in goal was very good in particular and I would like to see him back. How many imports on the Clan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted April 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) We have 17 imports this year. Rules changed last season and the maximum number of overseas players on a roster was dropped to 18. 15 hours ago, Taro T said: Bummer. Misunderstood your earlier post about winning by 2 goals to move on. D'oh! Must've been a wild 3rd if there were 9 goals scored in that frame. They way it worked was the goals from the first game (Saturday) were added to Sundays game. Saturday finished 4-3 to the Clan and Sunday finished 2-0 to Cardiff. So we lose 4-5 overall. Edited April 25, 2022 by steveoath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 6 hours ago, steveoath said: We have 17 imports this year. Rules changed last season and the maximum number of overseas players on a roster was dropped to 18. They way it worked was the goals from the first game (Saturday) were added to Sundays game. Saturday finished 4-3 to the Clan and Sunday finished 2-0 to Cardiff. So we lose 4-5 overall. OK, so my understanding of it was right the 1st time. 🍺 Tough way to lose. At least it seems you no longer have to worry about them folding. Get 'em next year. (The Sabres rallying cry. 😉 ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted June 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) Super Signing Sunday has begun We are putting the team together for the new season. Live blog will unveil the new team throughout the day today. https://clanihc.com/post/live-blog-super-signing-sunday-2022/ Edited June 26, 2022 by steveoath 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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