Fans of the original Lions from the 80s/90s will be very familiar with the Finns we had on the team. One of the last was Marko Pieniniemi and you can read all about his hockey career in this article published by Mark Easton.
Category: Nostalgia
Footage from Radegast Trophy from 1988
Dundee Stars have uploaded to YouTube footage from a match they played against the Lions back on 5 February 1988. It was played in honour of Jaroslav Lycka, a Czech defenceman who was with the Stars before joining us to play alongside other fan favourites, such as Doug McEwen and Tari Suwari.
Death of Darrin Zinger
We are sad to discover that Darrin Zinger, one of the Lions’ defenceman from the 90s team, passed away yesterday after a long illness at the age of 53. Darrin spent 10 years playing more than 500 games of hockey in the UK, including 5 seasons with Guildford Flames. He iced for the Lions in the 1989/90 season, when his day job was at Body Shop in Covent Garden. Our thoughts go out to Darrin’s family and friends.
More photos from Legends game
I have uploaded some cracking shots from last week’s Legends game, courtesy of Pat Ayling, featuring the likes of Jim Graves, Glen Moorhouse, Eddie Joseph, Tari Suwari, Simon Wren and Ali Rodger. You can see them via the Photos page, here.
First photos from Legends game
Last night Lions of the past, present and future came together for the Lee Valley Legends game. It was a close-fought contest with the current team nipping ahead to become the 7-5 victors. It was great to see so many familiar old faces yesterday and a massive thank-you must go to George Alley, who masterminded the whole thing – not forgetting, of course, all the players who took part and everyone off-ice whose work and dedication went into organising such a great evening’s entertainment.
It felt strange for me, coming back to the Den without a camera in my hand for the first time in many years. My successor, Pat Ayling, took lots of great photos last night, the first of which is a photos of the teams together, which can be seen here. In the meantime, I’ve posted a few shots taken by Lola Cook (a member of the Cook family who played such a big part in helping out the original Lions – Mike, Ena, Peter and Julie) and used with kind permission. You can see them here.