By Xanthe Boursier-Gazzard The Bristol Honda Pitbulls faced a narrow loss last night to the Solway Sharks, taking the game to overtime subsequent to an end-to-end battle. The home team saw the return of Sam Smith and Ben Davies; however, they remained without Ewan Hill due to illness and Nick Pryce as a late scratch...
The Bristol Honda Pitbulls are delighted to announce the appointment of Tony Redmond as bench coach for the upcoming NIHL National League season. Born in Glasgow, the 50-year-old has been coaching since 2006 with the Slough Jets as a player/assistant before taking an assistant role with the Bison back in 2018 up until 2023. As...
The Bristol Honda Pitbulls are delighted to announce the signing of British forward Ewan Hill, who joins after spending last year between Romford and Streatham. Hill, 21, featured six times for Raiders IHC in the National League, accruing a goal and an assist whilst scoring 21 and adding 29 assists in 28 NIHL 1 South...
The Bristol Honda Pitbulls are excited to announce the signing of Scottish defenseman Fynn Page, who joins us on a two-way deal with the Fife Flyers of the Elite League. Page, 21, joins after spending the last two years with his home team in Fife full time and comes from the same town [Kirkcaldy] as...
The Bristol Honda Pitbulls are thrilled to announce the signing of Northern Irish forward Cam Hamill. Born in Belfast, the 19-year-old forward came through the Giants’ junior system before switching Belfast for Hull and later Milton Keynes in the National League. After finishing the 22/23 season with the Lightning, Hamill extended his contract for another...
The Bristol Honda Pitbulls can confirm the departure of player/coach Adam Harding. Hards was signed following the rise to the NIHL National in 2022 as player/assistant coach under Jamie Elson and following injury problems that kept him sidelined for the majority of his first season in Bristol, Hards stepped into the line-up full time the...
The Bristol Honda Pitbulls are thrilled to announce the signing of young netminder Tyler De La Bertouche after his departure from the Peterborough Phantoms. The eighteen-year-old has Swedish heritage but is British trained, having come through the junior systems of Haringey, Raiders & Peterborough and will wear number 42 for the Pitbulls. Tyler’s development will...
Ben Norton will not be returning to the Bristol Honda Pitbulls following the 2023/24 NIHL National season. Ben started 42 of the Pitbulls’ 54 fixtures this past season, winning 10 and ending the season with a .861 save% & 5.18 goals against average and was voted players’ player of the year at awards night. Norts...
The Bristol Honda Pitbulls are delighted to announce Bari McKenzie will be returning as the new player/head coach in Bristol. Bari signed last winter with the Pitbulls, scoring 7 goals and adding 17 assists in his 31 appearances, and takes the reins in what will be his first coaching job. McKenzie, 37, will wear the number...
Jay Warren and the Bristol Honda Pitbulls have mutually agreed to part ways ahead of the 24/25 season. Warren joined the Pitbulls on a two-way agreement with the Swindon Wildcats on the teams’ return the Bristol and has gone on to play 138 times in blue, scoring 24 goals and adding 46 assists. Jay memorably...