BREAKING: Dean Holland's 30-game suspension has been reduced to 18 games after an appeal by the Whitley Warriors.

ICYMI over on Instagram/Facebook: All of the recipients of the 2025 Player Awards, voted for by you, and their margins of victory. 🏆📊

The winners of the 2025 Player Awards, as voted for by you, will be announced throughout the day! 😍

20-year-old defenceman Tommy Spraggon signs with the National League's Hull Seahawks from the N1 Billingham Stars. 🦅 On the season: 7g, 33a for 40pts in 36 games With the Stars: 17g, 85a for 102pts in 158 games

After an insane 2,113 of you submitted a bonkers total of 16,829 votes... POLLING IS NOW CLOSED ‼️❌ A huge thank you to all of you guys who had your say over the 2025 Player Awards... who do you think has won? 💭

THIS IS YOUR WARNING! ⚠️ Get your votes in for this season's Player Awards like 1,400 others have before polling closes midnight at forms.gle/cBNN7kUZKafs... ‼️

Slough exacts revenge upon the Stars to topple them in the league championship game and cap Billingham's trophy run at four of five.

SLOUGH STRIKES BACK TO DENY THE STARS A TROPHY SWEEP ✈️💥

The last hurrah, and the last available trophy for the Stars. ⭐🏆

The change could have major ramifications for some North 1 teams looking to hold onto their imports come next season. 💭

NIHL North Updates has its own league! Rival my picks by submitting your Stanley Cup Playoff bracket predictions at bracketchallenge.nhl.com/en/leagues/3... Password: nihlnorth25

Give us your controversial opinions about the NIHL 🫢

FAN-VOTED AWARDS 🏆 Following on from the success of the All-Star teams YOU will have the opportunity to pick your award-winners for this season! There are 8 awards, listed below, which will see 2 winners crowned — 1 from either division. WHO DO YOU WANT TO SEE SHORTLISTED? 🤷

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Kings of the North. 👑 The names of those associated with our two trophy-winning teams this season, embedded into NIHL history.

Post-season complete. ✅ What was your highlight of the playoffs? #SteelCityShowdown

Elliot Bayne departs from his position as Head Coach of the N2 Altrincham Aces. #LetsGoAces ♠️ Bayne had a record of 70 wins, 87 losses and one tie with the Aces over six seasons, qualifying for four post-seasons in that time.

Billingham engages in a battle for the ages against South 1's Slough Jets, coming out triumphant and winning their fourth trophy on the season in overtime.

Taylor Stanton and Vladimir Luka show their presence after a terrible start, but despite a tight fight the Tigers are denied their fourth trophy by Peterborough in heart-breaking fashion.

HEARTBREAK FOR TELFORD AND GLORY FOR PETERBOROUGH 👻🇬🇧

They may have lost, but they were still absolute machines out there. Commiserations to the @suttonstingnihl2 and @blackburnhawks on two spectacular Grand Final performances tonight.

A high-octane and intense grand final goes the way of the Billingham Stars who obtain their trophy treble for the season.

Advantage Billingham after period number two! #SteelCityShowdown #BILvBLK

The Billingham Stars are up by one after the first frame! #SteelCityShowdown #BILvBLK

Your lineups for #BILvBLK at the #SteelCityShowdown!

North 1 fans... you're in for one hell of a game. ⭐🦅 Head-to-head regular season stats for the Billingham Stars and Blackburn Hawks. #SteelCityShowdown #BILvBLK

The Telford Tigers become playoff champions and treble-title holders with a convincing offensive performance versus Sutton. #SteelCityShowdown #TELvSUT

TELFORD TIGERS SECURE THE TREBLE! 🔒🐅

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: 28-year-old American forward Jake Witkowski signs and extends with the Deeside Dragons for two years, until the end of the 2026-2027 season. #BeMoreDragon 🐉 Witkowski had 52g, 58a (110pts) in 30 games with the Dragons this season.

Ian Weedall departs from his position as Head Coach of the N2 Billingham Buccaneers. #UpTheBuccs 🏴‍☠️ Weedall had a record of 37 wins, 19 losses and two ties with the Buccaneers, with one playoff championship won in 2023/24 (the team's inaugural season).

In this photo: • 912 games • 478 goals • 513 assists • 991 points Legends of the game. Legends of the Deeside Dragons.

One of the league's most famous enforcers is calling it quits — Jordan Barnes hangs up the skates after a fourteen-year career devoted purely to the Whitley Warriors. Put your hands together for Jordan as we wish him the best in retirement!

The Deeside Dragons say farewell to two of their franchise veteran players as Marc Lovell and James Parsons hang up the skates. They will step into coaching roles throughout the organisation. Let us band together to wish Marc and James all the best in retirement!

A quick guide for the workings of the Playoff Finals this weekend. #steelcityshowdown ⚔️

Time to shine. ✨

Telford saunters past the Coventry Blaze to lock Sutton as their final opponent bright and early Saturday morning in Sheffield!

Sutton extends their lead too far for Billingham to respond, eliminating the reigning champions and sparking a Grand Final showdown with arch-nemeses Telford.

Blackburn recovers from their deficit — and then some — to eliminate a hopeful Solihull and book a return ticket to Sheffield.

Forty-three goals in four games seals the deal as the Billingham Stars see off Deeside and head to the Steel City!

THE STARS ARE SHEFFIELD-BOUND AND WILL TRY FOR THE TREBLE! ⭐

THE HAWKS ARE BACK TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE! 🦅

SUTTON KNOCKS OUT THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS AND BOOK A RETURN BERTH TO THE FINALS! 🐝

Coventry's defence is no match as Telford blanks the Blaze, taking a sizeable surplus back home for tomorrow.

The Buccaneers put up the greatest of fights in a feral game, but Ryan Apsley and the Sting take a one-goal lead back to iceSheffield.

The Barons take the slight edge in front of a packed Hawks venue, with the one-goal lead crucial going back to Solihull tomorrow.

Billingham swiftly carve themselves a path to Sheffield with a stomping victory over Deeside in Leg 1 of 2.

Who will be competing for glory come next Saturday? 🏆

Are you excited? 😍

It's Sheffield or nothing. Semi-finals 🔜

AS DECIDED BY YOU, THE PEOPLE ⭐🫵🏼 It's what you've been waiting for... the results of the fan vote for the Moralee and Laidler All-Star teams! With more than 500 votes cast, what did YOU have to say?