Devils: Teplitsky's shock decision

"To go out while I still think I’m playing well, I think it’s a good thing for me. The more I think about it, it is a little bit upsetting. But the reality is I think it’s going to be my last year.”

- Tyson Teplitsky

Hard to believe isn't it.

One of the best players in the Elite League considering hanging his skates up for good to pursue a career in the world of business. After a lifetime playing hockey and the better part of the last decade studying for a degree and MBA, Tyson Teplitsky is ready to say goodbye.

Still can't believe it.

But it's true.

And in an interview for an upcoming edition of the Cardiff Devils game programme Teplitsky explains why.

Bison: Waiting game

After weeks of watching players walk out of the door, Basingstoke player-coach Eric Braff is glad to have someone walk in the door.

Brad Cruikshank, Mark Richardson, Matt Miller, Jason Goulet, Curtiss Patr...all left the club when its financial position became even worse.

But the Bison announced on Saturday that two new imports have committed to the club and now it's all a matter of work permits.

If it wasn't for Kevin Reiter's heroics, the last month would have been a even harder one for Braff, who is happy to be making progress.

“It’s tough we have had offers out for a while for other players and it’s frustrating because you get delayed,” Braff said in an interview with skysports.com.

“Some guy says he’s going to come but then he’s not any more. That’s what we’ve been running into, but we’re at the point now where we are just waiting for paperwork at the moment. Hopefully, we can get the work permits done to get them here as soon as possible because we could definitely use the extra bodies.”

The Bison have brought in several younger British players since Planet Ice took control of the team at the end of October and are hoping to have the two new imports in place soon.

Attracting overseas players to Basingstoke has proved difficult because of its publicised financial problems, but Braff has welcomed the change in atmosphere around the club and thanked the new owners for helping out.

“Things have changed but the aspect of new players coming in hasn’t really, yet,” Braff added.

“But that’s got nothing to do with the owners or Planet Ice and that’s just the way it goes sometimes. We’ve definitely seen a change in attitude from the guys, who are happier now. We just need the reinforcements to come in and hopefully that will happen in soon.”