Edinburgh Capitals

In Condensed Matter yesterday we watched a very informative video, a clip from one of those Pop Science TV programs. Stuff Blowing Up
Sometimes it's nice to know that professors can get just as bored as students, and solve it in the same way--namely, surfing the internet for mindless junk.


Today I watched the end of a British Hockey League game. I think it was Coventry vs. Nottingham.
Who knew they followed hockey here.
To be fair, they don't actually. I guess nothing else was on for the sports channel to play.
Turns out Coventry plays Edinburgh tomorrow. Hrm. Edinburgh has an ice hockey team?
Yes, it does.

Take a look at the other teams in the league, a pretty random assortment, a lot of little cities, then there's Manchester and Belfast.

Also, Edinburgh plays in an ice rink right next to the rugby stadium. I've passed by the skating rink, it's small and looks more like a bowling alley---yet the website claims it's Olympic size and holds 3500 people.

Enough about ice hockey. Point is, it has even smaller following than basketball, which is even worse off than American football.