We're in a bit of a lull on the back of Hockey World League Final in Auckland, in terms of kiwi hockey so there's plenty of hockey funk from Youtube below to enjoy. There was a splash of news out of Hockey NZ though with the announcement of a Men's Four Nations tournament to be held in Tauranga and Hamilton, in the second half of January next year.

India, Japan and Belgium will pop down to Aotearoa and the mix of opposition teams is what excites me the most about this tournament. It's always good when Aotearoa can lure teams down here for series/tournaments as it saves the kiwis having to head overseas, plus Belgium are a fantastic international team and they go about their business in a very different fashion to both India and Japan.

This will also offer an interesting juncture in terms of squad selection for coach Darren Smith as he could look to integrate a few more established players who were unavailable for much of 2017. Or, Smith could keep things rollin' with the younger players and give them experience against varied opposition. Or, Smith could sit in-between either option and this will provide insight into how Smith's strongest squad may look and after 2017 in which a large pool of players were used, I'll be intrigued as to who Smith views as Aotearoa's best.

I made a cheeky video last week reviewing some kiwi hockey stuff, so have a geeze:

On the back of the Hockey World League Final in Auckland, MC Sports ManDem spins a yarn about where kiwi hockey is at and how the Black Sticks hockey teams are tracking. Patreon - www.patreon.com/elnichecache

And commence the funk:

These are the goals of the month for November 2017 and they are amazing. Most of the goals came from the Hoofdklasse 2017 in The Netherlands, The Women's Hockey World League Finals in New Zealand and other games all over the world, which shows us the quality of field hockey in this time.

It took Netherlands only a window of 10 minutes in order to seal the deal and take home the 2017 World League after defeating the New Zealand Black Sticks. The host of the tournament lost control for a brief period and allowed the Dutch team to score three times in the minutes 24, 25 and 32.

This drill will put the goalies to work! After making a foot save on one side of the goal, they will have a second action that will demand from them a full eye-hand concentration.The second action forces the goalie to quickly shift to the other side and make a two-ball save!

Wie maakt de mooiste? Jiddo van der Vlist (Ede JA1), Robin van der Zee (Qui Vive D1), Alexander van Buchem (Breda JB1), Eva Bazen (Klein Zwitserland MA1), Jasper van der Duim (Hondsrug H1)? Breng je stem uit op hockey.nl/doelpuntvdweek

Welcome to day 3 of 24 days of Love Hockey. In today's video we will be showing you some of the best field hockey reverse stick (tomahawk) goals from women!

Welcome to Day 2 of 24 Days of Love Hockey. In today's video I will be showing you the best field hockey drag-flicks (dragflicks) from international field hockey matches.

There was so much to do at the 2017 International Festival of Hockey, were you there?