WE haven’t actually had player fines for a little while now.

It used to be a thing that there was a fine pot between the players that would build up for little things and that would spent on the Christmas party or something like that.

But we haven’t really done that yet this season. It might be something that gets set up but nobody wants to really step forward and be the fine master because you’re not the most popular player.

If it’s done in a fun way, then I think people are alright with it but it depends how serious the fine guy is.

We do have fines for things like failing to appear for training and missing an event and stuff like that.

Obviously, the Swindon Town guy (Lawrence Vigouroux); £50 isn’t very much for that guy and he’s back now, so it’s quite funny.

There are traditions in hockey. There’s the national anthem before the game, which is kind of an American hangover, and then you have the drinks after the game for the man-of-the-match.

I think the fines are the kind of thing that we need to be doing more of at the moment.

If I talk frankly about how we’re doing right now, my main concern would be that we don’t actually have much of an identity at the moment and it’s little things like this that help.

It’s not much to do with the performance – we’re playing well and we’re working hard but it’s little things like the fines, the jokes and winning songs that can bring a group together, which I think we should do more of.

It’s up to the players to step forward and make it happen.

The guys at Swindon Town; they’re going to joke about it and it’s going to be funny and it’s probably going to bring him into the group tighter than if he had just paid the fine.

These things just bring you together and give you a good atmosphere in the room.

Sometimes, I look on the ice and I think: ‘here we go. The team’s ready’ but we just haven’t been able to nail it down for a consistent 60 minutes yet. It’s not a lack of ability or a lack of effort and it could be these little things that bring us together.