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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 28, 2015 22:01:50 GMT
interesting scrap here
I think for Janssen it will be a interesting year here in Nottingham I've been watching some interviews here and there and he has said something about having to take some punches before he throughs them because of his size and I think that will be the case again with Nickerson and valabik but I don't get why keefe hasn't go to do that would be a interesting scrap I also think that valabik will cause Coventry a bit of problems, thick he could have some good ones against Nickerson also it would be nice to see Nickerson and Fitzgerald to go at it again seeing as they have gone twice from what I know and Fitzgerald won one and Nickerson won another but the fight of the year to me would Janssen with keefe for a long tilt but would be interesting to see salters go with a few tough guys around the league to see what he has got against them |
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 28, 2015 22:13:41 GMT
Boris Valabik : Coventry Blaze Boris Valabik is a interesting D-Man who enrols the enforcer. he a aggressive D-Man who plays a physical game but wants to try and break out of the enforcer role in this interview he says he is finding a fine line with his aggression but I don't think he has found it yet and he is defiantly one of the more intimidating players in the league here are his career stats www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9244 he is the second tallest player in the league so far just 2cm behind riley Emmerson
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 28, 2015 22:42:54 GMT
Kevin Noble : Coventry Blaze Kevin Noble isn't a out and out enforcer but is a gritty D-Man who Likes to play physical www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=99793 www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=43019 he has had 34 fights in his career so far and that is likely to go up after this season but he defiantly wont be the same as Boris Valabik Last season Kevin Noble had a career high in fights and penalty minutes in the ECHL with Tulsa Oilers and is a guy that wont back down from anyone he wont be one of the heavyweights this year but will be one of the better middleweights |
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 0:27:59 GMT
Adam Keefe : Belfast Giants Adam Keefe www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=11759 a player that has spent the last 5 seasons with the Belfast Giants and has been known as one of the tougher guys in the league
but not the tallest guy for them he along side Nickerson are by far the toughest pair in Brittan this year but keefe is not a out and out tough guy but more of a grinder/power forward and also captain and ass. coach for Belfast this year and has been the captain for the last four years and the first year he was there he was a ass. captain he also could be a contender for farmers championship at running his mouth. |
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 0:40:42 GMT
Matt Nickerson : Belfast Giants www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=7624 Matt Nickerson is one of the biggest players in the league the year weighing 106 kg a bough Boris Valabik and just below Kyle Bigos and Nickerson has made a name for him self around the league spending the last two seasons with Fife in the Gardiner Conference and now has moved to Belfast in the Erhardt conference here are some of his fights:
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 0:54:22 GMT
Nathan Mciver : Braehead Clan Nathan Mciver is braeheads new tough D-Man. Get to know him braehead clan have signed Nathan Mciver to toughen up there team. Last year they had tough guy at Sheffield Zack Fitzgerald nate (Nathan) looks like a enforcer that has some great fights like that one agents Zack Fitzgerald but fights some people that are to tough for him and you can just tell he doesn't want to fight and just hugs Panthers new signing Cam Janssen but he has a rep as a tough guy after his 219 fights in his career and not many other players in the league have had that many fights but here are the ones that have : Adam Keefe (301 fights), Cam Janssen (310 fights leagues most) so there's only two with that many
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 1:30:35 GMT
Chris Bruton : Braehead Clan Chris Bruton is a power forward/grinder that has had a pretty successful career being ass. captain for grand rapids griffins in the AHL and captain two years ago for Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the AHL which is a very good career www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=14496 As he says in this interview he says he is a successful captain because of work ethic and also In this interview he says he wants to be a GM so he really has a passion for the game.
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 1:41:55 GMT
Leigh Salters : Cardiff Devils Leigh Salters has got a reputation as one if not the toughest guy in the elite league and this will be his 3rd season in Brittan he has had fights with Adam Keefe, Matt Nickerson, Riley Emmerson, Andrew Hotham, Dowzak. And here are his stats over his career www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=30926 he spent his first season at Nottingham and his second in Braehead and now entering his third year and will be playing in Cardiff
and here are his best fights in his career
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Post by pantherdman on Aug 29, 2015 7:48:51 GMT
Should be a good year if the officials stay out the way until needed and the dops disserpear.
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Post by kezypanther on Aug 29, 2015 9:06:32 GMT
Good thread. Looking forward to this year.
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 12:40:18 GMT
Good thread. Looking forward to this year. thanks. I think it will be a good year |
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 12:41:57 GMT
Should be a good year if the officials stay out the way until needed and the dops disserpear. yeah there will certainly be enough scraps just interesting to see weather refs let them go |
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 12:55:25 GMT
Josh Batch : Cardiff Devils Not many Brits have the fighting ability of Batch he could be classed as the toughest British player in the league but he does not take on the role of the enforcer he plays a hard gritty game a bit like Steven Lee. Josh stands at 6.4ft and weighs 100kg. www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=68416 he has proved he is one of the tougher brits over the years if things like this. He stands up for himself and his teammates and would be a great addition to anyone's team. |
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Post by Mark Mac on Aug 29, 2015 14:14:52 GMT
Good thread! Based on this, I am least looking forward to Nickerson meeting any of our guys!
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Post by jono222 on Aug 29, 2015 21:15:53 GMT
A new found respect for Josh Batch! Adam Keefe and Mike Egner both tough guys and he did more than hold his own, he gave as good as he got!
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Post by jdizpt8 on Aug 29, 2015 21:29:41 GMT
Hasn't taken long for Cardiff to pick up where they left off last season, dominating games and fights to boot. Lawrence got into the action with Hudson too
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 29, 2015 23:32:17 GMT
Hasn't taken long for Cardiff to pick up where they left off last season, dominating games and fights to boot. Lawrence got into the action with Hudson too Lawrence had a fight? |
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 30, 2015 0:10:03 GMT
Doug Clarkson : Dundee Stars Doug Clarkson it one of the biggest tough guys/power forward in the league for this year and last season at Cardiff. He is brothers with David Clarkson that plays in the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Doug Clarkson stands at around 6.5/6.6ft and weighs around 105 kg www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=18627 Doug was in the ECHL the year before he came to Britain and before that he was in the AHL as well.
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 30, 2015 3:06:21 GMT
Cam Janssen : Nottingham Panthers Cam Janssen is probably the best known enforcer in the league for his 8 seasons and 4 games in another season he stands at 5.11ft www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9028 Cam is one of the shorter enforcers in the EIHL this year but probably the most interesting one. The interesting thing to watch about Cam is weather he will fight the likes of Valabik and Nickerson and the other bigger enforcers in the league or if we will get a big D-Man to fight the bigger tough guys and if Janssen will fight the likes of keefe as a shorter tough guy but he has had over 300 games in the show so he can most probably go toe-to-toe with the bigger guys like Clarkson Nickerson and Valabik he can certainly hit like a truck and will hit bigger guys to as we can see here we all know he wont back down from a fight but that might be a problem agents the likes of Emmerson Nickerson and Valabik as they are almost a foot bigger and a lot heavier. Its also good to see him stand up for teammates like this here This is what most people expect from all tough guys but I think he will be one of the better enforcers in the league a bit like Adam Keefe who is captain and ass. coach for the Belfast Giants but with the likes of Valabik from what we saw when we played agents them he looks like he will get quite a bit of suspensions leaving them with 12 imports for some games and when he is out other teams in the league like us with Cam, Waugh and Dimmen and Sheffield with eddy and Fitzgerald can push them around a lot more as they would have lost there "defender of the Sky dome" as Coventry announced him as, but you can't defend anything if your not playing and I think Janssen will be able to control himself enough to not get as many suspensions as we have seen in the past with Alex Penner and Guillaume Lepine enforcers over here get a lot of suspensions and I think he will be like Adam Keefe with not much suspension and he should be good over here and I can't wait to see him play for us. |
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 30, 2015 5:14:56 GMT
Geoff Waugh : Nottingham Panthers Geoff Waugh is the tallest player signed up to date at 6.4ft and is 1cm taller than Britt Paul Swindlehurst. Geoff has had around 50 fights in his career and quite a lot of the were agents some former EHIL players such as:Pascal Morency, Tom Sestito, Phil Oreskovic, Andrew Conboy, Malcolm MacMillan. ECT
Geoff is a defensive D-Man with good strength which he normally uses to his advantage on board play www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12041 here is his fight with our former D-Man the year before last Phil Oreskovic. from that fight we see he is probably more of a D-Man than a fighter but held his own in the fight and tuck down Phil at the end but would rather have him on the ice for us this season than in the box but I think the way we use him will depend on our last signing in D to replace Peckham, if the guy is a big D-Man like Peckham was I think he will be more a player but if he is a player smaller and a classy player I think Waugh will be our stand up D-Man. as we also see in this video he can lay the body as well as being one of the best D-Men in the league and on the board play side
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 30, 2015 5:28:10 GMT
Logan MacMillan : Nottingham Panthers Logan MacMillan plays a hard game of hockey and has been known to get under the skins of opponents for his agitating role he plays for his team and he's very good at it. He plays a power forward/ grinder role for his team as he likes to get in to the nitty gritty type of play and loves to wind people up as we saw in Manchester when he was talking with Toulmin after a hit he didn't think was clean enough for him so he stud up for his teammate. As we can see by his stats www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12504 he isn't a player we expect to get more than 35 points at max but we can expect a more physical style of play but he wont be our "big guy" he will be the player that puts other players of there games and will defiantly be a worthy middleweight in the league this year as we can see here: |
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 30, 2015 6:40:30 GMT
Zack Fitzgerald : Sheffield Steelers Zack Fitzgerald is entering his second year in the EIHL and is going into the CHL and as a respective tough guy he gets his fans on his side in minutes and last season playing for the Braehead Clan he was recognised for his physical style of play after he has had a couple of fights with Matt Nickerson having won one and lost one we can expect the to go at it again
both of them fights are interesting but I would give the second one to Fitzgerald but the first one to Nickerson so I think there will be a third this season and for sixteen seasons in his career all the way from the start in 2000/2001 he carried the role of the enforcer www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=11879 |
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Post by lilbubsbigfan on Aug 30, 2015 8:56:34 GMT
A player that seems to have gone under the radar for fight fans is Justin Faryna of the Dundee Stars. In both games so far versus the Caps he has backed up his teammates after bullying by Emmerson. Only 6 foot and 200 pounds but he has no fear in the slightest even with the massive size difference (He had 3 caps players on him last night earning a 5 on 3 PP for his team). He came from the ECHL where he was playing on the lower lines and will draw a lot of action this season as he is hungry and wants to prove himself as a player. He plays a clean but physical game and will be the Stars main antagonist this season as he is tenacious even if he will not win many fights. This leaves Clarkson free to concentrate on his game, and gives the option for Faryna to draw the big name fighters into taking penalties with Clarkson still on the ice to dish out payback on another teams star players. He also looks to be a decent player and will contribute points.
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 30, 2015 13:30:37 GMT
Cullen Eddy : Sheffield Steelers Cullen Eddy had a great first season at Sheffield and he came straight out of the AHL. Cullen has a great slap shot on him and is a reasonable fighter well actually no he isn't but I guess he has had enough fights last season for me to think about him but he will always after Fitzgerald and maybe Duco. www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=43010 |
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Post by jdizpt8 on Aug 30, 2015 18:46:30 GMT
Valabik and Batch go twice in the sky done tonight and Dimmen fights Brooks
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