Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2005 21:45:32 GMT
1980/81 Bob Batham
1981/82 Bob Batham, Neil Abel
1982/83 Gavin Fraser
1983/84 Gavin Fraser, Nick Flint
1984/85 Gavin Fraser
1985/86 Gavin Fraser
1986/87 Gavin Fraser
1987/88 Gavin Fraser
1988/89 Gavin Fraser
1989/90 Gavin Fraser
1990/91 Gavin Fraser, Ashley Tait
1991/92 Gavin Fraser
1992/93 Gavin Fraser
1996/97 Darryl Olsen
1997/98 Jim Mathieson
1998/99 Roy Mitchell
2003/04 Kim Ahlroos
2004/05 Kim Ahlroos, Jason Buckman
Some good players here but dominated by the great, great Gavin Fraser.
He joined us from Aviemore and was one of the great characters of the modern era Panthers, a very funny guy. He had an almost inpenetrable Scottish accent. His dad was the signalman at Aviemore station, and often came down with Gav's mum and sister to watch games in Nottingham. They were really lovely people.
My memory is that big Gav (and he was very tall) was a bit injury prone, but that was probably because he always gave 100% on the ice and racked up plenty of points in the process, along with his fair share of fights. I particularly recall the time the Big Bad Barons from Solihull came to Nottingham on 13 September 1986, when they included Paul Heavey and Paul Hand in their team. There was a brawl in the second period involving these two, Mark Goldby and Dwayne Keward. Gav got caught up in it and when the pile of players got up his face was competely red, covered in blood. There was a collective intake of breath from the crowd as he skated off, but he only had about three stitches in his forehead. These head cuts don't 'arf bleed you know.
Something else. If you think PC Drouin was good on breakaways, this guy was as good if not better. I can't recall him ever missing one.
One final claim to fame is the time I went into the dressing room to get the match sheet signed and from the corner, in a broad Scottish accent, comes "Hey, it's Gary Stefan". And that was that. The name stuck, hence my being known as Stef in all my hockey related activities.
After he finished playing for us, I used to see him from time to time as he had friends in Ruddington and used to do a pub crawl there once or twice a year. I haven't seen him for seven or eight years now, but last time I did he was running a fish and chip shop in Leeds.
Ah. Happy memories.
1981/82 Bob Batham, Neil Abel
1982/83 Gavin Fraser
1983/84 Gavin Fraser, Nick Flint
1984/85 Gavin Fraser
1985/86 Gavin Fraser
1986/87 Gavin Fraser
1987/88 Gavin Fraser
1988/89 Gavin Fraser
1989/90 Gavin Fraser
1990/91 Gavin Fraser, Ashley Tait
1991/92 Gavin Fraser
1992/93 Gavin Fraser
1996/97 Darryl Olsen
1997/98 Jim Mathieson
1998/99 Roy Mitchell
2003/04 Kim Ahlroos
2004/05 Kim Ahlroos, Jason Buckman
Some good players here but dominated by the great, great Gavin Fraser.
He joined us from Aviemore and was one of the great characters of the modern era Panthers, a very funny guy. He had an almost inpenetrable Scottish accent. His dad was the signalman at Aviemore station, and often came down with Gav's mum and sister to watch games in Nottingham. They were really lovely people.
My memory is that big Gav (and he was very tall) was a bit injury prone, but that was probably because he always gave 100% on the ice and racked up plenty of points in the process, along with his fair share of fights. I particularly recall the time the Big Bad Barons from Solihull came to Nottingham on 13 September 1986, when they included Paul Heavey and Paul Hand in their team. There was a brawl in the second period involving these two, Mark Goldby and Dwayne Keward. Gav got caught up in it and when the pile of players got up his face was competely red, covered in blood. There was a collective intake of breath from the crowd as he skated off, but he only had about three stitches in his forehead. These head cuts don't 'arf bleed you know.
Something else. If you think PC Drouin was good on breakaways, this guy was as good if not better. I can't recall him ever missing one.
One final claim to fame is the time I went into the dressing room to get the match sheet signed and from the corner, in a broad Scottish accent, comes "Hey, it's Gary Stefan". And that was that. The name stuck, hence my being known as Stef in all my hockey related activities.
After he finished playing for us, I used to see him from time to time as he had friends in Ruddington and used to do a pub crawl there once or twice a year. I haven't seen him for seven or eight years now, but last time I did he was running a fish and chip shop in Leeds.
Ah. Happy memories.
