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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 20:45:46 GMT
.......before imparting some knowledge to the lads.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 20:52:58 GMT
I've only got one picture from the final, but what a picture. I remember how proud Pete Gingell was when he gave me this picture. One of the key factors in the final was the match up between our own and Ayr Bruins' star forwards, in our case Paul Adey, in their case Danny Shea. They were both great players, but Shea was small and very quick and had troubled defences all season after taking over from Rocky Saganiuk. This photo was early in the game when the two first came together, and Adey won the battle, paving the way for our win.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 20:55:04 GMT
Anyway, as we all remember, we won the final. The players celebrate.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 20:56:06 GMT
Hunty collects his medal.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 20:57:57 GMT
Back in the dressing room the lads enjoy the glow of victory with a by now very greasy looking cup.............
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 21:00:54 GMT
.......before the much missed James Elliott gives the champagne a bit too much of a shake.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 21:02:29 GMT
Meanwhile, John Hobson adopts his, "hurry up and take your picture, me chips are getting cold" look.
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Post by ted logan on Mar 24, 2009 21:17:48 GMT
Great stuff as usual Stef. I may be wrong but i think an ex-school mate of mine played on this team. He was a young clifton lad called Steve Cockburn, don't think he got much ice time and was by no means one of the shining lights of the team. Played left wing i think, not sure if i've got this right or what happened to him post-Panthers??
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Post by spik on Mar 25, 2009 9:28:53 GMT
Steve Cockburn indeed played.First season was 85/86 and he had stats of 121 games for 20 points/58 pims.(Season 88/89 played 2 league games)
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Post by Paul on Mar 25, 2009 9:43:18 GMT
Back in the dressing room the lads enjoy the glow of victory with a by now very greasy looking cup............. Got something to celebrate? Do what the Panthers do... drink Bulgarian Wine!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2009 13:45:20 GMT
Got something to celebrate? Do what the Panthers do... drink Bulgarian Wine! I think that's what the cartons of chips came in. There certainly seems to be plenty of sponsor's product in evidence.
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Post by bobness on Mar 25, 2009 15:54:42 GMT
I've only got one picture from the final, but what a picture. Anyone else notice how Adey is looking over the top of his visor at Shea? Shea's visor is fixed, Adey's clearly isn't. Doing a good job of protecting his teeth... Spookily, Shea came from the same Boston College team as Sean Farley. Shea was a senior when Charley Farley was a freshman, so they only played 1 season together.
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Post by Fez on Mar 25, 2009 20:54:16 GMT
What a weekend. Only a nipper at the time and my most vivid memories are of boater hats, dafodills and the very low ceilings of the tunnel leading from the changing rooms out onto the ice. Shea was a cracking player and a gent off the ice to boot.
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Post by KimThePanther on Mar 26, 2009 10:25:45 GMT
What a weekend. Only a nipper at the time and my most vivid memories are of boater hats, dafodills and the very low ceilings of the tunnel leading from the changing rooms out onto the ice. Shea was a cracking player and a gent off the ice to boot. I still have my boater hat from that weekend! I was only young at the time too. A fantastic weekend - boater hats and daffodils, dancing on our seats after we won, my dad falling down the steps and then madly embracing a disturbed looking Fife supporter who'd rushed over to help him, Hilton Ruggle's (?) brilliant mardy that essentially cost Whitley the semi final, the Durham banner saying 'Grand Slam Champions 88/89' that was strangely absent on the day of the final, the tension of the second period break, pipping and waving to all the Panthers fans we passed on the way home, falling asleep at school the following day through exhaustion, thinking being a Panthers fan would always be like that. One of the best times of my childhood.
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Post by Shorty on Apr 5, 2009 5:50:06 GMT
I think we encountered a very drunk Simon Hunt at a service station on the way back up to Nottingham. A lot of non-hockey fans wondering what the whirlwind that was the Panthers had hit the service station. A quality weekend with too much to drink along the way.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 17:57:07 GMT
Really sorry everyone. When I rashly said I would continue sticking pictures on here throughout the summer I forgot that I am lucky enough to have a Very Big Garden which, of course, has started to grow and needs keeping on top of. Anyway, thanks to the Mods for their continued indulgence and here's a few more to be going on with.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 18:03:20 GMT
A few from away matches to start with. Here's a picture at Streatham. 23 October 1982. Streatham 5 Panthers 1. A rubbish rink for watching hockey, it was a Mecca rink designed entirely with the general skater in mind. There were a few seats on a small balcony reserved for home fans. The rest of us had to try a find a space downstairs, but wherever you were it was a restricted view. Mike Urquhart (no. 22) watching Redskins' Peter Quiney (I think) skating under the overhanging bar on that side of the rink, with Gavin Fraser tracking back.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 18:11:08 GMT
John Bremner tries to contain Tony Goldstone. Goldstone formed a potent scoring partnership with Gary Stefan. My memory of that time is of Goldstone battling down right wing and crossing for Stefan in the middle to bang it home. I got fed up of hearing, 'Streatham goal scored by Gary Stefan, assisted Tony Goldstone.....' We had a massive rivalry with Streatham in those days, but we were very much on the receiving end. At one point we went 24 games over nearly three years (November 1981 to November 1984) without beating them.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 18:17:18 GMT
24 October 1982. Durham 8 Panthers 3. The only photo I have of the old Durham rink. You can't really see what a dank and unwelcoming place it was on this picture, except for the mucky boards. You can just about see how tight the corners were, because they were entirely behind the goal lines. Note also the great big wasps painted in the centre circle. Tim Peacock and Paul Smith facing off. Paul O'Higgins on the wing. Our defender is Gary Clarson. Alec Gibson reffing in old tubular skates (remember them, anyone?) Another point of interest here: this is the game that was abandoned at 49 minutes after we skated off claiming that we weren't getting protection from the referees. Wasps certainly gave us a right battering that night, but they had a field day in the fall out during the following days.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 18:24:09 GMT
10 December 1983. Panthers 7 Durham 8. Brian Dickson, now sadly deceased, scrapping for the puck. The great Greg McDonald coming in to support. Note in the background (a bit blurred, but you can just make out his 'tache) is Peter 'Jonker' Johnson. Hard as nails on the ice but a true gentleman off it. His three sons, Anthony, Shaun and Steven, all played. 'Jonker' played well into his 40s and there was at least one game where he and his three sons all played for Wasps in the same game. Note also the Panthers' bench, which you can just make out in the background and which was basically the front row of the crowd. Talk about getting close to your heroes.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 18:26:08 GMT
Bit of a scrum in the Durham crease. Look at the state of that goal. We've come a long way etc etc.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 18:30:41 GMT
17 December 1983. Panthers 5 Murrayfield 11. Brian Dickson, wearing the fated no. 14 shirt, looks for the pass that Mike Urquhart is trying to get by Chris Kelland, so he can stick it in the massive amount of goal left empty by Moray. Again, look at the state of the goal. The nets appear to comprise about 90% knots. Note also in the background what passed as facilities for the disabled in the old place. Some things have improved since we moved into the NIC.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 18:33:19 GMT
Greg McDonald, as he seemed to do a lot of the time, takes on most of the opposition defence while Moray thinks, 'if I were a referee, what would I call here?'
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2009 18:39:15 GMT
28 January 1984. Panthers 5 Durham 8. Referee, the legendary Pete Lane (who was about 6'8" and was another referee who was a former goalie, this time for Southampton), starts the game with a face off between our Neil McKay and Durham's Paul Tilley, who scored 51 seconds later, followed by another from Jamie Crapper 43 seconds after that. Brian Dickson in the background.
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