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Post by sparkymark75 on Jul 5, 2011 12:45:29 GMT
He did what he did with the other Elite Founders because they actually stepped up to the plate and formed a league. Sure others may of done a better job, but when the ISL collapsed i didnt see a rush of people trying to form a new stable league, did you? What happened to the "stable league"?
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jul 3, 2011 8:20:12 GMT
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jul 1, 2011 11:01:17 GMT
Try closing all your browser windows, going to the command prompt in Windows and typing:
ipconfig /flushdns
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 30, 2011 21:02:08 GMT
CCS Stars have released Jamie Wilson Published: 30/06/2011 at 20:19 Dundee CCS Stars have released former Fife Flyers' captain Jamie Wilson from his contract before the player had played a game for the Taysiders. Wilson put pen to paper in May and was to meet up with his team-mates at pre-season training camp in August. However the Fifer recently asked to be released and this request was accepted by Stars' head coach, Dan Ceman. Dan commented, "After the recent developments in Fife, Jamie contacted me and stated that playing in Fife was a more convenient situation for him and that his old team needed his help. As difficult a situation that this puts us in we felt that releasing him was the right thing to do. We only want players who are totally committed to the Stars and we knew his heart wasn't in Dundee. We were delaying the announcement of his signing at Jamie's request and now unfortunately this is the result. However what's done is done and we will move on and I am already speaking to possible replacements." Ceman is already building an impressive roster for the new season and is confident that Stars will be a very competitive team during the campaign. dundeestars.com/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=474
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 25, 2011 10:59:45 GMT
I was due to play cricket there in "summer". It rained all day. However great news. Yeah, the weather up here since April has been shocking. April was awesome but whilst the south of England are having water shortages, we're getting drenched
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 24, 2011 22:27:46 GMT
It's also worth pointing out that Coventry look like going with only nine imports this season, the first time a team has done this by choice ever in this era. Now I think that is a great indicator that the current system is actually working in the EIHL, remember the import limit is a maxiumum and if there's Brits out there at a standard where they're competing for slots with imports that can surely only be a good thing for team GB? I believe Fife are planning to ice lower than the max, with 8 being the number suggested. This may be for a number of factors, to keep costs down, to put more Brits in the team, to go for quality over quantity with the imports. Who knows how it will pan out.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 24, 2011 22:20:45 GMT
Someone's just made an interesting point on THF... [a href="What I dont get is when PR bought the steelers, there was a lot of unrest within the cardiff fan base. So much so, that PR was questioned by Brent Pope (I think) during a game at the Big Blue Tent. He stated the Cardiff Devils was running well and even thou they havent made any money this season, they have just about broke even and he expected to make a small profit next season. After the last 2 days, I have qusetioned myself and asked other people who were with me at that time, if I had heard right. So was PR telling the cardiff fans the truth or just spining a line to calm the unrest within the fan base!!!!! During the 2nd part of the season most games were very well attended and I believe a few sell outs as well....so what went wrong???"]What I dont get is when PR bought the steelers, there was a lot of unrest within the cardiff fan base. So much so, that PR was questioned by Brent Pope (I think) during a game at the Big Blue Tent. He stated the Cardiff Devils was running well and even thou they havent made any money this season, they have just about broke even and he expected to make a small profit next season. After the last 2 days, I have qusetioned myself and asked other people who were with me at that time, if I had heard right. So was PR telling the cardiff fans the truth or just spining a line to calm the unrest within the fan base!!!!! During the 2nd part of the season most games were very well attended and I believe a few sell outs as well....so what went wrong???[/a] Yet now he's saying that Cardiff lost £600k over the past 3 years... does that really sound plausible if you believe the statement above? Or - vice versa. When was he telling the truth - if at all? [/quote] I'm guessing what he means is that they have lost out on £600k rather than lost £600k. If you had a bigger rink, you would have had more gate receipts hence more income. I'm assuming he means that this loss of extra attendance = £600k over 3 years. Not that the Devils have ran at a loss of £600k over the past 3 years.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 23, 2011 16:19:26 GMT
We,ve had plexi in storage for 4 or 5 years now and the boards have been re-aligned for it to go in, all it needs now is for a league to have it fitted for Do the rules not state that plexi is not a requirement as long as netting is in place? Who knows? Judging by the posts I see on here ridiculing the lack of a published rule book, any answers will be guesswork!
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 21, 2011 20:22:35 GMT
...and their Baseball counterparts.
Shamelessly stolen from the Fife forum ;D
10: Ian Laperriere, Philadelphia Flyers: During the first period of a game versus the Buffalo Sabres, Laperriere stopped a wicked slap shot with his mouth and lost seven teeth in the process. An injury this gruesome should require at least a few weeks eating through a straw and drooling all over yourself. Not for a hockey player. Laperriere sat out the second period while he received 100 stitches. He then returned to the ice for the third period and didn't miss a game all season. This led to what may be one of the greatest headlines in Philadelphia sports history: "Puck Out Indefinitely After Taking a Laperriere to the Face"
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... In 2004 Sammy Sosa spent 15 days on the disabled list with back spasms caused by sneezing too hard.
9: Martin St Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning: During game one of the 2011 Eastern Conference playoffs vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins, the diminutive Lightning winger got two teeth knocked out by a high stick. Of course, he finished the game and underwent a double root canal the next day. In the next series against the Washington Capitals, he took two more shots to the mouth and the team's dentists had to cement three of his teeth back in. After each game he'd spend 40 minutes in the trainer's room draining the pus and trying to re-stabilize his teeth so he could continue in the series.
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... Outfielder Kevin Mitchell and donuts were close friends. One night, in a fit of desperate craving, Mitchell microwaved a frozen donut just a little too long. The donut hardened and as he chomped down he broke his tooth. The broken tooth led to a root canal and a trip to the disabled list for two weeks of rest, relaxation and properly defrosted donuts.
8: Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins Back in 1925 during practice (when practice wasn't inspired by Allen Iverson) Shore's ear was nearly ripped off during a confrontation with teammate Billy Coutu. Shore visited several doctors who all told him that the ear would have to be amputated. After an exhaustive search, Shore found one doctor who was willing to try sewing it back on. And near as I can tell from a Google image search, the ear stayed put. Shore, the original tough guy hockey player, refused anesthetics, used a mirror to watch the good doctor work his magic and then played in the next game.
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... Spending a lot of time in the sun while wearing a baseball hat can lead to an awkward tan line. You know, the one where your chin, nose and cheeks are a perfect golden brown but your forehead stays as white as your bottom. This must have really annoyed Marty Cordova because the former Baltimore Orioles outfielder was known to spend a lot of his down-time in a tanning bed. During one visit, the 1995 Rookie of the Year got a little too relaxed, fell asleep and the resulting tanning bed burns forced him to miss a few games.
7: Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning During game seven of the 2011 Eastern Conference finals, the 21-year-old Stamkos took a slapshot to the face that badly broke his nose and left a lot of blood on the ice. But this was game seven. A winner-take-all for a trip to the Stanley Cup finals and Stamkos wasn't about to spend the rest of the game in the locker room. Like Humpty Dumpty before him, the Lightning training staff worked feverishly to put the young center back together again. Stamkos returned to the ice only five minutes later with a nose packed with cotton, some temporary stitches and a full face cage.
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... Diamondbacks pitcher Brian Anderson ended up losing the feeling in his pitching arm after a 20-minute cab ride to shop on Rodeo Drive. Anderson blamed the numbness in his elbow from laying his pitching arm across the top of the backseat. Quite possibly the first time a professional athlete was injured by the backseat of a cab.
6: Jeremy Roenick, Phoenix Coyotes Roenick was once one of the scrappiest players in the NHL and he had his share of enemies around the league. One of those enemies was 6'5" 240 lbs Dallas Stars defenseman Darian Hatcher.Hatcher lined up Roenick behind the net one game and gave the winger a crushing elbow to the face and head that broke his jaw in multiple places. Hatcher was immediately ejected. Roenick paused, skated to the bench, spit out some blood and stuck his fingers into his mouth to adjust the shattered remnants of his jaw. He took his next shift.
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... During a post-game interview, Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan tore the meniscus in his left knee while smashing a shaving cream pie into the face of teammate Wes Helms. Coghlan missed six weeks after surgery.
5: Paul Kariya, Anaheim Mighty Ducks During game six of the 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs, New Jersey Devils defenseman Scott Stevens lined up Kariya in the open ice and leveled the Ducks captain and star player. Kariya was knocked out cold and lay motionless on the ice. After several seconds Kariya regained consciousness and teammates helped him off the ice and into the locker room. It was assumed that Kariya would be out for the remainder of the series, but just 11 minutes later Kariya skated back out onto the ice. Not only did he return to play, he also scored a goal to lead the Ducks to victory and force a game seven.
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... Braves outfielder Terry Harper separated his shoulder while waving a teammate home and subsequently high-fiving him. There is no excuse for this, unless the teammate rounding third was Brock Lesnar.
4: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins While on pace to break Wayne Gretzky's single season scoring record, the Penguins superstar announced that he had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and would have to undergo radiation treatment for at least two months. Lemieux's life and career were both threatened. On the last day of his radiation treatment, Lemieux left a Pittsburgh hospital headed for the airport and flew directly to Philadelphia for a game THAT NIGHT. In his first game back he scored a goal and an assist and even got a standing ovation from the Philadelphia fans; fans who are best known for their accuracy throwing batteries at the opposition, not giving applause. Despite missing two months of action, Lemieux captured the scoring title with 160 points on the year. To put that in perspective, Daniel Sedin led the league in 2011 with 106 points.
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Steve Foster injured his shoulder knocking over milk bottles during a segment with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show".
3: Bobby Baun, Toronto Maple Leafs In the 1964 Stanley Cup finals against the Detroit Red Wings, the Maple Leafs blue liner blocked a Gordie Howe shot with his ankle and fell to the ice in pain. Baun had to be carried off the ice with a stretcher and suspected the ankle was broken. In true hockey player style, Baun refused x-rays and instead opted for a "tight tape job". The game went into overtime and it was Baun who scored the game-winner forcing a game seven. Still refusing to have the ankle x-rayed for fear the team wouldn't allow him to play, Baun popped some painkillers and headed to the ice for game seven. He didn't miss a shift and the Leafs cruised to a 4-0 victory. Afterward Baun finally had that x-ray which revealed a badly broken ankle.
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... Milwaukee Brewers knuckleballer Steve Sparks attended a motivational speaking seminar where the host ripped phone books in half! The session worked, Sparks was so fired up he tried to do the stunt himself...and dislocated his shoulder.
2: Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadiens In game seven of the Stanley Cup semifinals between the Canadiens and the Boston Bruins, Richard was upended and landed on the ice head-first. These were the days before helmets, and Richard lay motionless surrounded by a growing pool of blood. After regaining consciousness he was helped off the ice by teammates and into the locker room. To the surprise of everyone in the arena, Richard came back to the bench in the third period with a bandage on his forehead and a jersey still soaked in his own blood. He bounded onto the ice, blood still tricking down his face, and took the puck coast-to-coast through the entire Bruins team to score the winning goal. Many still refer to it as "the greatest goal in the history of the game".
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... Enigmatic Giants third baseman Chris Brown once asked out of the lineup because of a strained eyelid that made it difficult to blink. When asked the cause of his injury, he informed the skipper that "he slept on it wrong."
1: Clint Malarchuk, Buffalo Sabres One of the most gruesome injuries ever sustained in professional sports was back in 1989 when Sabres goaltender Clint Malarchuk was struck in the throat by another skate. The skate blade sliced open his interior carotid artery and a scene from a Horror movie played out before the fans eyes. Malarchuk rose on his own power and skated toward the nearest door off the ice. It's odd to say that Malarchuk had luck on his side, but he did. The closest door led to the on-site emergency room where the medical staff was able to stabilize the bleeding enough for transport to a local hospital. Three hundred stitches later the wound was closed and Malarchuk was saved. What makes this the ultimate Hockey player story? A mere four days later Malarchuk was back on the ice for practice, and a week after that he started in goal against the Quebec Nordiques.
Meanwhile, in Baseball ... Just before the 2006 American League Championship Series, Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Joel Zumaya strained his arm and was unavailable for most of the series. How did he get hurt? Playing too much Guitar Hero.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 19, 2011 18:38:15 GMT
I suppose it's all to do with how it's worded. If I had posted over a week ago saying Fife had applied to join the Elite league, this would have been factually correct (although I can't actually prove it!). However, as has been pointed out, they aren't technically in the Elite league until they are accepted, roll on Thursday
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 18, 2011 18:25:50 GMT
I believe the fixtures meeting is 22-24 of this month so I would imagine what Panthers44 says is correct.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 15, 2011 19:32:45 GMT
Technically, that's correct Fife aren't in the Elite yet. However I do know the application is in and awaiting approval.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 14, 2011 21:57:12 GMT
I look at the Globke situation, Bob Phillips new revelations and my fears for the future of Sheffield, Cardiff and the EIHL. Bob gets seriousConstructive comments welcomed I notice Mr Simms has remained strangely quite in most of this.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 14, 2011 21:56:11 GMT
This is what happens when you have millionaires running a sport without having the sports best interests at heart. I understand at the end of the day the teams are a business but they have to start treating folk with respect. They seem to think because they have money and are used to getting their own way, everybody else should just toe the line. They know players aren't going to pay thousands in legal fees to fight their corner so they don't fight it, in essence the contract is as worthless as the paper it's written on. Seems Mr Ragan isn't quite the saviour that some at Cardiff and Sheffield may think he is. This Steelers fan didn't think Ragan was the saviour.....the man's a joke. Don't take this the wrong way, but it must be hard being a Steelers fan. At the end of the day, we all want to watch hockey but drama, trouble and politics just seems to follow you guys about.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 14, 2011 21:54:35 GMT
Hockey was around before Sheffield, it will be around after them True, but I'm worried about the collateral damage. How many others may be affected. If the EIHL get's a bad press, then British Ice Hockey as a whole suffers.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 14, 2011 21:40:04 GMT
This is what happens when you have millionaires running a sport without having the sports best interests at heart. I understand at the end of the day the teams are a business but they have to start treating folk with respect.
They seem to think because they have money and are used to getting their own way, everybody else should just toe the line. They know players aren't going to pay thousands in legal fees to fight their corner so they don't fight it, in essence the contract is as worthless as the paper it's written on.
Seems Mr Ragan isn't quite the saviour that some at Cardiff and Sheffield may think he is.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 8, 2011 20:50:29 GMT
The rink looks a whole lot better than when I used to go up there. Brighter, nice seats, and you should have seen the 'clock' in the old days. I do remember, it used to be in the corner up the back, like a giant version of the countdown clock which required manual changing of the scores with giant hanging numbers ;D
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 8, 2011 20:04:34 GMT
I don't recall Cranston being that much of a knob-end when he played for Fife, maybe it's my fading memories, maybe it's nostalgia!
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 8, 2011 20:01:19 GMT
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Post by sparkymark75 on Jun 7, 2011 12:49:04 GMT
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Post by sparkymark75 on May 30, 2011 17:34:14 GMT
He doesn't rule out Belfast though!
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Post by sparkymark75 on May 30, 2011 17:32:29 GMT
Murphy to EIHL Fife Flyers? (Hey, it's no more dumb than any of ther others...) Funnily enough I was going to post that but thought I better not tempt fate. Stephen's from Dundee but has played a couple of time for Fife.
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Post by sparkymark75 on May 30, 2011 17:11:08 GMT
Murphy to Dundee
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Post by sparkymark75 on May 27, 2011 18:03:52 GMT
Who cares, the only difference it will make is 3 more wins or 3 less wins for the Panthers. lol! Maybe if you looked out the way instead of in you would appreciate that Ice Hockey isn't exactly the biggest sport in the UK and any growth for the top league in the sport should be welcomed? Regardless of the team joining. Your team was saved from the brink not too long ago remember.
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Post by sparkymark75 on May 26, 2011 16:28:46 GMT
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