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Post by Baz on Oct 30, 2006 1:53:44 GMT
Come on Helen. Pull your fingers out.
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Post by Baz on Oct 30, 2006 21:23:47 GMT
Why can't people spell his name right??.... Ok rant over.... no gauge (sp) but definate fish hook. Definite Helen. With an I. Left yourself wide open for that one.
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Post by Baz on Nov 1, 2006 17:51:48 GMT
There's a large middle ground between not wanting any toughness and in wanting to see two tough guys duke it out just for the sake of it - please don't fall into the trap of only seeing the extremes. If it's for the benefit of the team it's fine. If it's personal, do it out the back after the game.
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Post by Baz on Oct 25, 2006 23:29:37 GMT
Here you go;
27 Roughing 2 10:57 42 Delay Game 2 11:44 2 Hooking 2 14:34 53 Interference 2 18:22
37 Roughing 2 21:56 8 High Stick 2 28:43 76 Hooking 2 30:42 42 Delay Game 2 33:45
13 Hooking 2 41:17 16 Tripping 2 43:11 38 High Stick 2 51:10 38 Misconduct 10 51:10 13 Roughing 2 51:10 2 Tripping 2 56:10 2 Misconduct 10 56:10 2 Misconduct 20 56:10 13 Interference 2 59:02 13 Misconduct 10 59:02
8 + 8 + 62 = 78
Alternatively;
Krajicek 34 Myers 2 Simoes 16 Emersic 2 Shmyr 2 McAslan 2 Stevens 12 Moran 4 Rees 2 Neilson 2
Interestingly that's 80 minutes for misconduct in the last two games.
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Post by Baz on Oct 23, 2006 20:48:07 GMT
Two stars of the Cage Forum Fantasy League in such close vicinty at Ice Sheffield eh Jono? The combined hockey expertise in the area was enough to change the Earth's axis.
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Post by Baz on Oct 23, 2006 21:18:16 GMT
Simoes throws a handful of proper checks every game, and I've not seen one complained about by player, coach or official. In fact he was quiet in the game last night. I guess in this case the opinion of the minority must be right. Steve Simoes GP 8 PIM 20 Ryan Shmyr GP 8 PIM 27 Derek Campbell GP 9 PIM 78 Robin Gomez GP 6 PIM 48 Either of the two Phoenix players has more PIMs than the two Panthers put together. Six games from Gomez and he has more PIMs than Simoes and Shmyr over a combined sixteen games. After yesterday Campbell has twice the total of the Panthers pair. Go figure. It rather takes away from the goon argument being used. I wouldn't relish being in either Gomez or Campbell's skates next time the teams meet. Their best chance is to hope Wolfe is on form (again!) and the game remains tight and our "goons", as they have all year, have the game result uppermost in their minds. If the goal margin is significant in our favour and the game is won, the "My Dad's bigger than yours" arguments will be settled. You don't have to worry about that. As the man said, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death etc".
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Post by Baz on Oct 16, 2006 22:41:35 GMT
My ticket says "Unreserved Seating"
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Post by Baz on Oct 10, 2006 14:05:48 GMT
By Don Stewart Reading Eagle
READING, Pa. - Twenty of the most hated men in hockey were skating laps en masse, creating a herd of on-ice zebras that was almost more fitting for Animal Planet than ESPN.
Showing surprisingly good stamina, the assembled referees and linesmen skated through conditioning drills for more than a half an hour with little rest. They clapped and barked words of encouragement at each other as if they were a hockey team with striped jerseys.
It marked one of the few times this year that they weren't booed.
The practice was part of the annual ECHL on-ice officials camp, held last weekend in Reading. Due to this year's sweeping rules changes, the camp held more intrigue than previous versions.
ECHL director of officiating Gord Broseker (pictured), the guy who officiates the officials, typically dreads preseason camp. He was actually excited this year, though, thanks to the challenge of adapting to the standards implemented by the NHL last season.
"This is a pretty monumental year for the ECHL," said Broseker, a former NHL linesman. "So when you come into a camp like this, you really don't know what you're going to get.
"I was ecstatic with what we accomplished. The response, the input that I got from the officials, was positive. I'm very confident that we can stay the course. We are going to stay the course. We have no choice."
The new standards were designed to open up the game in the post-lockout era.
For example, sticks are now for shooting and scoring only. Any attempt to use them to do anything else, including impeding other players, will result in two minutes in the box.
The "new hockey," as it's called, requires quicker defensemen who can skate hard to get body position. It's also a nice lift for quicker, more skilled forwards.
"You have to remember what it's designed for to let the talented players play, to show and demonstrate their skills," ECHL officiating consultant Bryan Lewis said. "It's a better game and flow."
The officials were in the classroom studying the new standards for more than six hours Friday, all day Saturday and for a few hours Sunday morning. They were shown a five-minute overview DVD so many times that many of them could lip-sync it by Sunday afternoon.
"We need to see the new standard," said referee Nygel Pelletier, a New Hope, Bucks County resident. "It's better for us, for the transition, to see it before we implement it.
"As hard as it is for the players, it takes a lot more courage for us to stand up in front of 5,000 or 6,000 fans, in front of 40 hockey players and two coaches, and try to call a penalty that nobody understands."
Each official received a copy of the DVD, titled "New Standard. New Vision. New Game." They were also given a homework assignment memorizing all 252 pages of the ECHL rule book.
The league fines officials for misinterpreting the rules. Supervisors grade them on a rating scale and monitor how many penalties they call.
"If we have an official who chooses not to operate under this system, we'll find someone who will," Broseker said. "We want to be the best we can."
None of the officials who attended last week's camp want to suffer that fate. Most share the same goals as the players they officiate in wanting to eventually reach the NHL.
"It's the same with officiating," Pelletier said. "We wake up, we go to the gym, we travel, and we spend a lot of time in hotels away from our wives and families. It is the same as a player."
Rod Pasma, the ECHL's vice president of hockey operations, said the league has 20 full-time officials and 100 part-timers. The full-time guys have salaries similar to the players, who make a minimum of $330 per week.
"There is a majority of a part-time staff," Pelletier said. "But everybody that's here has a dream that's come from hockey and loves the game."
Thanks to the new standards, that game will have a much different feel at the ECHL level this season. Fans shouldn't expect to see too much five-on-five hockey in the early going. Broseker said it's something the players, coaches, ownership and fans must accept, along with the zebras.
To help, the league has posted the DVD presentation online at echl.com for fans. Each team received a copy as well.
Sunday, the officials met with the Reading Royals before overseeing an intrasquad scrimmage. Broseker, Lewis and Pasma conducted a town-hall style meeting for fans later in the afternoon at the Sheraton Reading Hotel.
"The ECHL is doing everything they can to educate everybody," Lewis said. "There should be no secrets, but there should be a buy-in from everybody."
October 9, 2006
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Post by Baz on Oct 10, 2006 12:35:00 GMT
I'll have to do mine like that. What, yellow under one armpit and black under the other?
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Post by Baz on Oct 10, 2006 19:02:25 GMT
Matt Myers isn't the only good face-off winner we have And he's not the only good looking player we have either.
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Post by Baz on Oct 5, 2006 19:03:13 GMT
(Now... how do we say "My garden shed is bigger than this" in French? ) If you'd been at Bradford on Sunday you would have found out Also, dedicated to Caps Webmaster, "Gardien! Tamis! Gardien! Tamis!" A tamis is not a tea strainer. As the lady stood next to me during one of Keith's outbursts asked me "Why have they got tea strainers?" I nearly fell off my stool.
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Post by Baz on Oct 5, 2006 18:21:39 GMT
Enforcer.
Sounds like something Ginger Monster would have quaffed in the Bunker's before the game God bless him.
Black and Gold does seem the obvious one.
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Post by Baz on Oct 3, 2006 21:01:40 GMT
Ryan Gillis' team
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Post by Baz on Oct 3, 2006 14:25:27 GMT
According to the man himself, it was entirely premeditated. Normally roughing up a goalie is enough to wind up any out player (remember a certain Mr. B. Thompson?), so the intention was to provoke the fight he'd been asking for all game, but upon which no-one was prepared to engage. And still nothing came of it even after that which say something about JC's reputation.
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Post by Baz on Oct 3, 2006 19:22:12 GMT
Sorry to drag this thread back, but I didn't know where else to put it. I am looking for a programme from the Hull game if anyone has one they no longer require. They'd all gone by the time I found out where they were sold. I'm happy to pay cover price if it's in reasonable nick. PM me if you help. Fank yoo.
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Post by Baz on Sept 29, 2006 18:47:50 GMT
You can be my window boy Teddy
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Post by Baz on Sept 22, 2006 9:31:48 GMT
Perhaps Wigwam and Therapy would like to donate a fiver each, as I'm still waiting for my kebab winnings from a bet about wearing shorts back in what seems like 1946.
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Post by Baz on Sept 23, 2006 17:34:01 GMT
Clarkie on PP I'm told
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Post by Baz on Sept 20, 2006 23:35:35 GMT
Baz... How come you ALWAYS pull off your goals so successfully? I need to take fantasy tips from you. I'm only 122.25 points off the lead after two weeks, there's nearly a whole season to go yet. I expect the BFG to put in a late surge come the play-offs. Don't go getting complacent y'all.
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Post by Baz on Sept 17, 2006 18:47:30 GMT
I thought Neilson was THE star signing.
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Post by Baz on Sept 17, 2006 0:15:47 GMT
Can I take this opportunity to ask Stef who the Manchester Sphinx are? Chortle chortle. I still call Basingstoke the Beavers, but that's mildly amusing at least.
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Post by Baz on Sept 16, 2006 10:58:23 GMT
Schmear to go with Scott
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Post by Baz on Oct 28, 2006 10:47:04 GMT
Nottingham U12s Tiger Cubs 3 - 12 Kingston U12s Kevin Conway's son plays for Kingston U12. Out of the twelve goals, he scored eleven, ten of them unassisted. He will be EIHL within four years without a doubt. You heard it here. Stunning puck control and skates round people like they weren't there. I can't remember his first name without digging out the programme. I'm sure someone will help.
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Post by Baz on Sept 11, 2006 13:17:08 GMT
Another reason why the 60th Anniversary game is a league match against Hull? Might get a few more payers for a mid-week game. Can't fault their business sense.
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Post by Baz on Sept 23, 2006 12:21:03 GMT
Is it used on the Omen too? Yes, and has also been Ozzy Osbourne's intro for many, many years.
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