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Post by sevcik on Mar 31, 2019 0:39:25 GMT
Although not yet officially announced it seems The GB v Torpedo challenge games at both Nottingham & Sheffield are to be televised by Freesports. Attachments:
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Post by spik on Mar 31, 2019 21:18:43 GMT
Off to Coventry on the 19th for the tournament game. May well attend this one too even if on TV.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 20:07:56 GMT
Was thinking about going to this but then looked at the price and all tickets are £18 + £3.36 venue fee so probably won’t bother. Looks like the curtains will be down as well so only half an arena anyway. Looks like the price has been sent by IHUK as well - personally I think they’ve missed a trick and it would have been better with tickets at half the price and a significant crowd watching.
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Post by spik on Apr 8, 2019 8:32:31 GMT
The programme for this event is apparently joint with the three-team national tournament. GB, Italy and Hungary. Played out in Coventry/MK.
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Post by loupowell52 on Apr 11, 2019 6:30:35 GMT
Should have set ticket prices at an attractive level to pulling the fans. Cash over concern for the on-ice product.
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Post by iginla on Apr 11, 2019 7:25:29 GMT
Was thinking about going to this but then looked at the price and all tickets are £18 + £3.36 venue fee so probably won’t bother. Looks like the curtains will be down as well so only half an arena anyway. Looks like the price has been sent by IHUK as well - personally I think they’ve missed a trick and it would have been better with tickets at half the price and a significant crowd watching. Crikey rather OTT isn’t it £21.36 for a friendly. Jeez they know what they can do with that ! 🙄
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Post by spik on Apr 19, 2019 22:33:30 GMT
Just arrived back from the 1st of the three games involving Italy, Hungary and ourselves. This tri tournament, pre the Russian double (Nottm/Sheff arenas), had both Italy and GB tonight evens in a good game. At 2-2 Italy took the advantage late on and got a second not long after to go 2-4 up, then an empty netter sealed the 2-5 scoreline. This made the game look more one-sided but wasn't the truth. Italy Hungary tomorrow and us v Hungary Sunday.
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Post by PantherG on Apr 20, 2019 10:45:49 GMT
Was thinking about going to this but then looked at the price and all tickets are £18 + £3.36 venue fee so probably won’t bother. Looks like the curtains will be down as well so only half an arena anyway. Looks like the price has been sent by IHUK as well - personally I think they’ve missed a trick and it would have been better with tickets at half the price and a significant crowd watching. Crikey rather OTT isn’t it £21.36 for a friendly. Jeez they know what they can do with that ! 🙄 Only ten pounds in Coventry!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 10:54:02 GMT
Probably got something to do with the opposition
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Post by iginla on Apr 20, 2019 11:18:18 GMT
Probably got something to do with the opposition Still far far too high for a friendly Pidge, especially if it’s on Freesports.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 11:25:13 GMT
Yup agree. I'm going to watch the game on Sunday in Sheffield. Not getting ticket til Friday. If they're lucky they may be 3,500-4,000 there !
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Post by spik on Apr 20, 2019 17:59:20 GMT
Crikey rather OTT isn’t it £21.36 for a friendly. Jeez they know what they can do with that ! 🙄 Only ten pounds in Coventry! It is Italy v Hungary, cheaper as it doesn't involve GB. I had to pay £13 in Coventry last night but that was at senior costs. My 'other half' was £18 as an adult charge. A fair crowd as well in there. The last of the three games between GB/Hun/Ita is tomorrow in MK as GB take on Hungary then the two GB v KHL side games go ahead in Nottm then Sheff.
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Post by spik on Apr 21, 2019 22:33:00 GMT
ROUNDUP
Hungary beat Italy 6-1 last night and tonight GB beat Hungary 3-1. So I can only presume Hungary took the tri tournament honours.
NOW for the two games versus Torpedo Nizhany Novgorod in Nottingham and Sheffield.
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Post by Yotes on Apr 22, 2019 9:58:17 GMT
Squad narrowed down to 25: Netminders: Ben Bowns (Cardiff Devils), Thomas Murdy (Cardiff Devils), Jackson Whistle (Sheffield Steelers). Defencemen: Tim Billingsley (Nottingham Panthers), Dallas Ehrhardt (Manchester Storm), Steve Lee (Nottingham Panthers), Evan Mosey (Cardiff Devils), Ben O'Connor (Sheffield Steelers), David Phillips (Sheffield Steelers), Mark Richardson (Cardiff Devils), Paul Swindlehurst (Belfast Giants). Forwards: Ollie Betteridge (Nottingham Panthers), Ben Davies (Guildford Flames), Robert Dowd (Sheffield Steelers), Robert Farmer (Nottingham Panthers), Luke Ferrara (Coventry Blaze), Mike Hammond (Manchester Storm), Liam Kirk (Peterborough Petes), Robert Lachowicz (Nottingham Panthers), Ben Lake (Coventry Blaze), Joey Lewis (ESV Kaufbeuren), Matthew Myers (Cardiff Devils), Brett Perlini (Nottingham Panthers), Jonathan Phillips (Sheffield Steelers), Colin Shields (Belfast Giants). www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/48010735
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 10:12:57 GMT
How the hell Lacho gets in is staggering!
And wheres Long!!
Risky taking Lee as well. Got to feel for batch
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Post by Shaggy on Apr 22, 2019 10:27:36 GMT
How the hell Lacho gets in is staggering! And wheres Long!! Risky taking Lee as well. Got to feel for batch Allegedly Ciaran Long is injured (no confirmation). Steve Lee is a worry for us fans fitness-wise... we just have to assume that Pete Russell and the rest of the GB team staff are confident that he'll be OK. Definitely agree re Josh Batch... I would have thought that he should be in the lineup... replacing the utterly useless Dallas Erhardt (virtually all of the assembled GB fans in Budapest last April agreed that he was a total liability). And <weary sigh> no, it's not "staggering" that Lacho gets into the lineup... he is one of the better defensive forwards and penalty-killers out there, his passing is good... it's just that while he does actually have the ability to score, he appears to almost totally lack the confidence to try doing so. That is definitely a strike against him, but it's just the mirror-image of those scoring forwards who are unwilling to drop back and play any kind of defence - and they get forgiven, don't they? Lacho's job isn't to score points, it's to help prevent the opposition from doing so... and he does a decent job of that. Overall, apart from IMO the aforementioned Dallas Erhardt, that looks like a good, well-balanced team.
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Post by Yotes on Apr 22, 2019 10:36:21 GMT
I guess there's a degree of him wanting to reward the guys who won last year, but yes some odd (non)selections. Lee presumably hasn't appeared in any of these warm up games yet?
Long is very unlucky, top scoring Brit, not sure what else he can do.
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Post by Shaggy on Apr 22, 2019 10:43:54 GMT
I guess there's a degree of him wanting to reward the guys who won last year, but yes some odd (non)selections. Lee presumably hasn't appeared in any of these warm up games yet? No, he hasn't. I'm presuming (hoping!) that he will be back in the lineup next weekend, and then there's the warm-up game over in Slovakia on 4th May as well... so he should hopefully get back up to speed fairly quickly. Be healthy? Allegedly he's got an ankle injury... like I said, no confirmation.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 11:02:07 GMT
How the hell Lacho gets in is staggering! And wheres Long!! Risky taking Lee as well. Got to feel for batch Allegedly Ciaran Long is injured (no confirmation). Steve Lee is a worry for us fans fitness-wise... we just have to assume that Pete Russell and the rest of the GB team staff are confident that he'll be OK. Definitely agree re Josh Batch... I would have thought that he should be in the lineup... replacing the utterly useless Dallas Erhardt (virtually all of the assembled GB fans in Budapest last April agreed that he was a total liability). And <weary sigh> no, it's not "staggering" that Lacho gets into the lineup... he is one of the better defensive forwards and penalty-killers out there, his passing is good... it's just that while he does actually have the ability to score, he appears to almost totally lack the confidence to try doing so. That is definitely a strike against him, but it's just the mirror-image of those scoring forwards who are unwilling to drop back and play any kind of defence - and they get forgiven, don't they? Lacho's job isn't to score points, it's to help prevent the opposition from doing so... and he does a decent job of that. Overall, apart from IMO the aforementioned Dallas Erhardt, that looks like a good, well-balanced team. Shaggy why load up with defensive forwards against this calibre of team? You may as well have a go and try and create some offense in the O Zone! We will get shelled by 5-7 goals a game easily maybe more on some occasions. Lacho will offer practically nothing over there trust me .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 11:04:26 GMT
Saying its a risk taking long who has sprained his ankle apparently not broken his leg..then theres Lee who hasn't played in weeks !
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Post by Shaggy on Apr 22, 2019 11:24:44 GMT
Allegedly Ciaran Long is injured (no confirmation). Steve Lee is a worry for us fans fitness-wise... we just have to assume that Pete Russell and the rest of the GB team staff are confident that he'll be OK. Definitely agree re Josh Batch... I would have thought that he should be in the lineup... replacing the utterly useless Dallas Erhardt (virtually all of the assembled GB fans in Budapest last April agreed that he was a total liability). And <weary sigh> no, it's not "staggering" that Lacho gets into the lineup... he is one of the better defensive forwards and penalty-killers out there, his passing is good... it's just that while he does actually have the ability to score, he appears to almost totally lack the confidence to try doing so. That is definitely a strike against him, but it's just the mirror-image of those scoring forwards who are unwilling to drop back and play any kind of defence - and they get forgiven, don't they? Lacho's job isn't to score points, it's to help prevent the opposition from doing so... and he does a decent job of that. Overall, apart from IMO the aforementioned Dallas Erhardt, that looks like a good, well-balanced team. Shaggy why load up with defensive forwards against this calibre of team? You may as well have a go and try and create some offense in the O Zone! We will get shelled by 5-7 goals a game easily maybe more on some occasions. Lacho will offer practically nothing over there trust me . Taking Lacho is not "loading up" with defensive forwards... he's one player. There are plenty of other players on the team to create offence... and any true team needs a mix of players. You should know that by now. Anyway, if the quality of the opposing defensive units is going to be as strong as we expect their offensive units to be (and there's no reason to suspect otherwise) then what makes you think that substituting another goalscorer for Lacho (assuming we could find one suitable) is going to make the blindest bit of difference? And no - I don't trust you on this one. Multiple GB coaches have picked Lacho, and I've spoken to several GB players (not all from Nottingham) who appear to value his contribution... quite frankly, every last one of them knows more about the subject than you and I (and probably most of the users of this forum) put together.
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Post by Shaggy on Apr 22, 2019 11:27:14 GMT
Saying its a risk taking long who has sprained his ankle apparently not broken his leg..then theres Lee who hasn't played in weeks ! Steve Lee could play with a full face cage (and probably will, I'm guessing) before his injury has fully healed. Nobody can play hockey on a sprained ankle with any degree of effectiveness until that has fully healed. Steve Lee has probably been keeping fit, skating etc... if it's true about Ciaran Long's injury, then he won't have been. Chalk and cheese.
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Post by Yotes on Apr 22, 2019 12:13:30 GMT
Bruised ankle seems to be the rumour, doesn't sound like he'll be out for months.
Whether you think Lee can return if he wants or not, he's still currently unhealthy and Russell is holding a spot for him. Why wouldn't you do the same for a chap who has top scored amongst British (in EIHL terms) players?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 12:35:29 GMT
Let Lee play he ll get exposed big time which will be kind of funny 😂
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Post by Shaggy on Apr 22, 2019 12:46:31 GMT
Bruised ankle seems to be the rumour, doesn't sound like he'll be out for months. Whether you think Lee can return if he wants or not, he's still currently unhealthy and Russell is holding a spot for him. Why wouldn't you do the same for a chap who has top scored amongst British (in EIHL terms) players? Bruised ankle, sprained ankle... there doesn't appear to be any definitive information yet. Thing is... it's a lot easier to train & keep to a certain level of fitness with a jaw injury than with an ankle injury (which makes even walking or standing difficult). The relative recovery times for Lee & Long? - no idea. Also, one fundamental problem with comparing the two players... Lee is a D-man, Long is a forward. So - no direct swap... and if you still want to substitute one for the other, that means shuffling around or dropping other players... which could mess up the team as a whole.
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