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Post by asbo26 on Apr 20, 2009 18:10:17 GMT
Good win yesterday, well done Lions should have been out of sight after the 1st, but a penalty shoot out makes it more exciting.I really enjoyed the game and will make a bit more of an effort to get to more games next season.Again well done.
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Post by supermac on Apr 20, 2009 19:24:17 GMT
Congratulations to the Lions from a bitterly disappointed Spartans fan!! There has been nothing to seperate us all year so to split the trophies was probably about right. Nice to see that having imports is no guarantee of success!!
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Post by quoththeraven on Apr 21, 2009 11:30:07 GMT
It was the matchup I never thought I'd see and one I thought we'd no hope of winning. Even so, it's still quite hard to believe.
Invicta's imports are one thing - snuffing out Andy Smith for most of the game is the real reason we defeated Invicta. That and that our excellent (yes, really) management team were able to keep their players under control better than Invicta's.
It goes against every moral fibre in me but well done to James Neil for his performance in the final - apart from the odd blip the main reason Invicta's forwards didn't get many good chances was because of his awareness and positioning. Please please please Neilly keep playing like this. Everyone stepped it up this weekend and you could see the players were exhausted by the end
As Shaggy said, don't slag off all the Invicta fans or tar them all with the same brush - while most of the loutish types were singing Dynamos songs and being generally ungracious in defeat, there was at least one Invicta fan who went and stood at the glass to show the Lions his appreciation, even before the Lions skated over to that side. For all the time I was in the rink, the Invicta players did not skate over to us.
Shaggy you weren't there but what you missed was Luke and I being called turncoats and given general abuse about having the audacity to sit with the Lions for the Lions game and not with the Medway fans! Trouble is that their fans are not used to losing - it doesn't happen to them that often, and for one family in particular who've only seen the Mos trounce everyone in ENL, it's hard to take. That just made the Lions win sweeter.
Their team has a lot of money and has been able to acquire Elite League - and EPL - calibre talent. These are not professional hockey players but it's sort of an open secret that some players receive a small amount of expenses out of the gate receipts. I don't question that, it's their money and their decision. However the Invicta club jettisoned their u-18s, and instead have a team in ENIHL 2 with most of their older juniors and some veterans, who steered them to a commendable finish. It was appropriate then, that the youngest player on the ice Josh Ward scored the first goal.
A fantastic achievement for everyone who got onto the ice or bench for the Lions season and I hope you all realise how proud your fanbase is. I know I've been critical a lot this year but as I've said it does genuinely come from tough love rather than hate.
So, for the Friends of the Lions now, will there be an end of season do any time soon?
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Post by miket on Apr 21, 2009 11:56:25 GMT
It was me that went to stand by the plexi as I wanted to dissociate myself from the half a dozen or so muppets who were giving the rest of us a bad name. Please don’t think that we are all like that. Some of you know me and I should like to say it was a pleasure to sit with you and support the Lions against Sheff.
As far as the “icing Elite players” issue is concerned, I think that was started on the Dynamos’ forum by a Streatham fan who wasn’t at the game. Luke has gone to great lengths to put this misconception right, but anybody who reads the Dynamos forum and knows the fans will see that the ones who know what they are talking about really do understand the way things work at the Lions.
I thought it was a great final (despite the result!) and I whilst was disappointed that the Dynamos didn’t win I am delighted for the Lions.
What better final could there be than one that goes right through three periods of regulation time, 4 minutes plus 1 minute (thanks Blaine!) of sudden death OT and two rounds of penalty shots before finally one team clinches it on the seventh shot?
Good luck next season and I look forward to the Dynamos getting their revenge this time next year!
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Post by Nottingham Lions on Apr 21, 2009 11:57:39 GMT
So, for the Friends of the Lions now, will there be an end of season do any time soon? I just came on here to post the very thing! There will be some form of end of season party, although we're unsure when & where just yet. We are training on Thursday and this is one of the things we're going to sort out - so just keep an eye out!
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Post by quoththeraven on Apr 21, 2009 16:35:32 GMT
And I see on the Invicta forum there are complaints that the Lions went against the spirit of ENL by playing Elite League players instead of the lads who played week in week out...obviously ignoring the fact that those lads are Lions not Panthers and THEY play week in week out for the Lions and have done for years! These were from a fan based in South London. A Streatham fan causing trouble on the internet, on the Invicta website no less? Shurely shome mishtake?
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Post by carolle on Apr 30, 2009 22:25:51 GMT
I see Joe Graham has sisgned a 2 way with EPL Manchester Phoenix.
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Post by Adam on May 11, 2009 15:08:26 GMT
I see Mr Cornish is the new player coach of IOW who are believed to be joining the ENL.
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Post by Pucky on May 11, 2009 15:10:59 GMT
Yep, looks like the Raiders are going to be in ENL - probably ENL 2 but we'll see what happens at the League meeting.
Won't affect the Lions (yet) as we wouldn't meet them this season.
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Post by quoththeraven on May 12, 2009 11:14:10 GMT
Would be funny if they were let into the top southern division though, just to see the anger from Essex. It's more likely both IoW teams will be in division 2, probably with them playing each other four times to start the season, like the Blackburn-Lancashire situation up north in 2007-08.
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Post by carolle on May 14, 2009 6:43:40 GMT
Now confirmed that Robert and James are going to Manchester and Sam and Tom to Milton Keynes...Won`t be the same after all the years they have been coming through the junior system together.
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Post by carolle on May 14, 2009 13:08:13 GMT
Whitleys NM Murdy has signed as backup for Coventry Blaze.
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Post by Nottingham Lions on May 14, 2009 14:22:14 GMT
I knew Murdy was moving South, just not sure which club he would be ending up at. A good move - he's a good kid and single-handedly kept Whitley in numerous games.
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Post by Nottingham Lions on May 15, 2009 8:36:47 GMT
Now confirmed that Robert and James are going to Manchester and Sam and Tom to Milton Keynes...Won`t be the same after all the years they have been coming through the junior system together. Rob & James confirmed, but not Tom & Sam. Seems someone was a little early in telling the paper. I was speaking with Tom last night and things are not yet completely sorted. Also according to Lacho, they'll be Phoenix players but as they're all under 23 they can sign for both teams so they'll be signing with the Panthers too but will only play for the Panthers if the Phoenix aren't playing - so that would probably be Panthers mid-week games as most of the EPL teams play 2 games a weekend.
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Post by Nottingham Lions on May 22, 2009 10:46:58 GMT
***NOTTINGHAM LIONS END OF SEASON PARTY***
Will be held at The Castle on Friday 29th May, 7.30pm
There will be a buffet and we'll have the Final playing on a projector on a screen. There will also be a presentation of the player awads.
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Post by quoththeraven on Jun 1, 2009 11:14:17 GMT
Couldn't make it because a family commitment turned into a weekend of drunken trampolining, amongst other things. Who were the award winners?
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Post by Nottingham Lions on Jun 1, 2009 21:16:54 GMT
Can't tell you at the moment, having just moved house and having no internet access... Having to use another connection and I don't have my list with me. Bear with me and I'll post something but possibly won't be until next week - unless someone else who was there can post.
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Post by Nottingham Lions on Jul 27, 2009 12:06:10 GMT
Nottingham Lions are returning to training on Thursday 6th August, on the ice for 10.30pm.If anyone is interesting in trialling for the Lions for 2009/2010 then please can you contact Manager Richard Blount at nottinghamlions@gmail.com.
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Post by quoththeraven on Aug 14, 2009 14:27:52 GMT
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Post by Nottingham Lions on Aug 14, 2009 16:52:31 GMT
Don't take those fixtures as 100% yet - I suspect that there'll be at least one change.
As soon as they're confirmed as being 100% correct they'll be posted.
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Post by carolle on Aug 14, 2009 17:11:24 GMT
Don't take those fixtures as 100% yet - I suspect that there'll be at least one change. . Would that be the Wednesday Jan 27th at Telford?
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Post by Nottingham Lions on Aug 14, 2009 19:00:22 GMT
Yes, that's it...!
We're waiting to find out why a midweek fixture has been scheduled - considering that generally ENL don't play midweek! (Yes, there has been a few exceptions!)
Hopefully we'll find out soon.
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Post by Shaggy on Aug 14, 2009 21:24:36 GMT
Maybe it's been changed on the website, but there's no Telford away game showing for Wednesday Jan 27th.... there is one for Sunday December 27th, however...
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Post by carolle on Aug 14, 2009 22:49:13 GMT
Must have got their months mixed up
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Post by Nottingham Lions on Aug 15, 2009 8:52:02 GMT
Probably!
Still, we'll leave it TBC until we have confirmation.
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