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For all those that haven’t heard.
Rob Schremp (Islanders) and Kyle Quincy (Avalanche) have been named captains of the two teams, so apparently they did get real NHL players.
They’ve got the media referring to “Team USA” …
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1102/S … series.htm
[quote:67ahc27e] Team USA will be looking for redemption after their 3-2 loss to Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics and they?ll be doing it in one of the unlikeliest countries of all – New Zealand. [/quote:67ahc27e]No mention of Team Canada though. I’m guessing they’ve decided they can’t refer to them by that name.
Such a pity that these countries are being misrepresented like this.
What seems to be going on, is that Dougal and Webster have made a deal whereby players on their off-season can holiday in NZ and then play games on the side.
So they can’t name teams until July because they won’t know who is tied up with playoffs or injured etc, and don’t want to not deliver which is noble.
I think the reason they are not publicising this is that they want to maintain the illusion that it is Team Canada and Team USA, not just a bunch of NHL and AHL players on holiday.
People would still go though, but it would just be more honest if they said they were getting NHL players to come who are on there holiday, but we will let you know when we know who we have.
Instead of this smoke and mirrors game they seem to like playing.
"Ryan":3hi20b74 wrote:They’ve got the media referring to “Team USA” …
[/quote:3hi20b74]that’s not the media. Scoop is largely a press release site – they’ve just published the release put out by the promoters.
Thought that this was going to fizzle out! Only one game apparently! Copied from a Ticketmaster email.
INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY
Canada vs. USA
My Ticketmaster PresaleJuly 2011 will see the fastest team event to hit our shores. Be there to see USA take on Canada in an International Ice Hockey showdown, never seen before in New Zealand.
The invitational tour is led by NHL megastar, Kyle Quincey who is the head defenceman for the Colorado Avalanche!
The players have been carefully selected to bring you the biggest action sport event of the year, in an unbelievable display of speed, skills and action.
As a My Ticketmaster member, we are pleased to offer you the chance to purchase tickets to the International Ice Hockey before the general public.
Simply click on the link below and quote the codeword JANE1989 when purchasing tickets online between the promotional period of 9am, Monday 21 February and midday, Wednesday 23 February 2011.
Two hours, two teams, one game full of speed, adrenaline and aggression.
This is an event that cannot be missed. Don’t be left at home, be a part of the action.
To take advantage of this offer, remember to quote the codeword
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when purchasing tickets online.Saturday, 23 July 2011 Vector Arena
AUCKLAND, NZ
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Well if that is there own press release then they are slipping back into their own lying ways They know that it is not the same team at the 2010 Olympics, it is not even closely related, and they should not be creating the illusion that it is.
"plod16":3d2wq1n8 wrote:The players have been carefully selected to bring you the biggest action sport event of the year, in an unbelievable display of speed, skills and action.[/quote:3d2wq1n8]
More like the players have been carefully selected to see who wants to on holiday to NZ, at that time of the year. If they had been carefully selected to bring you biggest action sports event of the year, we would know a roster now.
Also since when is Ice Hockey an action sport?? An action sport is what you see at the X-games Skateboarding, BMX, FMX, snowboarding etc.
Ice Hockey is a SPORT, not an action sport just another reason why I am not sure about the benefit to ice hockey in NZ by these games, if they are being ran as an action sport
"Kyle":1zingjtm wrote:that’s not the media. Scoop is largely a press release site – they’ve just published the release put out by the promoters.[/quote:1zingjtm]Nah, I was referring to “the media”. They were regurgitating the same crap on radio in Wellington. I quoted the Scoop article as that’s where many other articles on the web were linking back to and possibly where the radio got it from.
http://www.canadianmoose.org/tours_current.htm
Its the Moose, they’re baaaaaaackkk!!
bahahahahahhahhahahaaha
New Tui Ad:
[quote:2ftqsn0o]Douglas Webber: “Never before seen in New Zealand”YEAH RIGHT![/quote:2ftqsn0o]
I wonder if those morons at Douglas Webber realise how much of a mockery they’ve now made of themselves with the local hockey community by using the Moose for this?
Unless they’ve beefed their playing level up significantly since they were here last, the level of these games is going to be lower than that of the NZIHL teams we see regularly.
Last time the Moose played here, they got their asses handed to them on a plate by Queenstown. And the standard of NZ hockey has increased quite a bit since then.
Schedule:
July 19 Depart Toronto
July 21 Arrive Auckland, NZ
July 22 Practice; Media Event
July 23 Auckland Stadium Game
July 24-26 Local games & sightseeing
July 27 To Christchurch
July 28-29 Local games & sightseeing
July 30 Christchurch Stadium Game
July 31 Lake Tekapo ? local game
Aug 1 – 2 Queenstown ? local game
Aug 3 Dunedin Stadium Game
Aug 4 Depart NZ; Arrive TorontoSo if you want to save buying a ticket, you could just drive to Queenstown or Lake Tekapo and presumably see the same quality of players for free. Or are they charging to see those games too?
Quality is very important to them it seems:
[quote:wcj9wve4]Selection will be on a ?first come, first serve? basis.[/quote:wcj9wve4]And since when was Lake Tekapo “created” by a hydroelectric dam? Isn’t it a natural lake which provides water for a hydroelectric generator?
[quote:wcj9wve4]
Lake Tekapo
(Created by a 40 foot hydroelectric dam[/quote:wcj9wve4]Hahaha oh dear this is too funny. Im so glad i didnt buy tickets now though-I feel sorry for those that did. Definitely not going to get the quality they were after.
I notice their brochure doesnt have Shremp of Quincey as Captains either…its Darryl Shannon and Mike Wilson. Who are they?? Havent followed hockey long enough apparantly!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Shannon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Wilso … _hockey%29Both were genuine NHLers, both have three figure games under their belt, but both long gone from the NHL. Shannon has been retired for about six years. Wilson played in Europe for a number of and then the ECHL after leaving the NHL.
I would have guessed, though it’s not clear from the material that Shannon and Wilson are the captains of the Canadian moose oldtimers teams that are travelling with the main senior teams, and than Quincey and Schremp are the captains of the senior teams that will play the headlines.
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