Crd will have to play disciplined hockey and not get caught up in the moment. They showed that when they open hockey as they did in the 2nd game (2nd & 3rd period) that the other teams don’t/can’t keep up with them. This was how they played in Dunedin and carved up!

I heard that due to time constraints and $$ (estimated at 80k) the concrete floor was flagged, at least the boards will be better.

The cup was closed to entry from any of those nasty Canty teams either because they won it too often or was it that they never played on natural ice, could be a conspiracy theory in there somewhere!!

From memory, Pete would not have been playing for any of the Canty teams from Centaurus but the Albury Kings back then and you are lumping the location that the cup was found into the anti-Canty argument when the only thing they have in common is that they are/were north of the Waitaki!

Yup, guess goalies are prone to more ‘errors’ than most would freely admit. I have seen a goalie misunderstand the referees delayed penalty signal and head to the bench only to find that his team was being penalised!! Luckily, the other team couldn’t hit water if they fell out of a boat!

the IIHF have a whole lot of scheduling possibilities under international rules and regulations. the IIHF tournys usually start with top v bottom seeds and work to 1 v 2 at the end. It takes the cricket scores out of the equation and prevents teams having to run up the scores.

It sounds like that the new season’s schedule should be based on the seeded order from last season, and if the home team has a clash or wants to change that weekend, they can only change/swap with the travelling team, (swap 1st round for the 2nd round matches).

The season roster should be kept as simple as possible not only for the players but for the large number of volunteers who run the games behind the scenes.