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Wow, thats nice, Joe do u think u can make me look like a dirty russian? that would be nice. Im gonna get an Ovechkin jersey and rival Tom at training. Stefan Ovechkin, really has a ring to it.
Yea dude, its still happening.
Hah, u needa change ur profile thing, it still reads “Crosby < Ovechkin", i think it should be "Crosby > Ovechkin”
Peace.
I agree with you Aaron, it didnt really promote the national league, and it did give the vibe that there were a bunch of foreign players playing here in New Zealand. They should have interviewed Speirs or Glassy, they have more of an idea of what it means to play in the National League. The foreigners have been here for like one year, they know nothing of the game here really.
We should get Brent Soper and Caleb MacDonald to play for us in it? Would be good to have them if canterbury are brining the red devils team. Il text Paris and see what team theyr goin to bring.
Yea was good to get some time, played tons in the second game, but was a bit nervous, would have liked that deflection to go in, but o well im sure more chances will come. Daves been a real positive coach to me on the bench even though im still a bit nervous out there, hes giving good constructive advice which is cool. Glassey and Speirs are good dudes too, so it was cool to play with them.
Yea the first game was horrible, seriously we were basically on the penalty kill for half the game. There were some really poor calls, but we didnt help things by taking some silly penalties. Vince it was hard playing shorthanded for sure, and i know u didnt see a lot of those shots through traffic, when we are 5 on 3. Vince, do u know what the total penalties were for the first game? some crazy figure.
Was a good weekend tho, we just have to learn how to win game 1 from now on!
Peace all,
STIFFYea ur ass did look pretty hot in them, i was checkin u out when we went to Burger King as u were eating your fries.
He waited outside the rink for Heath from Gore to try fight him after a game! Coz Heath abused him on the bench. Congrats to Keith he must be stoked!
Thanks to Kyle, u have organised the DIHL now for quite some time, and uv really done a great job, thank you so much, we wouldnt be able to play in this awesome league if it wasnt for your dedication! Im sure someone will step up and organise it…anyone?
Anyway, it was a well fought final, with good intensity, was bloody hard to see any net tho with big Tobies in goal!
Congrats to the Johnies team who were without Steve Jackson and Bode Bode tonight, really played a great game despite losing 2 key players!To our guys, great job and congrats! I had a lot of fun playing this round hope everyone enjoyed it! Like i say, i promise we will have more players next time! Im just a lazy manager i guess, sorry to Joe for making you carry the jersey bag, hope u can find it in your heart to forgive me
? Especially when you get the game winner 
” title=”Wink” />Peace and Godbless DIHL A-League and Kyles organisation,
STIFFWell Senators Fans, the Ducks take a commanding 3-1 series lead, and i hate to say it, but i cant see them winning 4 now, especially going back to anaheim for game 5 and possibly 7.
Senators just dont match up, even with the absence of Pronger at the blueline for the Quackers.
All is not lost, but Emery is going to have to play out of his skin to pull the Sens through and even then Spezza, Heatley and Alfredsson better start putting the puck in the net!
Teemu Selanne might finally get a cup…
O Kyle… not happy with the reverse of pick, its a big call haha! Ur not allowed to reverse “Kyles Predictions” anyway, its in the 2007 rulebook.
Should be a good game, Phantoms are gonna flick the switch this game!! As long as we can beat big Toby in goal!
Yes Vince, there are certainly some thoughts going round Dunedin about Stampede management and some people are jumping to conclusions. A lot of the opinions people have expressed to me in Dunedin are based on the fact that us Dunedin boys got very little ice time or none at all in the first games for Stampede. Sure, it would have be nice to skate in front of the home crowd, but if we have not yet earnt our position, then I dont feel we should be out there. It makes sense at this level to play your top players, and some of us are still struggling with things as basic as D-zone coverage. This lack of experience at this level can hurt your team greatly. Mabye we should have gone on at the end of the first game though for experience, but its not our call to make. Its just a let-down to the guys coming to see us play when we dont get out there, when they make signs and chant out names of Dunedin players, but i guess one day we will earn our spot and get to play a few more shifts.
At the moment it is awesome just training with the Stampede guys, as they are the elite players in nz with many being Ice Blacks, so we are gaining great experience from the sessions. Practices with all the team are vital. So for a team playing what would be called “elite” hockey in New Zealand, it should be expected that players attend all trainings and that this takes priority.
However, this weekend us Dunedin boys choosing not to practice in the second training i believe was a fair call. Everyone was quite sure we would beat the queenstown team with who we had already, for the premier round, however it is about more than that to us, as we had already committed to our Dunedin team, presuming the practices were going to be based around this premier round. So we made the best effort we could to attend the trainings, travelling to queenstown for the morning training then back to gore for the 2 games which we had already committed to.
The distance for travel makes it extremely hard, with many of us studying and working, the Stampede practices do not just involve a quick jump in your car, 5 minute trip to the rink for training, it is really a whole weekend for us which is an effort to say the least. The other thing is that the queenstown boys train another 2 times per week together, which makes it hard to keep up with the systems we play for Stampede. It is hard for us to move up the ranks with this kind of disadvantage, but i guess we just have to prove ourselves in trainings before we will get our shot.
Anyway, I do agree with Vince on the fact that there is a lot more to it than appears. But naturally being in Dunedin (or Chch) makes it hard to keep up and play for a team based mainly in Queenstown. I know if Jackie and Steve were not so kind and generous, theres no way i could afford to drive to queenstown for trainings.
Playing for the team is amazing though, we will keep working and doing our best to earn as much ice time as we can.
Peace all,
STIFF #19
