gavin_3110 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Think I'm gonna head along to Paisley Pirates v North Ayrshire Wild on Sunday at Braehead, as the wife and I have been missing the hockey, but can't justify Clan prices for the quality on show this season. Anyone been to a Pirates game? Is it weird with the arena being mostly empty? I follow Paisley fairly closely. The atmosphere is definitely different with it being relatively empty. Still get reasonable crowds for an amateur operation though, usually about 500 I'd estimate but obviously gets lost a bit in a big arena.I don't think that will be much of a match though, game earlier this year was shooty-in for Paisley. Still, its hockey and there will be some good young players on show.Not sure where you are but Kilmarnock Storm playing Dundee Comets on Saturday night. A different world from Braehead but usually entertaining... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Gary Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Toby and Halas reffing Clan v Dundee on Sunday. Two VERY different styles which could see people want a 3 man system back! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Aberdeen Lynx player banned for 15 games after on-ice incident left rival with broken nose and concussion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 15 hours ago, NorthernLights said: Aberdeen Lynx player banned for 15 games after on-ice incident left rival with broken nose and concussion https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/sport/local-sport/ludicrous-to-ban-me-for-15-games-lynxs-ross/ For a league where teams sometimes don't have one game for a few weeks, 15 games is a long time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 MK player gets a 20 game ban for punching a fan - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/42894486 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 MK will be pleased Nickerson has been shite for ages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 10 hours ago, NorthernLights said: MK player gets a 20 game ban for punching a fan - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/42894486 It was only 14 games for punching a fan, six were for abuse of an official. I remember Tony Hand punching a fan around 2003, the police were involved but no ban if I recall correctly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 https://www.bardown.com/former-nhl-prospect-handed-20-game-suspension-after-abusing-officials-and-attacking-a-fan-1.984685 Made the headlines on the TSN site, I'm sure the last time they mentioned the Elite League was when Joe Grimaldi had meltdown in Nottingham and was sacked by the Caps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Vorobyev has left Caps. Just about the only decent player they had. Hats off to those fans I couldn't do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caro-Kann Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 12 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Vorobyev has left Caps. Just about the only decent player they had. Hats off to those fans I couldn't do it. Kolesnikovs gone too, think both to Krakow and to be honest it's hard to blame them. I was actually planning to take in the Stars v Caps game after the Forfar match, not sure I could stomach the prospect of a double digit loss (for Caps not Airdrie!) now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 02/02/2018 at 15:42, Caro-Kann said: Kolesnikovs gone too, think both to Krakow and to be honest it's hard to blame them. I was actually planning to take in the Stars v Caps game after the Forfar match, not sure I could stomach the prospect of a double digit loss (for Caps not Airdrie!) now. It turned out to be a lot closer than pretty much anyone had thought. Caps still have some decent players left who could get jobs on other EIHL teams (Cazzola, Anderson, Beskorowany) but depth is non-existent. Krakow pay big wages over twelve months so it's really a no brainer for them to make the switch. Even if the Caps were a competently run, mid-table team they would have gone. That still doesn't invalidate the fact that Scott Neil has finally run the club into the ground and there must be a good chance this will be their final season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 That still doesn't invalidate the fact that Scott Neil has finally run the club into the ground and there must be a good chance this will be their final season. Think it's pretty disgusting the way he's treated the supporters. Not had a penny off me since their nonexistent "statement" about the change of holding companies. Looks like he's bleeding the band of diehards dry before scuttling the team at the end of the season. Would never want to see a team disappear, but it's hard to watch this season after season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, gavin_3110 said: Think it's pretty disgusting the way he's treated the supporters. It really is. I don't think it's malicious though, I think it's a combination of him being really bad at his job and him having no awareness of the reasons fans are fed up with him. Players have been treated badly at the Caps since the team began, there's little wonder so many have quit over the years. You could probably get away with a lot of that sort of stuff in his playing days, but both professional sport and British ice hockey are completely different beasts these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 It really is. I don't think it's malicious though, I think it's a combination of him being really bad at his job and him having no awareness of the reasons fans are fed up with him. Players have been treated badly at the Caps since the team began, there's little wonder so many have quit over the years. You could probably get away with a lot of that sort of stuff in his playing days, but both professional sport and British ice hockey are completely different beasts these days. Suspect you're probably right, it just seems any communication has dried up altogether whereas there may have been a token effort in previous seasons.Have heard about players being paid from fruit machines amongst other horror stories, not going to cut it in an ever increasingly professional setup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcintyre_gmfc Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Went to my first couple of Clan matches at the weekend there, very enjoyable and will be a regular as it's something different and fairly local to me. On Friday against Fife they were by far the better team, really impressed with Stockton I think his name was, and the captain Heelis. On Saturday Clan were the better team, but the defence was all over the joint, if it wasn't for Nie it would've been more. Is it normal for the team to go 6 outfield when getting beat? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 4 hours ago, mcintyre_gmfc said: Went to my first couple of Clan matches at the weekend there, very enjoyable and will be a regular as it's something different and fairly local to me. On Friday against Fife they were by far the better team, really impressed with Stockton I think his name was, and the captain Heelis. On Saturday Clan were the better team, but the defence was all over the joint, if it wasn't for Nie it would've been more. Is it normal for the team to go 6 outfield when getting beat? Yes, it's referred to as Pulling the goalie. Usually happens if a team are 1 or 2 goals down in the last few minutes. If there is a delayed penalty (referee calls a penalty on one team and the other team still has control of the puck, like playing advantage in football) they will usually pull the goalie for another player too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I broke my self imposed Edinburgh Capitals exile as the Paisley v Kirkcaldy game was off. Fucking hell it was grim, a crowd of less than 400 with at least 120 of those being there to see Dundee. Suspect that will be the last I see of Caps in the Elite League. It was a shockingly bad game in terms of quality and terrible value at £18. They'll probably be finished at the end of the season and there still hasn't been a peep from whoever it actually is that owns the club these days. They've treated their fans disgustingly. If a football club was run like that for 15 years someone would have been lynched. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 58 minutes ago, gavin_3110 said: Suspect that will be the last I see of Caps in the Elite League. There's rumblings of a takeover attempt, if that comes off they could be back for next year. It's surely the end of Scott Neil running an EIHL club though, he's made a complete arse of things over the last ten years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 minute ago, DiegoDiego said: There's rumblings of a takeover attempt, if that comes off they could be back for next year. It's surely the end of Scott Neil running an EIHL club though, he's made a complete arse of things over the last ten years. It probably suits the league to have Edinburgh about and it's a place with great potential a la Braehead Clan. It would be great if there was some kind of takeover by someone with a bit of a business noggin, that rules out any of Scott Neil's mates. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 On 05/03/2018 at 08:34, gavin_3110 said: I broke my self imposed Edinburgh Capitals exile as the Paisley v Kirkcaldy game was off. Fucking hell it was grim, a crowd of less than 400 with at least 120 of those being there to see Dundee. Suspect that will be the last I see of Caps in the Elite League. It was a shockingly bad game in terms of quality and terrible value at £18. They'll probably be finished at the end of the season and there still hasn't been a peep from whoever it actually is that owns the club these days. They've treated their fans disgustingly. If a football club was run like that for 15 years someone would have been lynched. I don't believe for a second the crowd was even that high. I counted 140 Edinburgh fans and we didn't have that many probably. Occurred to me in the third it might be last game I go to at that rink. Shame as I really do want all the Scottish teams to do well (well, I'm happy for clan to exist) Huge playoff weekend for Stars, still in it with an away win at Nottingham. On paper all 3 games this weekend are winnable, especially if Fife might be missing bloodoff and isles. Actually winning three is tough though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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