The new 2 man advantage vid...enjoy
Tuesday 30 October 2007
Thursday 25 October 2007
Spin Petr Spin
Zlín's Petr Leška pulls off the most electrifying move in hockey entertainment today:
The Leška Spinerooni!
The Leška Spinerooni!
Wednesday 24 October 2007
Power Rankings update
Well, assuming we lose to Newcastle in tonight's Sky Sports game (we're currently busy throwing away a 0-2 lead), the power rankings will look as follows:
Coventry 6.01
Newcastle 4.28 -1
Sheffield 4.38 +1
Manchester 2.56 -1
Nottingham 1.95 -2
Cardiff 3.57 +2
Basingstoke 1.59 -1
Belfast 2.30 +2
Hull 1.25
Edinburgh -0.02
Even a slight re-jigging of the formula can't stop the Caps dropping into the negative.
Coventry 6.01
Newcastle 4.28 -1
Sheffield 4.38 +1
Manchester 2.56 -1
Nottingham 1.95 -2
Cardiff 3.57 +2
Basingstoke 1.59 -1
Belfast 2.30 +2
Hull 1.25
Edinburgh -0.02
Even a slight re-jigging of the formula can't stop the Caps dropping into the negative.
Tuesday 23 October 2007
Czech Extraliga Round 15
Vítkovice Steel 1-2 Liberec - All three goals came in the 3rd period where Jiří Burger's goal was sandwiched between two Liberec markers. Stanislav Procházka slotted home an un-assisted marker at 41.32 b just over two minutes later my favourite Burger bagged the leveler. The Ostrava side weren't on level pegging for very long though as less than a minute later the Whiter Tigers were back infront through a Lukáš Vantuch goal. The third period also saw Liberec D man recieve 2+10+20
Slavia 6-0 Ústí nad Labem - Slavia continued their impressive form with a convicing hammering being handed out to Ústí. The Extralíga's new boys were chasing the game from the 12th minute after veteran forward Jaroslav Bednář gave the home side the lead. Slavia's advantage was tripled in the 2nd before the route was completed in the 3rd with three more goals being scored. It was also an easy night for Adam Svoboda, the much travelled goalie turned away the 19 shots he faced.
RI OKNA Zlín 4-3 GEUS OKNA Kladno OT - Kladno went into this game three players down. The short benched team put in a solid performance a came from behind twice to force the game into OT. Lubomír Vosátko decided matter 1.55 into the over-time period.
Třinec 4-1 Karlovy Vary - Třinec were 4-0 up and victorious after only 23.02. The goals came from Róbert Tomík, David Květoň bagged a double and Juraj Štefanka made it four. Třinec also managed to do what few have done this season by keeping Petr Kumstát off the score sheet.
Litvínov 5-4 Sparta SO - All four netminders involved in tonights game saw ice time. Litvinov iced former Slavia man/sieve Petr Franěk, he let in one and last seasons rookie of the year Jaroslav Hübl also got some action. He let in three. For Sparta Duba let in four whilst Vsetín product Martin Štefl iced for 52 minutes, faced 29 shots and conceeded just the one goal.
Plzeň 4-2 Mountfield - Plzeň went into this game short-benched and thanks to some goalie magic from Roman Málek secured the victory and the points. The 'ickle' netminder had 49 stops. But I predict he'll be skating in the 1.liga come play-off time. C.B's #26 Mr. Viktor Hübl was scoreless.
Moeller Pardubice 7-0 Znojmo - Back to back wins for Pardubice and I bet a hell of a lot of frustrations were released on Znojmo tonight. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come in the next ten games or so for Pardubice. A good run of results and the leagues best team will be back in the play-off picture. As for the game itself. Janco the Slovak goalie that is as fragile as a ceramic statue balancing one legged on a tight-rope had a good night. He turned away thirty shots on his way to the shut-out. Petr Sýkora opened the scoring in the first period, claimed his second of the night after 30:33 - Pardubice scored four times in the 2nd - Sýkora then went on to complete his hat-trick at 46:09 and Tomáš Rolinek made it 7-0 with just over six minutes left in the game. CONFIDENCE INSPIRING PERFORMANCE!
1.HC Slavia Praha 15 66:35 35
2.Bílí Tygři Liberec 15 50:33 34
3.HC MOUNTFIELD 15 51:36 31
4.HC Energie Karlovy Vary 15 51:36 29
5.HC Sparta Praha 15 41:36 27
6.HC Oceláři Třinec 15 42:32 26
7.HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 1549:46 24
8.HC Vítkovice Steel 1541:44 21
9.HC Litvínov 15 45:51 18
10.HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 15 31:49 16
11.RI OKNA Zlín 15 38:57 16
12.HC Moeller Pardubice 15 41:50 15
13.HC Znojemští Orli 15 29:45 14
14.HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 15 31:56 9
Slavia 6-0 Ústí nad Labem - Slavia continued their impressive form with a convicing hammering being handed out to Ústí. The Extralíga's new boys were chasing the game from the 12th minute after veteran forward Jaroslav Bednář gave the home side the lead. Slavia's advantage was tripled in the 2nd before the route was completed in the 3rd with three more goals being scored. It was also an easy night for Adam Svoboda, the much travelled goalie turned away the 19 shots he faced.
RI OKNA Zlín 4-3 GEUS OKNA Kladno OT - Kladno went into this game three players down. The short benched team put in a solid performance a came from behind twice to force the game into OT. Lubomír Vosátko decided matter 1.55 into the over-time period.
Třinec 4-1 Karlovy Vary - Třinec were 4-0 up and victorious after only 23.02. The goals came from Róbert Tomík, David Květoň bagged a double and Juraj Štefanka made it four. Třinec also managed to do what few have done this season by keeping Petr Kumstát off the score sheet.
Litvínov 5-4 Sparta SO - All four netminders involved in tonights game saw ice time. Litvinov iced former Slavia man/sieve Petr Franěk, he let in one and last seasons rookie of the year Jaroslav Hübl also got some action. He let in three. For Sparta Duba let in four whilst Vsetín product Martin Štefl iced for 52 minutes, faced 29 shots and conceeded just the one goal.
Plzeň 4-2 Mountfield - Plzeň went into this game short-benched and thanks to some goalie magic from Roman Málek secured the victory and the points. The 'ickle' netminder had 49 stops. But I predict he'll be skating in the 1.liga come play-off time. C.B's #26 Mr. Viktor Hübl was scoreless.
Moeller Pardubice 7-0 Znojmo - Back to back wins for Pardubice and I bet a hell of a lot of frustrations were released on Znojmo tonight. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come in the next ten games or so for Pardubice. A good run of results and the leagues best team will be back in the play-off picture. As for the game itself. Janco the Slovak goalie that is as fragile as a ceramic statue balancing one legged on a tight-rope had a good night. He turned away thirty shots on his way to the shut-out. Petr Sýkora opened the scoring in the first period, claimed his second of the night after 30:33 - Pardubice scored four times in the 2nd - Sýkora then went on to complete his hat-trick at 46:09 and Tomáš Rolinek made it 7-0 with just over six minutes left in the game. CONFIDENCE INSPIRING PERFORMANCE!
1.HC Slavia Praha 15 66:35 35
2.Bílí Tygři Liberec 15 50:33 34
3.HC MOUNTFIELD 15 51:36 31
4.HC Energie Karlovy Vary 15 51:36 29
5.HC Sparta Praha 15 41:36 27
6.HC Oceláři Třinec 15 42:32 26
7.HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 1549:46 24
8.HC Vítkovice Steel 1541:44 21
9.HC Litvínov 15 45:51 18
10.HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 15 31:49 16
11.RI OKNA Zlín 15 38:57 16
12.HC Moeller Pardubice 15 41:50 15
13.HC Znojemští Orli 15 29:45 14
14.HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 15 31:56 9
Saturday 20 October 2007
Extraliga Round 13
HC Mountfield 5-6 HC Energie Karlovy Vary SO (2:2, 2:0, 1:3 - 0:0)
11. Hudec (Hübl), 20. Brabenec (Hübl), 22. Šimánek (Kůrka), 29. Hřebejk, 50. Toman (Hudec) 6. Kumstát (Skuhravý), 10. Skladaný (Kristek), 46. Hluchý (Kraft), 47. Kumstát (Košťál), 48. Melenovský, 66. Bílek
An amazing game for the sell out attendance to witness. Karlovy Vary mean business this year, I picked them to kick ass and so far, so good. They have a strong team that has come together so well over the off season and for me the signature of Bílek was a clear indication of thier intentions for the 07/08 campaign. So I shouldn't be surprised.
HC Znojemští Orli 1-4 HC Oceláři Třinec (0:1, 1:2, 0:1)
38. Růžička (Tesařík) -1. Tomík (Sekeráš), 28. Květoň (Peterek), 35. Tomík (Štefanka),
50. Polanský (Peterek)
HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 3-2 HC Moeller Pardubice OT (0:1, 1:1, 1:0 - 1:0)
23. Tenkrát (Kalla), 50. Procházka (Ševc), 64. Kalla (Ševc)
11. Havíř (Pivko), 39. Havíř (Pucher)
Losing to Kladno sucks, the players will know it, the fans know it and Milos Riha should certainly know it. I give him one or two more silly defeats and he'll be out the Cez Arena door!.
HC Sparta Praha 1-3 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň (1:0, 0:1, 0:2)
15. Ton (Vaic)
35. Ludvík (Čakajík), 50. Důras (Vampola), 56. Dvořák (Kracík)
HC Slavia Praha 7-0 HC Vítkovice Steel (2:0, 0:0, 5:0)
15. Červenka (Bednář), 20. Žižka (Duda), 1. Červenka (Bednář), 45. Duda (Kadlec), 47. Duda (Růžička), 53. Vondrka (Bednář), 60. Bednář (Červenka)
Bílí Tygři Liberec 5-3 RI Okna Zlín (2:1, 1:1, 2:1)
5. Procházka (Pabiška), 20. Plodek (Klimenta), 30. Plodek (Hunkes), 51. Jiruš (Nedorost), 54. Víšek (Plodek) -
11. Balaštík (Leška), 38. Záhorovský (Balán), 59. Balaštík (Leška)
Could this be the new beginnings of the old 'Balaštík - Leška' combo that worked so well for Zlín in the past?.
1. HC MOUNTFIELD 13 48:28 31
2. HC Slavia Praha 13 56:34 29
3. HC Energie Karlovy Vary 13 48:28 29
4. Bílí Tygři Liberec 13 45:30 29
5. HC Sparta Praha 13 33:28 23
6. HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 13 41:39 21
7. HC Oceláři Třinec 13 36:30 20
8. HC Vítkovice Steel 13 35:38 18
9. HC Litvínov 13 39:44 16
10. HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 13 29:40 15
11. RI OKNA Zlín 13 31:50 14
12. HC Znojemští Orli 13 26:37 11
13. HC Moeller Pardubice 13 30:48 9
14. HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 13 27:50 8
11. Hudec (Hübl), 20. Brabenec (Hübl), 22. Šimánek (Kůrka), 29. Hřebejk, 50. Toman (Hudec) 6. Kumstát (Skuhravý), 10. Skladaný (Kristek), 46. Hluchý (Kraft), 47. Kumstát (Košťál), 48. Melenovský, 66. Bílek
An amazing game for the sell out attendance to witness. Karlovy Vary mean business this year, I picked them to kick ass and so far, so good. They have a strong team that has come together so well over the off season and for me the signature of Bílek was a clear indication of thier intentions for the 07/08 campaign. So I shouldn't be surprised.
HC Znojemští Orli 1-4 HC Oceláři Třinec (0:1, 1:2, 0:1)
38. Růžička (Tesařík) -1. Tomík (Sekeráš), 28. Květoň (Peterek), 35. Tomík (Štefanka),
50. Polanský (Peterek)
HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 3-2 HC Moeller Pardubice OT (0:1, 1:1, 1:0 - 1:0)
23. Tenkrát (Kalla), 50. Procházka (Ševc), 64. Kalla (Ševc)
11. Havíř (Pivko), 39. Havíř (Pucher)
Losing to Kladno sucks, the players will know it, the fans know it and Milos Riha should certainly know it. I give him one or two more silly defeats and he'll be out the Cez Arena door!.
HC Sparta Praha 1-3 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň (1:0, 0:1, 0:2)
15. Ton (Vaic)
35. Ludvík (Čakajík), 50. Důras (Vampola), 56. Dvořák (Kracík)
HC Slavia Praha 7-0 HC Vítkovice Steel (2:0, 0:0, 5:0)
15. Červenka (Bednář), 20. Žižka (Duda), 1. Červenka (Bednář), 45. Duda (Kadlec), 47. Duda (Růžička), 53. Vondrka (Bednář), 60. Bednář (Červenka)
Bílí Tygři Liberec 5-3 RI Okna Zlín (2:1, 1:1, 2:1)
5. Procházka (Pabiška), 20. Plodek (Klimenta), 30. Plodek (Hunkes), 51. Jiruš (Nedorost), 54. Víšek (Plodek) -
11. Balaštík (Leška), 38. Záhorovský (Balán), 59. Balaštík (Leška)
Could this be the new beginnings of the old 'Balaštík - Leška' combo that worked so well for Zlín in the past?.
1. HC MOUNTFIELD 13 48:28 31
2. HC Slavia Praha 13 56:34 29
3. HC Energie Karlovy Vary 13 48:28 29
4. Bílí Tygři Liberec 13 45:30 29
5. HC Sparta Praha 13 33:28 23
6. HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 13 41:39 21
7. HC Oceláři Třinec 13 36:30 20
8. HC Vítkovice Steel 13 35:38 18
9. HC Litvínov 13 39:44 16
10. HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 13 29:40 15
11. RI OKNA Zlín 13 31:50 14
12. HC Znojemští Orli 13 26:37 11
13. HC Moeller Pardubice 13 30:48 9
14. HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 13 27:50 8
Wednesday 17 October 2007
Random Historical World Championships Moment Of The Week
Canada vs Czech Republic 1997
Canadian goons ;p
Canadian goons ;p
Sorted at last
Finally I have managed to secure tickets for every game during my Finland-Sweden tour. I will now 100% for sure be seeing DIF vs Modo, the defending Swedish champions and contract holders of crazy Karol Krizan. I will then travel to Jönköpings for a massive Eliteserien fixture. HV-71 vs Frolunda. The Swedes I have spoken to online assure me that one will be a 9000 sell out, so I'm uber happy at securing good tickets for that match up. Frolunda themselves though were being a proper pain in the arse by not releasing their tickets to the Swedish hockey online providers. I was waiting on securing tickets for their match up against Lulea at the Scandinavium. I have been looking at the website every day for about two months now with no success then last night,I randomly checked the ticnet.se just in case and to my utter delight the Indians had finally got their brains into gear and had provided the tickets for sale. The seats aren't amazing but getting to see a team of their quality for £16.50 is a certain bargain buy.
The Finnish games I'll be seeing won't sell out so I have no ticket worries over those fixtures. I will be catching Tampere vs Jokerit, Karpat vs TPS and Blues vs Kalpa. Now all I have to do it sit and wait for 14th of November!
The Finnish games I'll be seeing won't sell out so I have no ticket worries over those fixtures. I will be catching Tampere vs Jokerit, Karpat vs TPS and Blues vs Kalpa. Now all I have to do it sit and wait for 14th of November!
Monday 15 October 2007
Another depressing Power Rankings update
Well, Coventry remain well clear at the top after having a weekend off in Denmark. Newcastle and Sheffield's continued their undefeated runs and have moved up a spot each.
Down at the other end of the table two heavy defeats for Hull have seen them plummet whilst Cardiff's turnaround at Basingstoke's expense has seen the Welsh outfit rise to a respectable mid-table position.
1. Coventry 6.29
2. Newcastle 4.34 +1
3. Sheffield 4.14 +1
4. Manchester 3.24 -2
5. Nottingham 2.97
6. Cardiff 2.70 +2
7. Basingstoke 2.43 -1
8. Belfast 1.68 +1
9. Hull 0.72 -2
10.Edinburgh 0.18
Down at the other end of the table two heavy defeats for Hull have seen them plummet whilst Cardiff's turnaround at Basingstoke's expense has seen the Welsh outfit rise to a respectable mid-table position.
1. Coventry 6.29
2. Newcastle 4.34 +1
3. Sheffield 4.14 +1
4. Manchester 3.24 -2
5. Nottingham 2.97
6. Cardiff 2.70 +2
7. Basingstoke 2.43 -1
8. Belfast 1.68 +1
9. Hull 0.72 -2
10.Edinburgh 0.18
Sunday 14 October 2007
Extraliga Round 12
Třinec 2-0 Sparta - Martin Vojtek pulled out all the stops as he denied Sparta on 40 occassions. Rostislav Martynek and former NHLer Ľubomír Sekeráš both put the puck past Tomáš Duba who also had a busy night between the piper. The stopper had 35 saves.
RI OKNA Zlín 2-4 Vítkovice Steel - Vítkovice secured the win late on in the 3rd period. They scored twice in the last 3 minutes of the game.
Litvínov 5-3 Mountfield - The surprise result of the night that once again proves just how competitive the Extraliga is this season. Litvinov blew the league leaders away in the 1st period by scoring 4 power play goals. "Mountfield" then found themselves 5-0 down after 28 minutes and even the magic of Viktor Hubl who bagged C.Bs first of the night couldn't help the visitors recover.
Ústí nad Labem 1-4 Moeller Pardubice - At long last a Pardubice victory!. Hopefully this win and a return to playing at the Cez Arena will spark a revival in the Extraliga's best support club. Pardubice won the 1st period 2-0 with goals from Koukal and Stary. Petr Sýkora then increased the advantage to 3-0 early in the 2nd before Tomáš Klimt got Ústi on the score-board. Pardubice completed the scoring very late on in the 3rd through Radovan Somík.
GEUS OKNA Kladno 0-3 Slavia - Kladno currently wish Vsetín were still in the league so someone else would be the worst team in the top division. Jagr's former club have started the season poorly and I can't see that changing in the near future.
Plzeň 3-4 Liberec OT - Leoš Čermák continued his good form by scoring during regulation time and by bagging the over-time winner for the White Tigers
Karlovy Vary 2-1 Znojmo OT - A Petr Kumstát double including the OT winner gets Karlovy Vary Back to winning ways.
1. HC MOUNTFIELD 12 43:22 30
2. HC Energie Karlovy Vary 12 42:23 27
3. HC Slavia Praha 12 49:34 26
4. Bílí Tygři Liberec 12 40:27 26
5. HC Sparta Praha 12 32:25 23
6. HC Vítkovice Steel 12 35:31 18
7. HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 12 38:38 18
8. HC Oceláři Třinec 12 32:29 17
9. HC Litvínov 12 38:42 15
10. HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 12 27:39 13
11. HC Znojemští Orli 12 25:33 11
12. RI OKNA Zlín 11 26:44 11
13. HC Moeller Pardubice 11 27:43 8
14. HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 12 24:48 6
RI OKNA Zlín 2-4 Vítkovice Steel - Vítkovice secured the win late on in the 3rd period. They scored twice in the last 3 minutes of the game.
Litvínov 5-3 Mountfield - The surprise result of the night that once again proves just how competitive the Extraliga is this season. Litvinov blew the league leaders away in the 1st period by scoring 4 power play goals. "Mountfield" then found themselves 5-0 down after 28 minutes and even the magic of Viktor Hubl who bagged C.Bs first of the night couldn't help the visitors recover.
Ústí nad Labem 1-4 Moeller Pardubice - At long last a Pardubice victory!. Hopefully this win and a return to playing at the Cez Arena will spark a revival in the Extraliga's best support club. Pardubice won the 1st period 2-0 with goals from Koukal and Stary. Petr Sýkora then increased the advantage to 3-0 early in the 2nd before Tomáš Klimt got Ústi on the score-board. Pardubice completed the scoring very late on in the 3rd through Radovan Somík.
GEUS OKNA Kladno 0-3 Slavia - Kladno currently wish Vsetín were still in the league so someone else would be the worst team in the top division. Jagr's former club have started the season poorly and I can't see that changing in the near future.
Plzeň 3-4 Liberec OT - Leoš Čermák continued his good form by scoring during regulation time and by bagging the over-time winner for the White Tigers
Karlovy Vary 2-1 Znojmo OT - A Petr Kumstát double including the OT winner gets Karlovy Vary Back to winning ways.
1. HC MOUNTFIELD 12 43:22 30
2. HC Energie Karlovy Vary 12 42:23 27
3. HC Slavia Praha 12 49:34 26
4. Bílí Tygři Liberec 12 40:27 26
5. HC Sparta Praha 12 32:25 23
6. HC Vítkovice Steel 12 35:31 18
7. HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 12 38:38 18
8. HC Oceláři Třinec 12 32:29 17
9. HC Litvínov 12 38:42 15
10. HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 12 27:39 13
11. HC Znojemští Orli 12 25:33 11
12. RI OKNA Zlín 11 26:44 11
13. HC Moeller Pardubice 11 27:43 8
14. HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 12 24:48 6
Friday 12 October 2007
Why do they continue with this claptrap?
Tomorrow is the first Panthers vs Steelers fixture of the season. Apparently there have been 5,000 tickets sold already, which is to be applauded, but why do official press releases (this time an article on the EIHL website) still bandy about the following myth?
I doubt there is one fan of either team, let alone any other hockey fan in Europe, who actually believes this kind of codswallop. It's akin to claiming Raith vs Cowden as the biggest derby in Scots football.
The Panthers/Steelers rivalry has, if anything, lost some of its edge over the last few years and there is nothing in the UK that can live up to the rivalries that exist on the continent.
A while ago now we were debating which rivalry was the biggest Europe and one of my posts was surprisingly replied to by ex-Cap Goran Karlsson who once played for Steaua Bucharest, his tales of police escorts for players before a game for the Romanian championship. When you look at the following video from the game you get an idea why!
For the record, Steaua (in red) lost the game and the championship but were welcomed home as heroes as their fans judged them to have won the fight.
"The action on Saturday starts at 7pm. Nottingham and Sheffield are the biggest
rivals in the sport in Europe."
I doubt there is one fan of either team, let alone any other hockey fan in Europe, who actually believes this kind of codswallop. It's akin to claiming Raith vs Cowden as the biggest derby in Scots football.
The Panthers/Steelers rivalry has, if anything, lost some of its edge over the last few years and there is nothing in the UK that can live up to the rivalries that exist on the continent.
A while ago now we were debating which rivalry was the biggest Europe and one of my posts was surprisingly replied to by ex-Cap Goran Karlsson who once played for Steaua Bucharest, his tales of police escorts for players before a game for the Romanian championship. When you look at the following video from the game you get an idea why!
For the record, Steaua (in red) lost the game and the championship but were welcomed home as heroes as their fans judged them to have won the fight.
Thursday 11 October 2007
Issue 2 Sample
The eagle eyed amongst our blog fans will have noticed that their is now an ickle sample of issue number two appearing on the site. So go on Check To The Head fans from all over the globe, click the link, have a peak, take a butchers at the lastest going ons!
The link itself is over there somewhere ----------->>>
Just follow the arrows, that's all you have to do, then click the appropriate link of course to reach the journalistic treasure that is the 2nd sample.
The link itself is over there somewhere ----------->>>
Just follow the arrows, that's all you have to do, then click the appropriate link of course to reach the journalistic treasure that is the 2nd sample.
Wednesday 10 October 2007
Power Rankings Update
As premiered in issue two of the Check to the Head fanzine, the CttH Power Rankings are a guide to current form of the ten EIHL teams based losely around the same formula that FIFA use to determine that Scotland are the world's fourteenth best football team.
After the weekend's games it's not surprising to see the Caps slide further down the list as old memories of home victories over Hull and Sheffield were replaced by fresher ones of defeat.
Going the other way are Newcastle whose wins against strong Sheffield and Manchester sides have propelled them up the rankings. The Coventry Blaze sponsored #1 position is still held by the Coventry Blaze.
Full rankings:
Coventry 6.29
Manchester 4.75
Newcastle 3.62 +2
Sheffield 3.60 -1
Nottingham 3.26 -1
Basingstoke 2.93 +1
Hull 1.91 +1
Cardiff 1.14 +2
Belfast 1.11
Edinburgh 0.61 -4
After the weekend's games it's not surprising to see the Caps slide further down the list as old memories of home victories over Hull and Sheffield were replaced by fresher ones of defeat.
Going the other way are Newcastle whose wins against strong Sheffield and Manchester sides have propelled them up the rankings. The Coventry Blaze sponsored #1 position is still held by the Coventry Blaze.
Full rankings:
Coventry 6.29
Manchester 4.75
Newcastle 3.62 +2
Sheffield 3.60 -1
Nottingham 3.26 -1
Basingstoke 2.93 +1
Hull 1.91 +1
Cardiff 1.14 +2
Belfast 1.11
Edinburgh 0.61 -4
Monday 8 October 2007
Extrliga Update
RI Okna Zlín 2-7 HC Slavia Praha(0:2, 1:2, 1:3) - Some rumours circling that Petr Cajanek could make his way back to Zlín
29. Kubiš (Rachůnek), 51. Nosek
6. Bednář (Červenka), 19. Duda (Růžička), 30. Tomica (Hlavačka), 33. Bednář (Hlavačka), 41. Rataj, 47. Micka (Červenka), 50. Hruška (Žižka)
Bílí Tygři Liberec 5-2 HC Litvínov(2:1, 2:0, 1:1)
9. Kašpařík (Čermák), 18. Krstev (Hunkes), 27. Klimenta (Krstev), 38. Čermák (Pabiška), 57. Pabiška (Procházka)
7. Bahenský (Bednařík), 48. Trávníček (Benda)
HC Sparta Praha 1-4 HC Mountfield (1:1, 0:2, 0:1) Česko budějovice mean business this year
7. Sivek (Melichárek)
18. Hřebejk (Hudec), 27. Hudec (Toman), 29. Hřebejk (Šimánek), 54. Sailer
HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 2-0 HC Moeller Pardubice (0:0, 0:0, 2:0) - PCE Goalie Jan Lasak made his come back after injury and well the team need him to get back to his best straight away. I love Pardubice and hope they can move up the table to gain some respectability sometime soon.
44. Divíšek (Čakajík), 44. Důras (Benák)
HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 2-1 HC Energie Karlovy Vary (0:1, 1:0, 0:0 - 1:0) - SO
33. Janků (Vágner), 1. Zápočný
11. Grof (Zucker)
HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 4-2 HC Znojemští Orli (2:0, 2:1, 0:1)
17. Horna (Tenkrát), 20. Procházka M. (Bělohlav), 33. Ševc (Kalla), 35. Čurilla (Tenkrát) -
39. Meidl (Padělek), 47. Dopita (Chvátal)
1. HC MOUNTFIELD 8 31:16 21
2. HC Energie Karlovy Vary 8 30:14 20
3. HC Slavia Praha 8 34:23 19
4. HC Sparta Praha 8 25:15 18
5. Bílí Tygři Liberec 8 20:15 16
6. HC Oceláři Třinec 9 26:26 11
7. RI OKNA Zlín 7 20:26 11
8. HC Vítkovice Steel 9 23:24 10
9. HC Znojemští Orli 8 21:22 10
10. HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 8 25:31 9
11. HC Litvínov 8 22:28 8
12. HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 8 20:28 8
13. HC Moeller Pardubice 7 16:30 4
14. HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 8 16:31 3
29. Kubiš (Rachůnek), 51. Nosek
6. Bednář (Červenka), 19. Duda (Růžička), 30. Tomica (Hlavačka), 33. Bednář (Hlavačka), 41. Rataj, 47. Micka (Červenka), 50. Hruška (Žižka)
Bílí Tygři Liberec 5-2 HC Litvínov(2:1, 2:0, 1:1)
9. Kašpařík (Čermák), 18. Krstev (Hunkes), 27. Klimenta (Krstev), 38. Čermák (Pabiška), 57. Pabiška (Procházka)
7. Bahenský (Bednařík), 48. Trávníček (Benda)
HC Sparta Praha 1-4 HC Mountfield (1:1, 0:2, 0:1) Česko budějovice mean business this year
7. Sivek (Melichárek)
18. Hřebejk (Hudec), 27. Hudec (Toman), 29. Hřebejk (Šimánek), 54. Sailer
HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 2-0 HC Moeller Pardubice (0:0, 0:0, 2:0) - PCE Goalie Jan Lasak made his come back after injury and well the team need him to get back to his best straight away. I love Pardubice and hope they can move up the table to gain some respectability sometime soon.
44. Divíšek (Čakajík), 44. Důras (Benák)
HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 2-1 HC Energie Karlovy Vary (0:1, 1:0, 0:0 - 1:0) - SO
33. Janků (Vágner), 1. Zápočný
11. Grof (Zucker)
HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 4-2 HC Znojemští Orli (2:0, 2:1, 0:1)
17. Horna (Tenkrát), 20. Procházka M. (Bělohlav), 33. Ševc (Kalla), 35. Čurilla (Tenkrát) -
39. Meidl (Padělek), 47. Dopita (Chvátal)
1. HC MOUNTFIELD 8 31:16 21
2. HC Energie Karlovy Vary 8 30:14 20
3. HC Slavia Praha 8 34:23 19
4. HC Sparta Praha 8 25:15 18
5. Bílí Tygři Liberec 8 20:15 16
6. HC Oceláři Třinec 9 26:26 11
7. RI OKNA Zlín 7 20:26 11
8. HC Vítkovice Steel 9 23:24 10
9. HC Znojemští Orli 8 21:22 10
10. HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 8 25:31 9
11. HC Litvínov 8 22:28 8
12. HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 8 20:28 8
13. HC Moeller Pardubice 7 16:30 4
14. HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 8 16:31 3
Saturday 6 October 2007
Cingel All The Way
Capitals living legend and former MHC Martín forward Martin Cingel tonight received a gift from the supporters. Martin is now in his 6th season with the Capitals so for his loyalty to the club through the good and not so good times and for his all round brilliantness the fans decided to show their appreciation...
He also said to the CTTH team tonight that he hoped to be around Edinburgh for another five years. I hope so!
Cingel All The Way
He also said to the CTTH team tonight that he hoped to be around Edinburgh for another five years. I hope so!
Cingel All The Way
Tuesday 2 October 2007
Video Blog
VIDEO BLOG TIME!!!....
So four Youtube videos that should have appeared here yesterday but I was way to lazy to upload.
Capitals vs Cardiff - The Fights, well the parts of them. My reactions are getting slow in my old age.
And again...
And now some from the NHL games at the O2 Dome Game 1
Despite seeing the Stanley Cup champions play and Mr Kopitar ice, Marek Zidlicky remains the best skater I've seen.
So four Youtube videos that should have appeared here yesterday but I was way to lazy to upload.
Capitals vs Cardiff - The Fights, well the parts of them. My reactions are getting slow in my old age.
And again...
And now some from the NHL games at the O2 Dome Game 1
Despite seeing the Stanley Cup champions play and Mr Kopitar ice, Marek Zidlicky remains the best skater I've seen.
Monday 1 October 2007
Mid-Week Preview
Panthers vs Capitals 2/10/07
The first road trip of the new season could hardly be any harder than this mid-week double header. The Capitals will making the long journey down to Nottingham for a Tuesday night fixture before hitting the road again for a game against the Blaze the following night. Nottingham will be expected to take the points on home ice but hopefully we will have our young British players available so we should be at full strength too. Mid week games have proven to be a nightmare scenario for the Capitals in the past and these two games could prove to be yet another no-win situation for the team. Being positive though we have began the campaign well have been extremely competitive in our fixtures so far. I can't see the Panthers games being any different to what has gone before. We will be solid and difficult to score against. Christiansen will have us set up to hit on the break and will hope that we can take any chances that might come our way. The Panthers game will be another tester as to how far the team has come on since last season but if we are going to win a game on this trip a victory against the Panthers is more likely.
Capitals key-man: J.F Perras - a good result could rest on his shoulders
Panther key-man: Johan Molin - could control the flow of the game.
Blaze vs Capitals 3/10/07
The second fixture of the mid-week double header and it doesn't get any easier for the Capitals. The Blaze have been tipped by many to repeat their success of last season and if they want to do just that they will see the games against the Capitals as must win match ups. So going with that and the many times in the past the Caps have travelled to Coventry mid-week and came away with a thumping will inspire The Blaze. They will will be up for this game. We will have to match their hunger.The Caps will have had a tough absorbing encounter the night before so the players bodies won't be as fresh going into this match 24 hours later. We will hopefully have our three lines to role out to spread out the ice time. We will almost certainly have to keep things very tight at the back for the first twenty minutes or so or we could be on to a hiding. The players will need to really focus on the job that has to be done. We do have quality, experienced players and If each one of them can keep it steady on their shifts we could prove to be a thorn in the Blaze's side. We are capable of stealing something against Coventry this year. A win here would be a spectacular and an almost unbelievable result for the team. Think France vs Scotland. The rest of the league would certainly recognise the Capitals are force to stand up and take note of if we come away with the points.
Capitals key-man: Ryan Crane - A strong showing is a must
Blaze key-man: Curtis Huppe - Blaze's go to guy
The first road trip of the new season could hardly be any harder than this mid-week double header. The Capitals will making the long journey down to Nottingham for a Tuesday night fixture before hitting the road again for a game against the Blaze the following night. Nottingham will be expected to take the points on home ice but hopefully we will have our young British players available so we should be at full strength too. Mid week games have proven to be a nightmare scenario for the Capitals in the past and these two games could prove to be yet another no-win situation for the team. Being positive though we have began the campaign well have been extremely competitive in our fixtures so far. I can't see the Panthers games being any different to what has gone before. We will be solid and difficult to score against. Christiansen will have us set up to hit on the break and will hope that we can take any chances that might come our way. The Panthers game will be another tester as to how far the team has come on since last season but if we are going to win a game on this trip a victory against the Panthers is more likely.
Capitals key-man: J.F Perras - a good result could rest on his shoulders
Panther key-man: Johan Molin - could control the flow of the game.
Blaze vs Capitals 3/10/07
The second fixture of the mid-week double header and it doesn't get any easier for the Capitals. The Blaze have been tipped by many to repeat their success of last season and if they want to do just that they will see the games against the Capitals as must win match ups. So going with that and the many times in the past the Caps have travelled to Coventry mid-week and came away with a thumping will inspire The Blaze. They will will be up for this game. We will have to match their hunger.The Caps will have had a tough absorbing encounter the night before so the players bodies won't be as fresh going into this match 24 hours later. We will hopefully have our three lines to role out to spread out the ice time. We will almost certainly have to keep things very tight at the back for the first twenty minutes or so or we could be on to a hiding. The players will need to really focus on the job that has to be done. We do have quality, experienced players and If each one of them can keep it steady on their shifts we could prove to be a thorn in the Blaze's side. We are capable of stealing something against Coventry this year. A win here would be a spectacular and an almost unbelievable result for the team. Think France vs Scotland. The rest of the league would certainly recognise the Capitals are force to stand up and take note of if we come away with the points.
Capitals key-man: Ryan Crane - A strong showing is a must
Blaze key-man: Curtis Huppe - Blaze's go to guy
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