10) Bob Quinnell
(Fife Flyers 01-02 / Scottish Eagles 02-03) - I couldn't believe this guy was actually an import. He make the FIA stink even more than their old mable zamboni did. He only played a handful of games with both clubs which is a shame really, he should have been a Flyer for far longer.
I also remember him playing in the Caps 3-3 draw with the Eagles. He is mainly on this list because he scored the Eagles late equalising 3rd goal that night. I will never forgive him for it either. He took away what would have been one of the greatest Capitals victories of all time. Damn you Bob!!!!.... Oh and he had a shockingly bad 'curtains' style 'f'ro.
9) Mark Thompson
(Dundee Stars 03-04) - He was built like a challenger tank but had the speed, moves and game intelligence of your average farm yard cow. He was so unbelievably slow and I'm certain he's still on the ice pad at the DIA right now trying to get to the bench for a line change. It was also a match night fact that Thompson would be caught out of position at least three times. He was lucky the Stars had a strong offense to bail out the giant sloths ass.
8) Rob Simnor
(Edinburgh Capitals 01-02) - Sorry Rob but you sucked. The 4 games you played for us was 4 games to many!. I still respect you though.
7) Henrich Beutel
(Cardiff Devils 02-03) - Beutel signed for Cardiff after a spell in the Slovak Extraliga with the utterly amazing, god like team that is MHC Martín. He was a 3rd line forward at best for Martín and his stats proved it. When he came over here he probably thought ' ahh the UK, they know nothing of hockey I will be 'Da Master' in the UK '. Then he actually got here and realised 'hmm this league is a bit more physical than I expected, stuff that I'm outta here I have my soft skin to think about' and off he went just 12 games later back to sit on the bench at MHC Martín, who then kicked him out after 14 games.
6) Clint Owen
(Paisley Pirates / Hull Thunder 01-02) - Owen was brought over to the UK by Paisley to replace their departed netminder Jaako Suomalainen, that was a mistake! He was a complete dud. I remember him posing away as if there was a whole section of photographers at Murrayfield just for him. The truth being one kid sitting with a disposable camera. He was the kind of goalie that would look down at the ice so he could see himself making a save, he would also be having a look to make sure his teeth were still sparkling white and that his hair was still looking good under his helmet. He'd spend the intervals with a tub of brylcreem and a full length mirror just so he could see himself pulling off the wink and gun smile pose.
5) Jeff Trembecky
(Newcastle Vipers, Fife Flyers, MK Kings 02-03) - Jeff just wouldn't shup up during games, he'd be giving lip every second of every match-up. I remember seeing him at a highly non exciting Flyers v Vipers pre-season game, the game couldn't mean much less but he ranted off at everything and everone. Even when the rest of the UK's population had stopped listening their was Jeff nag, nag, nagging away. He did the exact same later on in the season this time at a Flyers vs MK Kings game. He was a King by that time. So it is no surprise really that he signed up for three BNL teams in about a months worth of play. He was pants at BNL level.
4) Jeremy Cornish
(London Racers 04-06, Newcastle Vipers 05-07) - Goon, Goon, Goon!. Can't skate, can't pass, can't shoot. CAN find the penalty box, can sit down for lots of the game, can sign for any team that isn't the Caps!
3) Jim Vickers
(London Racers 04-05, Edinburgh Capitals 05-06) - Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim
2) Dan Currie
(Hull Thunder 02-03) - Dan made Rik Waller look slim during his 5 games for the original
" Dirty, Dirty Thunder ". He was in fact partly responsible for that chants creation in a game where I ran out of space filling in the match penalty details. Damn you Hull!. If I could be arsed I would look out that games programme just to see how many penalties he actually took that night. I know for a fact that hockeydb's stats on him are wrong. He had to have more than 5 PiMs during his time with Hull. Dan ' I eat lots of ' Currie has to be one of my favourite rubbish players to ever pull on skates here in the UK. He was well past his best when arrived in the BNL but he well and truly left his mark on the British game.
1) David Trofimenkoff
( Lots of British teams 99-05) - Tops of the flops!. The Sieve with the most holes. The goalie that couldn't make saves. The worst import I have ever seen and unfortunately for me skated for the Capitals. Up in Dundee after he had just finished a season with the Stars he skated over to the Capitals fans at the D.I.A and started applauding us. I was suspicious of his motives right away. Why was he doing this?. Sarcasm? as his team had just destroyed the Caps or was it for another reason?. Did he want to make a good 1st impression on the fans?. Hmmm, hmmm I was scared. All was soon revealed and so it came to be, David Trofimenkoff signed for the Capitals and would be our netminder for the 04-05 season. I was almost happy when that season ended.
Trofi couldn't cover his angles, he forgot he had a glove to catch pucks with and he thought his stick was for holding himself up. He also had a thing for charging out his nets like a mad man possessed. He was to emotional between the pipes. We needed him to keep calm, get himself together and to keep his focus but that just wasn't his style of play. He was shockingly poor for the Capitals so much so I wanted a Crossland brother back between the Caps net. Worst netminder ever, made Danny Lorenz look like a genius!.
I also have some special mentions for Fifes Dreu Volk, Fifes Scott Hay and Fifes Steve Briere ;o)
1,2,3 you SUCK!!!
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