The Hockey Thread - Page 5

**blazes** · May 18th, 2016, 06:23 PM

The quartelfinals are on tomorrow . Any thoughts who will win this time?

I'd put my money on the Finns again. Their win against Canada yesterday was quite impressive.

**tsunamiSD** · May 19th, 2016, 04:26 PM

Unfortunately, the team crashed out of the playoffs, but still not too bad for a first year team ravaged by injuries and call-ups by the parent team. Here is what is probably the last story on the team's first year - the paper version has the title FLOCK SEES GULLS THRIVE IN YEAR 1

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Dallas Eakins remembers the first regular-season game. Ari Segal remembers the last.
Eakins, the coach of the Gulls, remembers that night, Oct. 10, when the sold-out crowd ate and drank the Valley View Casino Center dry and fog coated the ice like a thick cloud as the Gulls won their first game back in San Diego since 2006.
“It was just an incredible night to start the season,” Eakins said in a phone interview on Tuesday. A night, he said, that set the tone for the rest of the Gulls’ season, which ended Saturday with a 2-1 road loss to the Ontario Reign in the second round of the Calder Cup playoffs.
Segal, the team’s president of business operations, remembers the final game of the regular season: an electric 3-2 home win over the rival Reign in front of 11,705 fans.
“Every single reason why we did this,” Segal said in a phone interview, “came to life that night.

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The Gulls drew an average of 8,675 fans to home games, which was the second highest in the league. And during their roughest stretch of the season, the fans did not abandon them; they did the opposite.
“Our fan support in second to none in the league,” Eakins said.
And this support took several forms: going to games, sure, but also coordinating watch parties, organizing a large Facebook group, showing up before 5 a.m. in the parking lot of Valley View to send the team off to its first playoff series. These, Segal said, created the type of community that usually takes years, generations, to build.
“The degree of success, the level of passion of the fans — certainly a surprise,” he said.
This raises an important question: Why did San Diego embrace the Gulls so fervently? Segal pointed to the diversity of its residents and the “history and tradition” of the Gulls throughout its history. The team also filled an important vacuum in the sports schedule, and it was winning when the city’s other professional sports teams were not.

**sledge** · May 22nd, 2017, 08:20 AM

Tre Kronor Takes Gold
Russia captures bronze

**sledge** · June 8th, 2018, 08:14 AM

Tre Kronor golden again!
Bronze for Team USA

**sledge** · June 8th, 2018, 08:15 AM

Washington’s wait is over

**sledge** · May 27th, 2019, 07:13 AM

Finns repeat in Slovakia
Russia shoots down Czechs for bronze

**tygrkhat40** · May 27th, 2019, 01:40 PM

No Calder Cup repeat this year. The defending champion Toronto Marlies were eliminated last night by the Charlotte Checkers 4 games to 2. Charlotte will face the winner of the Chicago Wolves-San Diego Gulls series, which the Wolves lead, 3-2, for the 2019 Calder Cup title.

**george anson** · June 1st, 2019, 06:15 PM

Following Russia at international level for as long as I can remember it was a disappointing bronze at the WC. However even at fifteen years of age Matvei Michkov of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl looks like he will be the next big star out of Russia. He is demolishing scoring records set by the likes of Ovechkin, Malkin and making high draft picks this year like Podkolzin look ordinary.

However Team GB lifted my spirits as it is my team and it has been a long while indeed since it competed in the top division. To go into the reasons why Denmark is now turning out NHL level players while we just have one draftee and a seventh round one at that in Liam Kirk (Peterborough Petes OHL) is rather involved.

Suffice to say IHUK cannot get the owners and different league bodies to work together. Clubs would still rather import players and limit ice time to British kids. There are insufficient rinks and ice time if available is given over to skating. Only Nottingham and Sheffield have dedicated arenas and any junior programmes of note.

The standard of coaching is not great either. However there a couple of academies set up by Okanagan which give full time schooling along with after hours hockey every day and kids from this have emerged into the u18 team recently.

Also British players seem reluctant to try their luck abroad. Ben Bowns the Cardiff netminder was stellar in this tournament and I have felt could always played at a higher level than the EIHL ie the Allsvenskan or DEL.

GB needed to beat France who were minus Auvitu and Roussell and were 3-0 down at one point but came back to win 4-3 in overtime. I doubt we will stay up next year but the support was superb. It is a pity the BBC barely gave any coverage on the website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLbouxdHj3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW_5hrSSsXI

**sledge** · June 13th, 2019, 01:21 PM

Blues win Stanley Cup for first time

**george anson** · June 15th, 2019, 03:59 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtypUjxv2mk

Seattle will join in 2021 with an expansion draft and a new arena. The NHL draft is up and coming and as usual there will be a few surprise movers.

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george anson Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Watford Posts: 8,749 Thanks: 21,772 Thanked 293,432 Times in 8,926 Posts	Following Russia at international level for as long as I can remember it was a disappointing bronze at the WC. However even at fifteen years of age Matvei Michkov of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl looks like he will be the next big star out of Russia. He is demolishing scoring records set by the likes of Ovechkin, Malkin and making high draft picks this year like Podkolzin look ordinary. However Team GB lifted my spirits as it is my team and it has been a long while indeed since it competed in the top division. To go into the reasons why Denmark is now turning out NHL level players while we just have one draftee and a seventh round one at that in Liam Kirk (Peterborough Petes OHL) is rather involved. Suffice to say IHUK cannot get the owners and different league bodies to work together. Clubs would still rather import players and limit ice time to British kids. There are insufficient rinks and ice time if available is given over to skating. Only Nottingham and Sheffield have dedicated arenas and any junior programmes of note. The standard of coaching is not great either. However there a couple of academies set up by Okanagan which give full time schooling along with after hours hockey every day and kids from this have emerged into the u18 team recently. Also British players seem reluctant to try their luck abroad. Ben Bowns the Cardiff netminder was stellar in this tournament and I have felt could always played at a higher level than the EIHL ie the Allsvenskan or DEL. GB needed to beat France who were minus Auvitu and Roussell and were 3-0 down at one point but came back to win 4-3 in overtime. I doubt we will stay up next year but the support was superb. It is a pity the BBC barely gave any coverage on the website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLbouxdHj3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW_5hrSSsXI

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