On the Road. Melbourne Saturday then Adelaide Sunday
The Ice Dogs season is underway starting this Saturday on the road against the Melbourne Ice. The Ice Dogs will make history as this will be the first AIHL game played at the new Docklands Ice Arena. Melbourne will be looking for redemption after 2 losses on the road against the Newcastle Northstars and the Penrith Bears last weekend. With a sellout crowd predicted, The “Ice” have a lot to get motivated about.
“We had a really great tempo at Thursday nights skate and everyone is looking pretty sharp, so we can’t wait to get this [2010] season underway” says Ice Dogs forward Chris Sekura. A tempo that the Dogs will need to continue to set a tone for when Melbourne comes to town May 16th.
This Weekends Line up
Forwards
Derek Campbell (Import)
Chris Sekura
Andrew DeCristoforo (Import)
Scott Herbert
Todd Stephenson
Brenton Tripp (Rookie)
Scott Stephenson
Matt Monaghan (Import)
Adam Culligan
Billy Cliff
Defence
Andrew White
Chad Elliot (Import)
Tomas Manco
David Dunwoodie
Anthony Wilson
Shannon McGregor
In Goal
Jim Herbert
Dogs face defending champs on their home turf this Sunday
The very next Sunday morning the Dogs will be on a flight to Adelaide to face the defending champs in their home opener. “This weekend presents a couple of challenges for the playing group as we face two teams hungry to impress their home crowds so the boys will need to gel quickly” admits Assistant Coach Dion Dunwoodie. “It won’t be easy but I think the guys can make it happen this weekend”.
This weekend marks the beginning of a four game road stint before the Dogs finally play their first home game May 15th vs the revitalised Penrith Bears.
May 1st, 2010 at 9:58 am
good luck boys.. bring back 2 wins b4 we go to canberra..
May 1st, 2010 at 3:50 pm
lets go doggies. 2 wins to starts the seaaon off.
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:31 am
been to the bears two home games boys,we might have a bit of a fight on our hands with them this year,they seem to have gained some never say die attitude
very fluid in their play and with a come from behind to equalize game they seem to have packed their “A” game
till they roll up to the “dog pound” that is……………
May 2nd, 2010 at 6:56 pm
oooohhh no,is it true?, we lost in a shootout tonight?
sounds like you guys need some on the road support for away games…so this is it,whose coming to canberra and newcastle with some of us?
guys someone needs to find out if we need to book tix for these games,dan,cam rally them up,looks like we got ourselves a convoy
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:38 am
Unlucky the guys went down in a shoot out but we got a point I guess
you guys will go better with the support of the fans
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Always helps to have support on the road. Richard came up to Melbourne and was up against a crowd of 1,300. Wasn’t the best start to the season but we have a good team and are building with each game.
This week we have a full team for our practices to help things gel and address last weekends games. Looking forward to having you there in Canberra
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:37 pm
scotty, dan and i had free flights to melb on sat but could not get a flight home sat night without having to pay a little extra( i guess they werent really free then) that on the other hand staying o/night in melb could have been very dangerous for our health(livers),so we pulled the pin,but def be in canberra and newey this weekend
GO THE DOGS