Devils 4 – 3 Clan After a couple of weeks without meaningful competition at home, the game tonight had the making of a good contest. Last time we had the Hendrikx grudge to witness, and there was some added grievances in the shape of Rosehill and Bordeleau carry over from…
Devils 5 – 3 Storm The Devils qualified for the Challenge Cup quarter finals on Friday, when Coventry lost, which made this a largely meaningless game. Victory would ensure they played Dundee rather than Belfast, so there was some motivation, but these secondary incentives are hardly the substance of rousing…
Devils 5 – 2 Giants This represented the 6th win in a row for the Devils. After their early season, mostly Cup related, blip they have found their form. Last night they won away in Manchester while Nottingham lost, so tonight represented a chance to strengthen their lead at the…
This post enables me to combine two of my blogs in one – ice hockey and cinema. If ever I complete the triumvirate with educational technology in one post, it is probably like completing the Tower of Hanoi and signals end of days. We went to a Cardiff screening of…
Devils 5 – 2 Capitals This game was delayed initially by the late arrival of the Caps, then there was the retirement of Brad Voth’s number 26 jersey. This was nicely handled with former players in presence (in town for the Matzka Charity match on Tuesday), and the current team…
Devils 4 – 5 Steelers Prior to the game the Devils aired a video for the You Can Play project (the first European team to join the campaign against homophobia I believe). This was great to see, and credit to the team and management for joining. On to the game…
Devils 2 – 3 Coventry (OT) This was billed as the big Bordeleau revenge bout, after Klotz had sticked him from the bench two weeks ago. The narrative we all had in mind was they would go straight from the start, Bordeleau would win the fight, and then emboldened, the…
Devils 1 – 3 Panthers Last night’s win away in Belfast was more significant than this Cup game, so there was a certain indifference to the result tonight. Which was just as well as the Devils performance was lacklustre. A freak goal from Richardson out by the boards, which was…
Devils 6 – 3 Blaze I’ve written already about my admiration for the gritty, oh-so-very-Danny-Stewart nature of this year’s Blaze team. The game started at a frenetic pace, a Fournier slip (again) led to a Blaze shot pinging off the post, and then a slicing pass through saw a Martin…
Devils 6 – 1 Fife Flyers Last night the Devils lost 1-0 away to Panthers, despite having most of the pressure, and outshooting them in the 2nd Period 15-1. It left many Devils frustrated because there was a perceived lack of aggression, and urgency about their play. A primary source…
