Possible fights SPHL 11/29/08

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Numbers will be updated tomorrow.


Huntsville Havoc (15) at Columbus Cottonmouths (21) 7:30 PM ET - Preview
HSV: Rob Stanfield (3)(waived), Travis Kauffeldt (2), Bill McCreary (2), Patrick Doherty (1), Frank Furdero (1)(traded), Tim Hockley (1), Chad Jones (1)(waived), Martin Kubaliak (1), Jonathan Lounsbury (1), Mike O'Sullivan (1), Jeff Winchester (1)
COL: Dan Leslie (9), Mike George (2), Ryan McCarthy (2), Daryl Moor (2)(waived), Will Barlow (1), Tim Green (1), Brad Patterson (1), Jason Schulz (1), Craig Stahl (1), Chris Stubel (1), Tyler Johnson



Knoxville Ice Bears (15) at Fayetteville FireAntz (10) 7:35 PM ET - Preview
KNX: Caleb Moffat (3)(IR), Jared Siganuk (3), Travis Martell (2), Sean Cryer (1), Frank Furdero (1), Kyle Lundale (1), Ryan Moore (1), Shaun Norrie (1), B.J. Pelkey (1), Phil Sbrocchi (1)(waived)
FAY: Paul Yovanic (5)(waived), Dan Buccella (3), Jeff Genovy (1), Matt Ruberto (1), Corey Hessler, Rob Sich



Twin City Cyclones (18) at Richmond Renegades (11) 7:35 PM ET - Preview
TCC: Mark Black (7)(waived), Ryan Bartle (3), Matt Cosmos (3)(waived), Phil Sbrocchi (2), Taylor Hustead (1), Allan Sirois (1), Russell Smith (1), Jim Jensen, Brady Heintz, Don Melnyk, Ben Manny
RIC: Brett Needham (5), Chase Tippin (2)(waived), Justin Joy (1), Tom Kotsopoulos (1)(team suspension), Clay Lewis (1), Dan Vandermeer (1)(IR)

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SPHL fights for 11/29

Huntsville Havoc vs. Columbus Cottonmouths

Mike O'Sullivan vs. Ryan McCarthy

Knoxville Ice Bears vs. Fayetteville Fireantz

Shaun Norrie vs. Craig Geerlinks

Twin City Cyclones vs. Richmond Renegades

Ryan Bartle vs. Matt Withers

[RiverDogs]

withers vs bartle
kubalik threw a hit on falco and bartle wanted a dance partner. so he and withers line up, the ref holds onto the puck forever and then off goes the gloves and helmets. bartle races in and withers tags him a few times, bartle and withers then went back and forth in a good fight landing nice ones. withers landed some bombs late it looked like. probably a draw, was hoping for more but no dice. bartle left the penalty box and got an extra 10.

refs blew the whistle every minute for something, so many penalties were called. more on twc, refs wouldn't let em play. looked like twc got away with a plenty of cheap shots, especially dunbar the goalie. gades played sluggish till the 3rd and got the w.


i saw needham in the crowd, didn't look hurt so i am not sure why he wasn't in. senft was on crutches, his leg had a brace on it. i saw dan vandermeer with his kids, looked fine and was using the right arm- hopefully he'll be back soon.

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Originally Posted by RiverDogs

withers vs bartle
kubalik threw a hit on falco and bartle wanted a dance partner. so he and withers line up, the ref holds onto the puck forever and then off goes the gloves and helmets. bartle races in and withers tags him a few times, bartle and withers then went back and forth in a good fight landing nice ones. withers landed some bombs late it looked like. probably a draw, was hoping for more but no dice. bartle left the penalty box and got an extra 10.

refs blew the whistle every minute for something, so many penalties were called. more on twc, refs wouldn't let em play. looked like twc got away with a plenty of cheap shots, especially dunbar the goalie. gades played sluggish till the 3rd and got the w.


i saw needham in the crowd, didn't look hurt so i am not sure why he wasn't in. senft was on crutches, his leg had a brace on it. i saw dan vandermeer with his kids, looked fine and was using the right arm- hopefully he'll be back soon.

agree the fight was a draw. but Withers did land one puch that made Bartles hair stand on end, looked like the footage of Pace's hair when he fought Segal, but Bartle managed to not look fazed and continued on.

somehow i missed the whole thing with Falco, he got a misconduct and left the ice hurt if i saw things correctly, would like to know what caused both. but i thought this moment defined the rest of the game, but just wish i saw what started it. from there on out TC fell apart and were losing discipline, still had the lead and would continue to for most of the game, but most of thier game was played a bit reckless after this as they could not stay out of the box, i know the seat never got cold. didn't think it was bad officiating either, the ref had to make the calls he did as it was obvious penalities TC was commiting. look at that as being the key to the win, Richmond using a goalie that really i feel, including myself, that many are unsure of and would have to protect the net as a team more so than usual. so in meaning they couldn't afford to be getting any bad penalities, and they did a good job of it. when it looked like TC was going to walk away with a win early on and they started commiting one penalty after another, can only think they were trying to shake Richmond from playing a straight game and lure them into a chaotic style of game that TC would win considering Richmonds situation. why TC continued this style when it was obvious and they were losing thier grip on the game is beyond me. if they had settled down and stopped trying to shake Richmond and just played, i think TC would have had an easy win.

Needham has been a healthy scratch two nights in a row, don't know why, but i don't like seeing that. wonder if he is still on good terms with Goudie and Harvie, because they sure do open the door fast if they aren't getting along with someone.

hopefully from what i heard, Senfts injury is a sprain and will be back soon, still waiting for Dan's return. also have to think the Renegades are pretty much in position to go ahead and make a trade if they want. team looks pretty solid all around IMO except for goal tending. Senft i can see still keeping as the starter, but not so sure about Luker as the back up. but my hats off to him for keeping us in the games and allowing the team to pull out the wins this past two games.

[RiverDogs]

falco got a knee to knee or something in that area from kubaliak, and layed on the ice there mouthing off to the ref. i guess he wanted a penalty called and of course there was none. bartle wanted to fight rollins there, and they mouthed off a bunch. yeah, withers landed some good shots and yeah bartles hair stood up. when bartle left the penalty box, he was after rollins again.

luker gave up to many rebounds, he cyclones pretty much handed the game to us with all the penalties but the gades really couldn't get going till the 3rd.

i hope needham isn't in the doghouse. he seemed happy in the crowd

[RiverDogs]

looks like we're stuck with luker for the year, senft is out for season with a torn acl

[richdawg81]

i hope we are not stuck with luker for the rest of the year. i agree he gives us way too many rebounds and he comes way to far out of the net and gets caught out of position alot. i would love to see goose but he is starting now in oklahoma city with their top goalie hurt and doing a great job. does anyone know where aj bucchino is? i thought he played well for us last year and last time i saw he was in the echl but i dont think he had played. im also really frustrated with what is goin on with kubaliak. i thought he would improve our defense trememdously and now he says that we dont need him and that our d is too good? im lost!?! the defense is playing better of late but i thought it was with jozef that we looked better, especially with him and withers paired

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Originally Posted by richdawg81

i hope we are not stuck with luker for the rest of the year. i agree he gives us way too many rebounds and he comes way to far out of the net and gets caught out of position alot. i would love to see goose but he is starting now in oklahoma city with their top goalie hurt and doing a great job. does anyone know where aj bucchino is? i thought he played well for us last year and last time i saw he was in the echl but i dont think he had played. im also really frustrated with what is goin on with kubaliak. i thought he would improve our defense trememdously and now he says that we dont need him and that our d is too good? im lost!?! the defense is playing better of late but i thought it was with jozef that we looked better, especially with him and withers paired

i just saw Bucchino the other day on HDB and he is still in the ECHL with Utah, but from what i can gather, he is third string at that, hasn't played yet at least this year and didn't get much time last year either. would be nice to see him come back.

and Kubaliak, disgusted. i also was looking foward to him joining the team. when they made the trade for him and his brother for Melynk, i thought it was a pretty good trade even though Melynk has been one of my favorite players the past three years. but i was thinking of what a solid defense we were going to have. now that whole trade has been a bust and Melynk is leading TC in points. not blaming Harvie or Goudie for making the trade, like i said, i liked it at the time but it sure went down the tubes from the get go. hopefully we can get some kind of decent trade with him, maybe with Huntsville since that's where he probally would like to go to be with his brother.

[RiverDogs]

if luker cuts down the rebounds i think he'd do fine. you know i noticed on staurday in the 3rd period that kubaliak didn't get a shift, i don't remember seeing him out there much of the 2nd either. i looked foward to him being on the club but his attitude isn't good and i reckon they'll trade him, i guess he doesn't want to be a renegade. i hope needham is back in this weekend.