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NEW ZEALAND ICE HOCKEY
IN THE NEWS
2012
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27/09/2012 -
www.odt.co.nz
Stampede Secure Home Final.
The Southern Stampede will play
its first home final in two
weeks' time after beating the
Canterbury Red Devils in a
double header over the weekend.
The two matches, won by the
Stampede 6-5 and 6-2 on Friday
and Saturday nights
respectively, have taken the
Stampede to an eight-match
winning streak and coach Steve
Reid hopes to take the season's
tally to nine to win the
National Ice Hockey League in
front of a home crowd..
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15/08/2012
Canterbury Red Devils book NZIHL
final spot
The
Canterbury Red Devils have won
through to the final of the New
Zealand Ice Hockey League but
are yet to confirm if they will
host the event. Five goals from
New Zealand representative Chris
Eaden at the Alpine Ice Arena
ensured the Devils dominated the
Dunedin Thunder 9-4 in the
second leg of a home
double-header last weekend. It
ensured they also retained the
Toa Kauhanga Riri Tio trophy
which is the ice hockey
equivalent of rugby's Ranfurly
Shield for provincial rivalry.
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5/08/2012
Swedish Ice
Hockey Coaches impressed with
development of Ice Hockey in NZ
Top Swedish
coaches Björn Pettersson and Ulf
Hall spent three weeks in New
Zealand, coaching players and
running coaching clinics coaches
in the Auckland, Canterbury and
Southern regions. Paul Harrison
had the opportunity to chat with
Ulf Hall before he and Björn
flew home to Sweden, and find
out how the inaugural trip to
New Zealand went.
Read Pauls report here.....
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16/07/2012 -
www.iihf.com
Women's hockey world comes
together in Finland
VIERUMÄKI – If you're curious
about the future of women’s
hockey, you should be at
Vierumäki, Finland, where over
200 athletes, and over a hundred
staff members, have gathered for
a week, to participate in five
development programs.
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15/06/2012 -
www.times.co.nz
Ice hockey's log of wood
THE code
that lays claim to North
America’s oldest trophy, the
Stanley Cup, has unveiled one of
New Zealand’s newest sporting
prizes.
The five New
Zealand Ice Hockey League
(NZIHL) clubs will compete for
challenge trophy Toa Kauhanga
Riri Tio, Maori for “champions
of the ice battlefield”, during
holder’s Sunday home games in
the regular season.
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10/07/2012
Trans Tasman Challenge League
wrap up report.
So the Trans Tasman Champions
League was wrapped up Sunday
night after two days of fun
filled hockey, which gave us a
few surprises as well as the
more common thing people have
become accustomed to, the Ice
winning more trophies.
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6/07/2012 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm face Aussie Best
WITH results
in the New Zealand Ice Hockey
League (NZIHL) not going to
plan, defending champions Botany
Swarm now have the best of
Australia to contend with.
More...
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5/07/2012 -
www.iihf.com
A Kiwi (Paris Heyd) in Paris
DUNEDIN, New Zealand – Paris
Heyd’s venture into European ice
hockey has raised his
expectations and made him a
potential super star of the
sport in New Zealand. He was a
talented New Zealand ice hockey
player before his seven-month
stint with the Cergy-Pontoise
Jokers in France.
More....
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09/05/2012
Book your tickets to Melbourne
now for the inaugural Trans
Tasman Hockey League featuring
the winner and runner-up from
last years New Zealand and
Australian Ice Hockey Leaques.
Games are on 7-8 July 2012 at
the Medibank Icehouse in
Melbourne.
Full event information including
draw, accomodation, transport
and ticketing can be found here.
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02/09/2012 -
www.odt.co.nz
Thunder struck it lucky with
coach.
Dunedin ice hockey players are
in for a major boost with the
appointment of Janos Kaszala as
the Dunedin Thunder coach.
The 34-year-old former
Hungarian representative said he
was approached at a secondary
schools tournament in Dunedin
last year, and asked if he would
be interested in coaching the
Thunder and running its
development programmes.
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24/01/2012 -
www.iihf.com
From the
Beach to the Ice Rink
U20 Division III a
special experience for teams and
organisers
DUNEDIN, New Zealand – Dr Barrie
Berkeley had a vision. He wanted
to build an ice rink in Dunedin,
a city in the southern parts of
New Zealand. He was a Canadian
who came to Dunedin to lecture
at the University of Otago
Medical School in the early
1970s.
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22/01/2012
Youth athletes finish Games with
11 top twenty finishes
First Ever Youth Winter
Olympic Games Come to a close
for New Zealand athletes.
New Zealand’s top winter
youth athletes have finished the
first Youth Olympic Winter Games
with eleven top ten finishes and
a critical insight into elite
level multi-sport event and what
it means to be an Olympic
athlete. Top Kiwi performer Callum
Burns who recorded a fourth
place in ice-hockey skills (14)
led the team into the closing
ceremony that took place after
ten days of world class sporting
competition and cultural and
educational activities.
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17/01/2012 -
www.iihf.com
Hockey skills challenge takes off
INNSBRUCK – For the first time
in Olympic history, a hockey
skills challenge competition was
held as an Olympic medal event.
Players from around the world
competed in the opening
Qualification phase in skills
like skating, stick handling,
puck control, skating agility,
as well as shooting strength and
accuracy in front of a crowd of
621 spectators at the 2012
Winter Youth Olympic Games in
Innsbruck.
More...
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12/01/2012 -
www.odt.co.nz
Dreams of national honours now
reality
When Regan Wilson began playing
ice hockey seven years ago, he
never dreamed one day he would
be playing for the New Zealand
under-20 team and be a member of
the Ice Blacks at the same time. More ...
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2011
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20/12/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Otago names to fore in youth
team
Otago athletes make up more than
half the New Zealand team picked
to attend the inaugural Youth
Olympic Winter Games next month. More ...
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02/11/2011
The inaugural Youth Olympic
Winter Games will take place in
less than three months’ time and
New Zealand will be well
represented. New Zealand’s first athletes
selected to the 2012 Winter
Youth Olympic Team will be part
of this exciting new event which
will see over 1,000 of the
world's best 14-18 year olds
contest all winter Olympic
sports.
Thirteen of New Zealand’s
finest young winter talent have
been named into the team and a
further two are expected to join
the Team as qualifications
continue until mid-December.
Among the athletes named are
Olivia Thomson (biathlon), David
Weyer (curling), Eleanor
Adviento (curling), Kelsi Heath
(curling) Luke Steele (curling),
Callum Burns (ice hockey),
Libby-Jean Hay (ice hockey),
Beau-James Wells (freeski),
Hamish Bagley (snowboard), Harry
Izard-Price (alpine), Piera
Hudson (alpine), Samantha Poots
(freeski) and Tim Herbert
(snowboard).
More....
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06/09/2011 - www.iihf.com
Melbourne's icing on the cake.
Australia, New Zealand celebrate
champs, join together for TTCL.
MELBOURNE/AUCKLAND – Melbourne
Ice in Australia and the Botany
Swarm in New Zealand defended
their titles as the hockey
season in the southern
hemisphere came to an end.
More...
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04/09/2011
Ice Hockey
(Australia) shoots, and scores
It will be
standing room only at the
Melbourne Icehouse
for the
Australian Ice Hockey
League Goodall Cup
finals this weekend. Not a big
deal, you might say, in a venue
that holds only 1000 seats.
But until
two years ago, to watch the
Melbourne Ice battle Newcastle,
Sydney and Adelaide teams for
the national title, you would
have been travelling to a grungy
suburban outpost to sit with
maybe a couple of hundred
diehards.
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31/08/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm secure fourth title
The skilful and stylish Botany
Swarm have maintained their
national dominance by collecting
their fourth New Zealand Ice
Hockey League championship title
in seven years.
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29/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Stampede beaten but proud
Southern Stampede coach Stephen
Reid is still a proud and
pleased man. He saw no reason to be too
despondent after seeing his side
beaten by the Botany Swarm in
the national ice hockey league
final in Auckland on Saturday
night. More ...
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24/08/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm chase fourth title
THE Botany Swarm have all the
motivation to succeed when
skating for their fourth
national ice hockey league title
in five years in this Saturday’s
grand final at home.
It’s all about pride. The
Swarm are looking to build on an
impressive league record over
the past half-decade, and Botany
produces more players than any
of the other four league clubs
that go on to represent New
Zealand at international level
for the Ice Blacks.
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20/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Losing Ice Blacks give improved
performance
New Zealand was beaten but not
disgraced when it went down to
Australia in ice hockey for the
second time yesterday. The
strong Australian team completed
a clean sweep of the Winter
Games when it beat New Zealand
4-1 in a tightly fought final at
the Dunedin Ice Stadium.
More...
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18/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Third-period blitz key to NZ
victory
It was blitzkrieg attack by the
Ice Blacks in the third period
when they scored five goals to
beat China 8-3 last night at the
Dunedin Ice Stadium.
More...
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17/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
China arriving late for opening
game
The winter weather has disrupted
the China Ice Hockey team travel
plans.
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23/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Time spent in NZ everything
expected - and more
Dunedin Thunder import player J
Bertrand comments on his season
in the NZIHL league.
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08/08/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm
abuzz about final.
Swarm
captain Andrew Hay says the
competition and standard of play
in the league has increased and
improved this year, because of
the “higher level of imports
[foreign-born players] spread
through the teams, and local
players are all wiser, older,
bigger and stronger”.
More...
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03/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Paris lured to team in France
Dunedin Thunder player Paris
Heyd has signed a one year deal
with a division 1 team in
France.
More....
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01/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Swarm completes double over
Thunder
With import forward Yvan
Kernis having returned to France
to trial for a Magnes team, the
side missing two of its three
goalies through injury, and
having to face the top team in
the national league, the odds
were stacked against the Thunder
at the Dunedin Ice Stadium on
Saturday.
More....
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15/07/2011 -
www.stuff.co.nz
Admirals look to get one over
the Swarm
It has been a rough season
for ice hockey's West Auckland
Admirals but the squad is hoping
to change its fortunes against
rivals Botany Swarm this
weekend. The Admirals will face the
Swarm in a double-header at
Botany Paradice on Saturday and
Sunday. Both matches start at
5pm.
More...
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9/06/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm
take an early lead
THE Botany
Swarm have a commanding lead in
the New Zealand Ice Hockey
League (NZIHL) after three
weekends of double-header
clashes.
The 2010
league champions have pushed
their record for this season to
four wins and two losses,
following their 9-3 and 12-3
defeats of the Dunedin Thunder
last Saturday and Sunday, June 4
and 5, at Paradice Arena,
Botany. This weekend, June 11
and 12, the Swarm have a tricky
two-match programme away at
Avondale against West Auckland
Admirals, the side they defeated
in last year’s championship
final.
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25/05/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm blow away Devils.
REIGNING
national club ice hockey
champions the Botany Swarm are
off to a flying start in the
defence of their crown. The Swarm
opened this year’s NZ Ice Hockey
League (NZIHL) with a
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23/05/2011 -
www.press.co.nz
Canterbury
Red Devils Stalled.
The Canterbury Red Devils ice
hockey team went from hero to
zero in the space of 24 hours in
the opening rounds of the
national league at the Alpine
Arena at the weekend.....more.
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13/04/2011 -
www.stuff.co.nz
Kiwi ice women run hot on the
world stage
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11/04/2011 -
www.3news.co.nz
Ice Blacks record
best finish ever.
Article &
Video
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11/04/2011 -
www.iihf.com
Mighty Roos win gold. New
Zealand was the surprise
success. Ice Blacks captain
Corey Downs retires from
International Hockey.
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10/04/2011 -
www.iihf.com
New Zealand’s hockey warrior. Ice
Blacks’ Maori captain (Corey Down)
leads the way in quest for respect.
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04/04/2010 -
The Southland Times
Southerners help Kiwi team to
gold medal at Champs
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04/04/2011 -
www.iihf.com
Ice Fernz triumph in Iceland. New
Zealand’s women win Division IV
first time.
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29/03/2011 -
www.nzherald.co.nz
Ice Hockey thriller on giant
takeaway rink.
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23/03/2011 -
www.press.co.nz
International hockey match to go
ahead.
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18/03/2011 -
www.3news.co.nz
Heat is on to secure Ice Blacks
spots.
Article &
Video
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04/03/2010 -
www.stuff.co.nz
New Zealand to host Ice Hockey
showdown
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24/02/2011 -
www.3news.co.nz
Ice Blacks aiming high at
international comp.
Article &
Video
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10/02/2011 -
www.scene.co.nz
New
Ice Blacks recruit (Mitchell
Frear) wasn't expecting call-up
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2010
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22/12/2010 -
www.press.co.nz
Kaszala, Lewis to coach Canty
Red Devils
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01/09/2010 -
www.3news.co.nz
Swarm
vs Admirals in NZ Ice Hockey
Final. Article & Video
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22/08/2010 -
www.iihf.com
Botany Swarm claims third New Zealand
crown.
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07/08/2010 -
The Southland Times
Ice win kicks off competition
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28/06/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm sink the struggling
Admirals.
GONE are the days when New
Zealanders’ regular sports diet
consisted of rugby, league,
football, netball and hockey in
the winter, and cricket,
softball, tennis, sailing, bowls
and golf in the summer.
Young and old in this country
are playing many more games and
extreme codes than ever before,
while traditional and
competitive northern hemisphere
winter sports are attracting
wider participation and
interest.
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26/06/2010 -
www.iihf.com
New Zealand aims for next level.
Will Kiwis get TV coverage and a
team in Australia?
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05/06/2010 -
www.3news.co.nz
Ice Hockey on the rise in NZ.
Article & Video
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04/06/2010 -
www.3news.co.nz
Kiwi ice hockey season set to
start. Article & Video
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05/04/2010 -
www.nzicehockey.com
The NZ
Ice Blacks have won two games at
the 2010 IIHF Division II World
Championship in Estonia in April
2010 and thus will stay in Division
II in 2011.
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02/04/2010 -
www.tewahanui.info
Hockey team brings home gold
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24/03/2010 -
www.odt.co.nz
Ice Hockey: Major milestone for
maestro (Regan Wilson) in a
minor sport
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24/03/2010 -
www.odt.co.nz
Ice hockey's world champion's
land
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24/03/2010 -
The Southland Times
World-beating champs get hero's
welcome
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21/03/2010 -
www.iihf.com
New Zealand dances in Mexico. U18
Kiwis promoted to Division II.
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15/03/2010 -
www.starlocalnews.com
McKinney Ice Hockey Hosts New
Zealand National Team
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02/04/2010 -
www.tewahanui.info
Hockey rookies ready for Mexico
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