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10/09/2012
The
Canterbury Red Devils are the
2012 NZIHF Champions after
topping the Southern Stampede in
a finals thriller ending in a
shootout in
Queenstown.
Media reports;
-Stuff.co.nz -
Red Devils win NZIHL title amid
controversy
-Stuff.co.nz -
Dramatic Shootout win for Red
Devils
-Hewitt Sports -
Handsome Devils lift Birgil Cup
-Sportscene Queenstown -
Stampede lose Queenstown
cliff-hanger
Photos;
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By Blair Pattinson -
NZIHL Final - Red Devils vs
Stampede
Video;
-Youtube -
The game winning "spin-o-rama"
goal
League Awards;
100
Club Brett Speirs
(Stampede)
Andrew Hay (Botany Swarm)
Berton Hains (Stampede)
MVP
Swarm Alexandr Polozov
MVP
Admirals Bradey Fox
MVP
Dunedin Thunder Andre
Robichaud
MVP
Red Devils James Kirkwood
MVP
Stampede Brett Speirs
League MVP Chris Eaden -
Red Devils
Top
Rookie Andre Robichaud -
Dunedin Thunder
Best
Defenseman Mike Morrison
- Dunedin Thunder
Top
Goalkeeper Aston Brooks -
Southern Stampede
Top
Points Scorer Chris Eaden
- Red Devils
MVP
Finals Valerie Konev -
Red Devils
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7/09/2012 -
www.odt.co.nz
Stampede
will take some roping in
After an
eight-match winning streak, the
Southern Stampede needs just one
more good performance to win the
New Zealand Ice Hockey League
title. Olivia Caldwell
identifies five reasons the
Stampede can bring the trophy
back to Queenstown. More ...
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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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26/08/2012
It was
Southern Stampede's weekend as
they won their way into the
NZIHL final with a 5-6 win over
the Canterbury Red Devils and
then won the regular season
league and the right to a home
final with a second win 6-2.
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19/08/2012
The Southern
Stampede kept their finals hopes
alive winning two hard games
over the West Auckland Admirals
at Avondale this weekend, while
in Dunedin the Dunedin Thunder
did the same dispatching Botany
Swarm 5-3 and 9-2. The
second finals spot and finals
hosting will all depend on the
outcome of the Stampede vs Red
Devils clash in Christchurch
next weekend.
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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.
More ...
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12/08/2012
The
Canterbury Red Devils maintained their place at the
top of the league with a
loss/win card (0-3, 9-4) against
Dunedin Thunder in Christchurch,
while the Southern Stampede
continued their late bid for a
finals place with two wins
(9-3, 3-2)) over bottom of the
league Botany Swarm in
Queenstown
over the weekend.
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5/08/2012
The
Canterbury Red Devils
consolidated their place at the
top of the league with two wins
(5*-4, 7-1) over bottom of the
league Botany Swarm in Auckland
over the weekend.
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29/07/2012
Lower ranked
Southern Stampede kept the
league alive with 6-3 7-2 wins
over Dunedin Thunder in Dunedin,
while the Canterbury Red Devils
moved to the top of the league
with 6-4 and 7-5 wins over the
West Auckland Admirals in
Christchurch.
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15/07/2012
Botany
Swarm's woes continued losing to
the West Auckland Admirals 3-2 &
3*-2 over the weekend while in
Queenstown the Southern Stampede
and the Canterbury Red Devils
took a game each 6-5 & 3-5.
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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.
More..................
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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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24/06/2012
The West
Auckland Admirals dealt to the
Southern Stampede 6-3 in front
of the Queenstown Winter
Festival crowd and then got
dealt to by Stampede 9-5 in the
return game, while the Dunedin
Thunder took charge of the
league thrashing Swarm 8-2, 6-1 at
Botany.
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17/06/2012
All square
again at the end of the second
NZIHL round after the winning
teams on Saturday both lost on
Sunday. Southern
Stampede ended up with a 6-2
then 2-4 results against Botany
Storm in Auckland while the
Dunedin Thunder had a 4-3 and
5-6 result (both in overtime)
against the Red Devils in
Dunedin.
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11/06/2012 -
www.stuff.co.nz
West Auckland snare new ice
hockey trophy.
The New
Zealand Ice Hockey League
(NZIHL) got underway in the
weekend with the introduction of
a new Ranfurly Shield-type
trophy.
The Toa
Kauhanga Riri Tio (TKRT) trophy
- which translates to Champions
of the Ice Battlefield - will be
defended at every Sunday home
game for whichever team holds
the hardware, with the holders
retaining the trophy as long as
they continue winning.
More...
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10/06/2012
The first
round of the NZIHL ended up all
square after the south island
teams failed to consolidate
their wins on Saturday both
losing in their return games on
Sunday. The Canterbury Red
Devils ended with a 5-4 6-5
result against Botany Swarm in
Christchurch and Dunedin Thunder
with a 5-3 3-7 result against
the West Auckland Admirals
in Dunedin.
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09/06/2012 -
www.odt.co.nz
Encouraging start by Thunder.
The Dunedin Thunder made the
perfect start to the new
national league season on
Saturday night.
Well, almost perfect. A madcap finish led to the
Thunder grabbing an immediate
shot of confidence with a 5-3
win over the West Auckland
Admirals in Dunedin.
More........
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09/06/2012 -
www.odt.co.nz
For want of a key player
(Rick Parry).
Come back, Rick. The Ice Blacks
need you to advance to a higher
grade of international ice
hockey. Dunedin Thunder goaltender
Rick Parry was a key player in
the squad from 2008 to 2011 when
the Ice Blacks made headway on
the international scene.
More........
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07/06/2012 -
www.times.co.nz
Upsets opens Swarm's year
AFTER losing
to their cross-town rivals for
the first time in the team’s
history, there will be no
complacency or lack of
motivation for defending
champions Botany Swarm when the
puck drops for the 2012 New
Zealand Ice Hockey League
(NZIHL).
The Swarm
has been defeated twice by the
West Auckland Admirals in
pre-season matches, ending a
34-game unbeaten run against
their North Island adversary.
More.....
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09/02/2012 -
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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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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03/09/2011
The North
Island maintained their unbeaten
record in the Skate of Origin
with an 8-6 win over the
South Island at Avondale
on Saturday night.
Game report here.
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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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28/08/2011
As expected
the Botany Swarm dispatched the
Southern Stampede 5-3 to take out
the 2011 New Zealand National Ice
League title.
The
victorious Botany Swarm.
(More photos of the NZIHL finals
here)
League prizewinners were;
MVP Red Devils - Kyle Papai
MVP Dunedin Thunder - Cameron Frear
MVP West Auckland Admirals - Blake Jackson
MVP
Southern Stampede - Simon Glass
MVP
Botany Swarm - KC Ball
MVP League
- Gino Heyd - Dunedin Thunder
MVP Finals
- Alexandr Polozov - Botany
Swarm
Top Points Scorer
- Chris Eaden - Canterbury Red Devils
Best Defenseman
- Daniel Nicholls - Canterbury Red Devils
Top Goalkeeper - Zak Nothling - Botany Swarm
Top Rookie - Jerreau Hohaia - Canterbury Red Devils
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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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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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07/08/2011
The Southern Stampede booked
their place in the 2011 NZIHF
finals with two wins over
Dunedin Thunder over the weekend
7-3 and 8-4. the Red
Devils also won their two games
over the West Auckland Admirals
7-2 and 9-5 and finished third
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06/08/2011
The weekend has started well for
the Stampede with a 7-3 win over
Dunedin Thunder in the first of
their two games while the Red
Devils won over the Admirals 7-2
in their first game of the
weekend. |
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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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31/07/2011
In the NZIHL Botany Swarm
defeated the Dunedin Thunder
twice over the weekend 6-5 and
12-2 and the Southern Stampede
downed the West Auckland
Admirals 6-1, and 6-3. |
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17/07/2011
In the NZIHL Swarm downed the Admirals 5-1
on home ice at Botany and thus
extended their overall lead in
the NZIHL. |
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24/07/2011
Two winnwins apeaice to the Swam
and Stampeded over the weekend |
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17/07/2011
In the NZIHL Swarm downed the Admirals 5-1
on home ice at Botany and thus
extended their overall lead in
the NZIHL. |
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16/07/2011
Swarm held
out the Admirals 5-3 on home ice
at Botany and thus regained
their overall lead in the NZIHL
while in Queenstown Stampede
rounded out their weekend with a
second win against the the Red
Devils 5-2..
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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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15/07/2011
The Southern Stampede defeated
the NZIHL leaders Red Devils 5-3
in front of a Queenstown home
crowd, while in Alexandra the
Alexandra Flames trashed the
Gore Grizzlies 19-0 in the
opening game of the SNC
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10/07/2011
The Red
Devils have taken the lead in
the NZIHL after coming from
behind to defeat Swarm 4-2 in
Auckland. In Dunedin the
Admirals improved to lose 7-6 in
overtime to Thunder.
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09/07/2011
The Red Devils were on fire with
their goalie saving 51 shots to
achieve a 1-0 win over Swarm in
Auckland while Thunder trashed
the Admirals 10-0 in Dunedin.
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03/07/2011
The Red
Devils rounded of the weekend
with a second win defeating
Thunder 7 - 4 in Christchurch
and consolidated their second
place to Swarm in the NZIHL.
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02/07/2011
Botany Swarm
continue to dominate the NZIHL
with a second win over Stampede
7-4 in Queenstown whilst in
Christchurch Red Devils moved to
second in the league standings
with an 8 - 4 win over Thunder.
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01/07/2011
Southern
Stampede was no match for Swarm
going down 1 - 4 in a
Friday game at the winter
festival in Queenstown.
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26/06/2011
Southern
Stampede defeated Thunder 8-4 in
what was a close game until Thunder
fell apart in the second period. At Avondale the
Devils toasted the Admirals 8 -
2.
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25/06/2011
It was home
team disaster Saturday today
with Dunedin Thunder storming
over Southern Stampede 7 -4 in
front of a packed house in no
snow Queenstown, while at
Avondale the Red Devils scorched
the Admirals 7-3. Two more games
tomorrow,
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12/06/2011
Swarm
consolidated their lead in the
League with a 7 - 1 sinking of
the Admirals at Avondale tonight
while in Christchurch the Red
Devils fizzled out against a
rampaging Stampede 1-6.
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11/06/2011
In contrast
to last weekend the game and
results were much closer today.
The Red Devils defeated the
Stampede 3 -1 and the Swarm came
from behind to triumph over
the Admirals 4 - 2.
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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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05/06/2011
In the NZIHL Swarm defeated
Thunder with a crushing 13-3 win
and positioned themselves as
clear leaders in their league
while in Queenstown the Admirals
staked out a clear claim to the
bottom of the league losing to
Stampede in a close game 9-8.
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04/06/2011
In the NZJEL the Auckland
U16 team opened its 2011 season
with a 9-1 thumping of Southern
in Queenstown this afternoon,
while in Auckland the Botany
Swarm dominated the Dunedin
Thunder 9-3 in the NZIHL. In the
Admirals vs Stampede game in
Queenstown Stampede downed the
Admirals 9 - 4.
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29/05/2011
In Dunedin the Southern success
continued with their U16 team
defeating Canterbury 8-5 in the
second NZJEL game of the 2011
Season while the Dunedin Thunder
toughed it out thru overtime and
11 shots to take their NZIHL
game 7-6. In Auckland the
weekend Southern gold rush ended
with a hard fought loss to Swarm
4-5.
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28/05/2011
The Dunedin the Southern U16
team defeated Canterbury 7-4 in
the first NZJEL game of the 2011
Season. Meanwhile in Auckland
the Southern Stampede came from
behind to down the Swarm 6-4 in
a closely fought game and in
Dunedin the Red Devils beat the
Dunedin Thunder 7-4.
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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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22/5/2011
The Swarm
got busy in their second game
dealing out a 9-0 trashing of
the Red Devils in Christchurch.
At Avondale the Admirals
battened down the hatches and
treated the Thunder to a 5-8
defeat.
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21/5/2011
The puck
dropped on the 2011 NZIHL season
with the Red Devils toughing out
and overtime win over Swarm
4*-3 in Christchurch while the
Dunedin Thunder thrashed the
Admirals 6-1 at Avondale.
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04/09/2010
On Saturday evening the Grand
Final took place at the Botany Down’s
Paradice Ice Rink between the local
Botany Swarm team and the West Auckland
Admirals. The across town rivalry has
been immense and the round robin games
produced some outstanding games.
With the Admirals
winning their last 6 games there was an
expectation that possibly this time they
could do it. In front of a capacity
crowd , the largest ever for an ice
hockey game in Auckland and haveng to
turn away a lot more people at the
doors, the battle was on.
In period 1 it was
obvious that the players had to settle
their nerves in front of the very loud
and rowdy crowd. This period did not
produce a goal despite 12 shots on goal
each for both teams.
The scoring was opened
in period 2, just after ½ minute. The
Swarm took advantage of a power play and
Ian Wannamaker scored with an assist to
Corey Down. The puck did not find its
way into the net again despite the
Admirals having a lot of opportunities.
Shots on for Admirals 13, Swarm 7
Period 3 was clearly
dominated by the Swarm. The Admirals
drew a lot of penalties and eventually
this had to back fire on them. Corey
Down, with a shot from the Blue Line
catapulted the puck past the Admirals
goalie putting the Swarm into a 2:1
lead. This goal was assisted by Jordan
Challis and Ian Wannamaker again. In the
last minute the Admirals threw everyone
into attack and despite=a penalty for a
Swarm player, the Admirals pulling their
goalie and replac=ng him with an
attacker they were unable to score. With
1 second to go Ian Wannamaker secured
the puck to push it into an empty goal
ensuring the 3rd NZIHL
Champions title for the Botany Swarm
again with a 3:1 win.
Total shots on
goal, Admirals 33, Swarm 42. Penalty
minutes Admirals 67, Swarm 18.
MVP (Most Valuable
Player) for the Finals – Ian Wannamaker.
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