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The Blue Tongues Update – July 12, 2011
It was quite the weekend for our boys of summer. On July 9, as the Gold Coast Blue Tongues completely destroyed the Sydney Ice Dogs by a score of 7-1.  Matt Amado had a stellar game with 2 goals and 4 assists. Tobias Falk had a hat trick. The Blue Tongues thoroughly dominate the the Ice Dogs. It was a very important 3 points to the team. But, just to show that poor league rulings can destroy teams ability to control their own destinies, we have the game of July 10.
The game on this day was cancelled due to unsafe ice conditions. Fair enough, EXCEPT, the league decided that the Blue Tongues would forfeit the game, with the 3 points going to the Ice Dogs. Again, possibly, fair enough, EXCEPT, the team is not responsible for the ice, the owners of the rink are responsible. This has caused quite the furor as evidenced by the replies on the post the league made on their Facebook page. We have been ripped off, and may lose a playoff spot because of this unjust decision. Please make your voice heard and email the league at this address.
http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/email_form.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856&mailTo=peter@theaihl.com
I also found this promo video for the team that I would like to share
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Tonight’s games are key to our heroes playoff hopes. The play 2 against the Sydney Ice Dogs and a couple of victories would go a long way to our continued coverage. In preparation, I have gone over their roster and have selected a few players for us to keep an eye on. One is a Canadian (of course) and the other played for my old hometown team, the Saskatoon Blades. I was surprised to see this, and it makes me pleased we picked the Gold Coast Blue Tongues.
The Canadian, Matt Amado, is the teams leading scorer with 29 goals and 16 assists in 16 games. He hails from Langley, BC and played junior in Penticton, BC and 4 years with Notre Dame University in NCAA hockey. He kicked around some minor leagues in North America before heading to Europe where he played in France and Italy before ending up in Australia. He had played for Gold Coast in 2007 for 1 season and set an all time scoring record with 39 goals in 20 games. A force to be reckoned with.
Our second player is an Australian who played in Canada, Adam Geric. In fairness, he was born and raised in Canada, but he does have Australian citizenship, making him a local and he does not count against the league’s import limit. He played his junior in Nanaimo for a year before moving on to the Saskatoon Blades for 2 seasons. he played one season there with NHL star Devin Setoguchi. He has played only 3 games so far this season with 1 assist. Not a star,yet!
An interesting side note, a player on Sydney, Brook Robson, played his junior hockey in Manitoba, the Charleswood Hawks in Winnipeg. I have seen a few Hawks game when I lived in the Charleswood area of Winnipeg.
I look forward to tonight’s games, which is actually Saturday night because it is already tomorrow morning there.
Where is the Stanley Cup – Part 4 – Whitefish
There was no video of The Stanley Cup in Whitefish, Montana when I posted yesterday, but there is now. There is an intro that you may or may not want to watch, and the footage of it’s night in the Great Northern Bar in Whitefish with assistant coach Doug Houda starts at the 57 second mark.
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Where has the Stanley Cup been for the last few days. The answer is Montana and California.. As the grand tour began, Jeremy Jacobs, the owner of the Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins, fittingly, had the first go at it and took it to Yosemite National Park in California over the weekend. From there, it went to Whitefish, Montana on Tuesday with Assistant Coach, Doug Houda. More than 1000 people lined up in Whitefish to view the cup.
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Winnipeg Jets – Update – July 5
The Winnipeg Jets re-signed their captain today. Andrew Ladd signed a 5 year, 22 million dollar contract to stay put. Good on Andrew, but a little pricey based on what he has done so far. It could turn out to be a great move though if he continues to develop. The team really needed to sign him on so many levels. One big knock on Winnipeg was that no one wanted to play there, let alone stay. This signing represents that the opposite may in fact be the truth.
In other news, the Jets also signed forwards Aaron Gagnon and Rick Rypien as free agents. These would be considered as additional depth moves.
My other team made a few moves today as well. The Boston Bruins have had some addition and subtraction happenings over the past few days. Tomas Kaberle has left, signing a deal with the Carolina Hurricanes. This was expected and not entirely a bad thing for the team. To partially compensate they have signed Joe Corvo in a trade with Carolina. Michael Ryder has also left, signing a deal with the Dallas Stars.
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