Well, the Paul Fox challenge game was a damn fine piece of entertainment for the 150-200 sould who made it down there. A comfortable 9-2 win for the Phoenix brought the trophy home. It was bloody good to see some familiar faces again, and the rink felt just like home.
Only downer was when they ran out of beer in the rink! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Anyways, the other important bit of news was the annoucement of our first 'import' player, versatile Finn Jaakko Hagelberg. Jaakko looks to be a very impressive 'utility' player, who has previously plied his trade in the Finnish SM Liiga (the top level of play in Finland), and in the German Bundesliga and Oberliga (the 2nd and 3rd tier of German hockey respectively. Both almost indisputably better than the EIHL in all fairness).
He is fairly young (26), and apparently matched Paul Deniset pretty much point for point whilst in Germany, so he looks to be a goodie.
Some folks have written him off already ('not DAB standard'), but his stats seem solid, and until we see him we won't know if Tony has made the right choice. Personally, I think Tony might have found us a doozy.
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