By Bobby Metcalfe, Quad-City Times As a rookie, Mathias Åhman is usually charged with some of the less glamorous tasks on the team — picking up pucks and collecting water bottles to name a few. But it’s safe to say he’s enjoying the pro game. “It’s been amazing, compared to college,” the Quad City Storm defenseman said. “There’s no […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (January 15, 2020) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced that rookie goaltender Jake Kupsky of the Pensacola Ice Flyers was named the Warrior Hockey/SPHL Player of the Week for January 6-12. Kupsky went 1-0-1 with a 0.99 goals against average, a .966 save percentage and one shutout as the Ice […]
By Thomas Pope, Fayetteville Observer Fayetteville got a pair of players back from call-ups to the Double-A ECHL over the weekend, and they contributed in two road wins. But the player who made the biggest impact was newcomer John Gustafsson, a 28-year-old from Ljungby, Sweden. In the victories at Macon, Gustafsson racked up four points […]
The scene itself Saturday was festive enough with costume revelers tossing beads, candy and other trinkets from trucks in a slow procession around the rink and off-ice on Mardi Gras Night. The Ice Flyers’ lament was being unable to keep the good times rolling at game’s end. With a portion of the team batting a […]
The Mayhem coughed up a two-goal advantage to the Fayetteville Marksmen in the first period, ultimately falling by a 5-2 final on Marvel Super Hero Night. The Mayhem fed off the building’s energy early, jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first period. Stephen Pierog unleashed a slap shot from the right circle 8:17 […]
PELHAM, Ala. – The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs fired 31 shots on net but were shut out by the Birmingham Bulls, 4-0, Saturday night at the Pelham Civic Complex. Birmingham struck first just past the halfway point of the second period. Lane Valimont took a shot that was blocked in front but Jacob Barber backhanded the […]
Macon’s five-game home winning streak ended with a 4-3 overtime defeat to the Fayetteville Marksmen after a back-and-forth battle on Friday night. The Mayhem tested Fayetteville goaltender Trevor Gorsuch early, forcing him to make quality saves on Stephen Pierog and Shawn Lynch in the opening minutes. His performance in net gave the visiting Marksmen an […]
ROANOKE, Va. – The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs took control with four goals in the second period and hung on to beat the Birmingham Bulls, 5-4, Friday night at Berglund Center. Roanoke won for the third consecutive game and now has points in each of its last four. Following a scoreless first period, the Rail Yard […]
By Bobby Metcalfe, Quad-City Times Alec Hagaman continues to be a Storm killer. The Peoria Rivermen captain scored the game-winning goal with 43.4 seconds left in the third period to lift his team past the Quad City Storm 3-2 Friday night at the TaxSlayer Center. Hagaman, who had an assist on the game’s first goal, […]
In Jake Kupsky’s first game as a college goaltender nearly five years ago, he recorded a shutout. The ensuing wait made the next one more meaningful, after Kupsky stopped all 23 shots, including several from point-blank range, and even added two assists, in leading the Ice Flyers to a 4-0 win Friday night against the […]
