FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – If there were a hockey equivalent to a baseball game being called due to rain, it occurred this afternoon at the Crown Coliseum, as Zamboni issues would force the Marksmen and Thunderbolts to play their rubber match in a game with 20 minutes of play and a shootout. The game would start a […]

By Bobby Metcalfe, Quad-City Times (Photo by Jessica Gallagher) After their 6-3 win over the Knoxville Ice Bears on Sunday, the entire Quad City Storm team lined up at center ice for the victory salute and skated down the sheet, crashing into the far boards. The Storm Surge has come to the Quad-Cities. “We really […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – With nearly 3,000 youth sports teams, athletes, coaches, and fans in the building for the Marksmen inaugural Youth Sports Jamboree, the Marksmen would show off what it would take to play with the big boys, as they would enter another battle with the Evansville Thunderbolts. Following a 7-5 victory the night prior, it […]

By Bill Vilona – Contributing Writer for the Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2020) – Amid a sellout crowd Saturday night, matching the best in franchise history, the Ice Flyers played another overtime game containing all sorts of elements. The one thing missing? Joy at the end. Less than a minute into the extra […]

Peoria, IL – The Peoria Rivermen erased a 2-0 deficit to the Macon Mayhem with five unanswered and four in the third period for a 5-2 win in front of 4,669 fans inside Carver Arena Saturday night. The win, Peoria’s third in a row, moves them to 23-4-3 to maintain the top spot in the […]

By Drake Lansman, Quad-City Times Ryan Devine picked a dramatic time to score his first goal of the season for the Quad City Storm. After a second-period collapse by the Storm, Devine found the net with just 29 seconds to play to help secure a 5-4 win, igniting a home crowd at TaxSlayer Center that […]

By Alec Etheredge, Shelby County Reporter After a 7-14-4 start to the season, featuring 18 loss in their first 25 games of the 2019-20 SPHL hockey season, the Birmingham Bulls have gotten back to the winning ways of last year’s team that made a run to the SPHL finals thanks to wins in five of their last […]

Peoria, IL – The Peoria Rivermen and Macon Mayhem traded goals in regulation, but neither team could gain an advantage as the two clubs needed more than 60 minutes to decide a winner. Peoria got goals from Jordan Carvalho and the eventual overtime winner from Robin Hoglund to sneak past the Mayhem, 2-1 Friday night […]

By Bobby Metcalfe, Quad-City Times Special teams matter. Despite dominating the Knoxville Ice Bears for much of the night, the Quad City Storm once again struggled on special teams, allowing two power play goals in a 4-2 loss Friday at the TaxSlayer Center. The Storm entered the game with the league’s worst penalty kill and […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Entering into their first three-game home weekend of the season, the Marksmen had expectation set high, riding the high of back-to-back weekend sweeps. Hosting the surging Evansville Thunderbolts, the night would see over 12 goals scored in a flurry of three periods. There would be no less than three goals scored in every […]