18th Oct
After last night's dismal performance, something better was required tonight at home to the Storm, and Bracknell did indeed step up a gear. Unfortunately, despite playing much better, they were down 4-3 in a tight match. Brad Rubaduk gave Storm the lead, but Bracknell clawed their way in front through goals by Jeff Johnstone and Dale Junkin. However, two goals by Super-tart and ex-Moo Moo Darren Hurley helped Storm take both points back to Manchester. Full details can be found here.
17th Oct
Bracknell were heavily defeated 7-1 at home by the Ayr Scottish Eagles, tonight, in the first leg of the Cup Quarter-finals. This result must surely leave qualification a remote possiblity now. More details will appear on the fixtures page when I have them.
This means that Bracknell have lost all three of their last games, although two were in overtime. Bracknell had been showing excellent form, winning their group in the B+H Cup, cruising past Paisley, and going to the top of the table after four games. However, does this result suggests that the other teams are now back with a vengence, and no-one seems to be taking the Bees lightly anymore? Only time will tell, but tomorrow's game against Manchester will give a good inication.
13th Oct
Sorry for the delay, but as the front page says, I've been away for the weekend. Bracknell lost both their matches over the weekend, losing 6-5 away at Nottingham and 5-4 at home to the London Knights. However, as both results were in Overtime, Bracknell still took 2 points from the weekend, and so sit proudly at the top of the ISL table! This is the highest position ever held by the Bracknell team in the ISL. We shall just have to wait and see whther it can last...
8th Oct
Here's some news on Wayde Bucsis, from a Norwegian Trondheim fan, Frank Lidahl:
Hi. More info about Bucsis: He's now on the top of the stats after 8 games. He's made 20 points in 8 games! He's just brilliant. We haven't really seen him on the ice, but he always delievers at the right time. He's our Mailman. He plays in the best line up in the league together with Dallas Gaume and Bie Dahl. Our problem is that they're the only line up to pick up the points. TIK's now on 5th place. The national team's now going to Canada and play them in 5 games. So there's a break for 3 weeks in the league now. See ya!
6th Oct
This was taken from tonight's Reading Evening Post:
WHISTLE: WE CAN WIN SUPERLEAGUE
"I think winning the Superleague is a realistic target and I hope all the players have the same ambitions. There are going to be setbacks on the way but hopefully we can ride these and come out on top. The important thing is that every guy in the team is happy. They know we have a good team and that confidence brings out the best in players." The line of Sal, Norm and PC earned special praise. "They play very well together. We've been sending them out with Shayne McCosh and Greg Burke as their defencemen. All five of them are good skaters and they did very well for us at the weekend."
Now, although I'm sure no coach takes his team into the Superleague without believing they have some chance, surely after only two games it's a little early to be saying we can win the league. However, it does strike me as odd the amount of teams that *still* underestimate Bracknell, after three years of causing upsets. The papers have even coined us the league "Bogeymen".
4th Oct
Bees extended their winning streak to a magnificent seven tonight, with a home win over the Sheffield Steelers. Bracknell twice came from behind to beat the Steelers 5-3. The Bees twice came from behind through goals by Barry McKinlay (his first for the club) and Colin Ward. Norm Dezainde and PC Drouin stretched the lead, and this was how it stayed till the last minute. Steelers, in desperation, were forced to pull the keeper, and the resulting play saw them claw back a goal, though Kenny Priestlay. However, with the keeper still off, Colin Ward tucked hom an insurance marker just 11 seconds later. More details can be found here.
3rd Oct
In their first league game of the season, Bracknell beat the Riverkings 4-2 in Newcastle. Bracknell's scorers were Norm Dezainde, Rob Stewart, Dennis Burke and PC Drouin. The result puts Bracknell second in the league, although with only one game played this isn't as exciting as it sounds. More details when I have them.
