Canadian forward Ryan Penny, 26, has renewed the McGill University-Coventry Blaze talent pipeline by penning a one-year deal with the Skydome Arena outfit ahead of the 2021/22 Elite League campaign. Penny, who was born in Fall River, Nova Scotia, arrives in Coventry with QMJHL, USports, ECHL, and AHL experience on...
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Evan Bloodoff will spend a second season in the blue and white of the Coventry Blaze after signing a one-year extension with the Elite Ice Hockey League outfit. The 30-year-old forward spent 2019/20 in the West Midlands, joining Coventry having already racked up 97 points (62 goals, 35 assists) in...
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Towering defenceman Dane Gibson has become the latest import to sign for the Coventry Blaze ahead of the new Elite Ice Hockey League season, penning a one-year deal with the Skydome Arena club. The 6’2” Canadian blueliner arrives in the West Midlands from the University of Calgary, where he contributed...
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Matthew Thompson has become the latest player to sign for the Coventry Blaze ahead of the 2021/22 season, adding point-scoring ability to Danny Stewart’s top six. The 6’1” right-shot forward arrives in Coventry having spent last term alongside David Broll in the ECHL as the Indy Fuel’s captain. Thompson collected...
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Five-time NHLer David Broll will return to the Skydome Arena for the 2021/22 season, the Coventry Blaze has announced. The 28-year-old winger played a key role for the Blaze in 2019/20, registering 21 points (ten goals, 11 assists) in 43 Elite League competition games before re-signing for the following campaign....
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Danny Stewart’s Coventry Blaze will open their 2021/22 Elite Ice Hockey League campaign on home ice against the Fife Flyers on Saturday 25 September, with pre-season set to begin ten days earlier versus the Manchester Storm. The long wait for ice hockey’s return to the West Midlands will end on...
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Coventry Blaze head coach Danny Stewart has predicted that new signing Nathanael Halbert will bounce back from injury after signing for the Skydome Arena outfit. Halbert, 25, arrives in Coventry after spending the rest of his career in Canada, where he made seven appearances and registered one assist for the...
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Coventry Blaze head coach Danny Stewart has hailed the arrival of American forward Alec Marsh, praising the 25-year-old’s work ethic after he became the first new player to sign for the Skydome Arena outfit. “Alec came highly recommended from Guy Gadowsky at Penn State,” Stewart explained. “He’s a workhorse that...
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Great Britain will face Australia in the quarter-finals of the women’s Olympic football tournament after topping Group E at the Tokyo Games. Hege Riise’s side enter the knockout phase on the opposite side of the bracket to the United States of America, with Japan or Sweden awaiting Team GB in...
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On Wednesday (21 July), the NHL’s 32nd franchise burst into life. The Seattle Kraken, who paid $650 million to join the world’s premier ice hockey competition, finally has a roster to call its own after taking part in an expansion draft. Excluding the Vegas Golden Knights (who opted against taking...
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The Coventry Blaze have re-signed “elite playmaker” Janne Laakkonen ahead of the 2021/22 season, with the Finn becoming the tenth player to pen a new deal with the Skydome Arena outfit. The 39-year-old winger enjoyed a fruitful season with the Blaze in 2019/20, leading the league in assists (40) and...
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American defenceman Dillon Eichstadt has come out of retirement to sign a one-year contract extension with the Coventry Blaze. The 27-year-old blue-liner registered 29 points (four goals, 25 assists) in 47 regular-season games with the Blaze in 2019/20, his first year as a professional. “When we found out Eichs wanted...
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Manchester City star Ellen White scored twice as Team Great Britain opened their Olympic campaign with a 2-0 win over Chile at the Tokyo Games. In what was Team GB’s first official match since their quarter-final defeat to Canada at London 2012, Hege Riise’s side controlled proceedings against their South...
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