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FEATURING 2 BEGINNERS GUIDE 3 FEATURING 5 REFEREE SIGNALS Managing Director 6 THE OWNER Neil Morris Head Coach 7 THE COACH Tony Hand MBE 8 2016/17 FIXTURES & RESULTS Operations Director Michele Marsh 10 NEXT WEEKS MATCHES Equipment Manager Craig Cooke 11 SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Assistant Equipment Manager Mark Forster 12 PHOENIX SPONSORSHIP Team Doctors Ken & Alex Vickers 18 PHOENIX SUPPORTERS CLUB Team Chiropractor Doug Clark 22 TEAM ROSTERS Team Physio Paul Staines, Donnicha Murphy & Dave Campbell 24 KNOW YOUR ENEMY Timekeeper Russ Chenery-Preen 25 PRESENTATIONS GM Stuart Kilburn 26 HOCKEY ACROSS THE POND Penalty Box Attendants Chris Jones 30 MATCH NIGHT REPORT Media & Live Production 34 CHOIRBOYS CORNER Comtec Live Academy Webmaster 36 STATS AND TABLES Carl Johnstone Designers Helen Ridgeway & Aaron Gibbons Front of House Co-ordinator Mags Pullen Jim Piper Social Media Jess Morrissey Match Night Announcers Jake Harrison & Andy Wood Commentator Chris Beesley Podcast Ben Knight The Menace Him/Herself Match Night Programme Comtec Club Photographers Hollie Godber & Andrew Sobutta Team Mascots Harry Brown & Emily Cooke 3

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REFEREE SIGNALS Boarding Cross Delayed Strike the clenched fist CHECKING Roughing of one hand into the open A single forward Calling of Fist clenched, fully palm of the other hand and back motion Penalty extending arm from directly in front of the chest. with both fists Extend arm to the side. clenched in front of upright position. the chest. High-Sticking Holding Interference HookinG Holding both fists, Clasp wrist of whistle series of tugging motions A clenched, one a short hand with the other Crossed arms with fists with both arms, as if pulling space immediately above hand well in front of clenched stationary in front something toward the the other to the side the chest. of chest. stomach. of the head. Misconduct Penalty SHOT Slashing Tripping Hands should be moved One shop with the nonwhistle Keep both skates on the ice once from sides down to Arms crossed hand across the straightened hips. Thus, point to player (fists clenched) forearm of the other hand. when signaling, using right first, hands to hips second. above the head. hand on the leg. 5

THE OWNER NEIL MORRIS Good evening everybody, A bit of a feedback sandwich for you tonight. You know the one, good news, bad news and always finish on good news. My dad always taught me never to end on a negative as it lasts all week. So here goes. What a fantastic atmosphere at the seaside last Sunday as we finally got the monkey off our back, winning our first home game. The lads worked so hard to keep on top of a plucky Bees side. The victory wave had been left in the locker room far too long and it was great to see the new boys take to the spirit of the wave. On to Wednesday’s game in Hull. Tony and I have always had great pride in the levels of performance and entertainment of Phoenix teams. Well, I am sorry to say we fell short of both at Hull. We had a good turn out of the faithful and the performance and result was disappointing. I know Tony will have worked hard in training to sort out the problems and we have a chance to put it right when we face the same opposition tonight. I won’t dwell on this as the squad have performed miracles this season when desperately short benched and I am sure they, themselves will want to rectify the situation. As I said at the top of the page, finish off on good news. Those who were at Hull saw young Lewis Baldwin get his first goal in Phoenix colours and believe me it was a highlight goal. Unfortunately his dad was talking at the time and missed it. I hope Hull TV has it on their game highlights as it definitely is one to remember. Off ice, nothing more to tell you at the moment other than I expect something from the council very soon and we can get on with building our rink. Enjoy the game tonight folks 6

THE COACH TONY HAND Good evening again from sunny Blackpool. Well, not so sunny now. We had mixed fortunes last week, starting with a defeat at high-flying Milton Keynes Lightning. They are steadily preparing for the Elite League next season and will want to leave with the league title. We matched them early on and even took a 2-goal lead rd but their deeper bench and quality of their 3 and 4 lines told in the end. th Sunday was a must win game for us to keep in touch with the play off pack. Bracknell are in similar financial circumstances to us and came to Blackpool after beating us here last time out. Eddie Bebris and Robin Kovar found their top form and we ran out good winners in the end. We had an extra game this week with our first trip to Hull. I thought we went with a bit of momentum after the Bracknell win but a combination of bad errors and a Hull side who are slick and fast on the break, we did not do ourselves justice and lost the game. We have a good chance to put things right tonight as we welcome the players, staff and fans of the Hull Pirates for their second visit of the season. It’s a long season and we have 40 games still to play so any talk of not making the playoffs is not valid at the moment. We have a talented group of players and maybe with a couple of changes we will have it right, come March. As always, be loud and proud for your Manchester Phoenix. 7

2016/17 FIXTURES & RESULTS Date Face off Hull Pirates Competition Venue/Result Opponents EPL Home 4 - 11 Sat 10th Sep 2016 16:30 SEPTEMBER Sun 11th Sep 2016 TBC Telford Tigers EPL Away 4 - 1 Sat 17th Sep 2016 TBC Swindon Wildcats EPL Away 2 - 5 Sun 18th Sep 2016 17:00 EPL Milton Keynes Lightning Home 1 - 3 Home 2 - 7 Sat 24th Sep 2016 17:00 Bracknell Bees EPL Sun 25th Sep 2016 TBC Bracknell Bees EPL Away 5 - 0 Sat 1st Oct 2016 TBC Telford Tigers EPL Away 2 - 4 Sun 2nd Oct 2016 17:00 Swindon Wildcats EPL Home 1 - 5 Sat 8th Oct 2016 19:30 Sheffield Steeldogs EPL Away 1 - 4 Guildford Flames EPL Sun 9th Oct 2016 17:00 Home 2 - 4 OCTOBER Sat 15th Oct 2016 18:00 Guildford Flames EPL Away 4 - 3 Basingstoke Bison Sun 16th Oct 2016 17:00 EPL Home 2 - 7 Sat 22nd Oct 2016 19:00 Bracknell Bees Home 8 - 5 Sun 23rd Oct 2016 17:00 Milton Keynes Lightning EPL Away 2 - 6 EPL Wed 26th Oct 2016 19:30 Hull Pirates EPL Away Sun 30th Oct 2016 17:00 Hull Pirates EPL Home Sat 5th Nov 2016 18:00 Bracknell Bees EPL Away Sun 6th Nov 2016 17:00 Peterborough Phantoms EPL Home NOVEMBER Sun 13th Nov 2016 17:00 Milton Keynes Lightning EPL Home Away EPL Sat 12th Nov 2016 18:30 Basingstoke Bison EPL Swindon Wildcats Sat 19th Nov 2016 17:45 Away Sheffield Steeldogs EPL Sun 20th Nov 2016 17:00 Home 17:00 Sat 26th Nov 2016 EPL Peterborough Phantoms Away Sun 27th Nov 2016 17:30 Telford Tigers EPL Home Sat 3rd Dec 2016 18:00 Guildford Flames EPL Away DECEMBER Sun 11th Dec 2016 17:00 Sheffield Steeldogs EPL Home Basingstoke Bison Home Sun 4th Dec 2016 17:00 EPL Sheffield Steeldogs Sat 17th Dec 2016 TBC Away EPL Sun 18th Dec 2016 17:00 Home Milton Keynes Lightning EPL Tue 27th Dec 2016 17:00 Telford Tigers EPL Home 8 8

2016/17 FIXTURES & RESULTS Date Face off Opponents Competition Venue/Result Mon 2nd Jan 2017 TBC Hull Pirates EPL Home Sat 7th Jan 2017 TBC Guildford Flames EPL Home Sun 8th Jan 2017 TBC Hull Pirates EPL Away JANUARY Sat 14th Jan 2017 TBC Guildford Flames EPL Away Peterborough Phantoms EPL Home Sun 15th Jan 2017 TBC EPL Sat 21st Jan 2017 TBC Swindon Wildcats Away Fri 27th Jan 2017 TBC Sat 28th Jan 2017 TBC Sheffield Steeldogs EPL Away Away EPL Bracknell Bees Sun 29th Jan 2017 TBC Swindon Wildcats EPL Home Fri 3rd Feb 2017 TBC Milton Keynes Lightning EPL Away Sat 4th Feb 2017 TBC Hull Pirates EPL Away FEBRUARY Sun 12th Feb 2017 TBC Peterborough Phantom EPL Home Home Swindon Wildcats Sun 5th Feb 2017 TBC EPL Telford Tigers Wed 15th Feb 2017 TBC EPL Away Away Fri 17th Feb 2017 TBC EPL Basingstoke Bison Sat 18th Feb 2017 TBC EPL Away Basingstoke Bison Sat 25th Feb 2017 TBC Sheffield Steeldogs EPL Home Sun 26th Feb 2017 TBC Guildford Flames EPL Home Sat 4th Mar 2017 TBC Telford Tigers EPL Away Sun 5th Mar 2017 TBC Peterborough Phantoms EPL Home MARCH Sat 11th Mar 2017 TBC Peterborough Phantoms EPL Home Basingstoke Bison Sun 12th Mar 2017 TBC Away EPL Sat 18th Mar 2017 TBC Bracknell Bees Home EPL Sun 19th Mar 2017 TBC Milton Keynes Lightning EPL Away 9

NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES AWAY EPL MATCH VS Saturday 5th November 2016 VS Bracknell Bees Face-Off: 18:00 HOME EPL MATCH VS Sunday 6th November 2016 VS Peterborough Phantoms Face-Off: 17:00 SEE YOU NEXT WEEK! 10

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PHOENIX SPONSORSHIP Leg Tape, photo of favourite player, name in programme all season £ 5.00 Stick Tape, photo of favourite player, name in programme all season £ 5.00 SPONSORSHIP DEALS Polo shirt, photo of player, name in programme all season £20.00 Laces, photo of favourite player, name in programme all season £ 5.00 Socks, photo of favourite player, name in programme all season £10.00 Gloves, photo of player, name in programme all season £30.00 Kitbag, photo of player, name in programme all season £40.00 Skates, signed photo with player, name in programme all season £50.00 Sticks, signed photo with player, name in programme all season Helmet, signed photo with player, name in programme all season £50.00 Tracksuit, signed photo with player, name in programme all season £50.00 £50.00 Individual Puck Sponsorship £30 Photograph with player on ice at the end of the game. Receive a signed puck and signed photograph. Photograph in the following weeks programme. Individual Birthday Package £35 Photograph with your favourite player on ice at the end of the game. Birthday cake SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES Full Birthday Package £65 presented on ice. Card signed by favourite player. Photo featured in the following weeks programme. 2 Adult tickets and 2 Child tickets. Photograph on ice with your favourite player at the end of game. Photograph in the match night programme the following week. Birthday cake. Card signed by favourite player. £80 Game Mascot Replica jersey with name and number Photo on the ice with favourite player, at the end of the game. Photo featured in the following weeks programme. 1 child and 1 adult ticket to the game. Home/Away replica jersey sponsorship £80 Replica jersey (home or away) with name and number. Shirt presented by the player on the ice at the end of the game. Signed photograph with sponsored player. Name in match night programme for entire season. Photo featured in the following weeks programme. 12 12

PHOENIX SPONSORSHIP Own & Loan Warm up jersey sponsorship £150 Signed Warm up jersey (take possession after the Play Offs). Signed photograph taken on the ice, during the season, with sponsored player. Photo featured in the following weeks programme. Your name on the players back all season. Name in the programme for the entire season. Own & Loan Shirt Sponsorship £175 SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES featured in the following weeks programme. £175 Home game worn jersey (take possession at the end of the season). Signed photograph taken on the ice, during the season, with sponsored player. Name in the match night programme for the entire season. Your name on the players back all season. Photo Own & Loan Away Shirt Sponsorship Away game worn jersey (take possession at the end of the season). Signed photograph taken on the ice, during the season, with sponsored player. Name in the match night programme for the entire season. Your name on the players back all season. Photo featured in the following weeks programme. Own & Loan Home Cup Competition Shirt Sponsorship Game worn home jersey (take possession after the Play Off’s). Signed photograph taken on the ice, during the season, with sponsored player. Name in the match night programme for the entire season. Your name on the players back all season. Photo featured in the following weeks programme. £175 Own & Loan Away Cup Competition Shirt Sponsorship £175 Game worn away jersey (take possession at the end of the season). Signed photograph taken on the ice, during the season, with sponsored player. Name in the match night programme for the entire season. Your name on the players back all season. Photo featured in the following weeks programme. 13

PHOENIX SPONSORSHIP TONY HAND LUKE BOOTHROYD C JAMES NEIL A Away Shirt: Home Replica Margaret Birnie Victory Hockey COACH 4 Home Shirt: Andrew Ellis 12 Away Shirt: Norma Shirt: SCOTT BAILEY DENIS BELL NM Home Shirt: Norma JONI TUOMINEN 19 22 26 NEIL MORRIS OWNER OWNER 14

PHOENIX SPONSORSHIP LEWIS BALDWIN BEN WOOD A JAKUB LANGHAMMER Home Shirt: Max Gibson @ Home Shirt: Lady Gill Kris Gibson Home Replica George Birnie Construction ltd Shirt: Home Replica Peter Craven Warm Up Shirt: Norma Shirt: Away Shirt: Nic, Von, Lorna 14 15 18 Socks: Lisa Botting STEVEN FONE NM ROAMN MAILINIK MAREK INDRA 31 51 34 GREG PICK ROBIN KOVAR EDGARS BEBRIS Home Shirt: Canada Interns Home Shirt: Andy Brindle Cup Away Shirt: Carl & Stacey Bungay 55 66 71 15



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The 200 Club is the Phoenix’s monthly draw where you could currently win up to £100. The club has been set up to allow all fans, their families and friends, to join in and help raise funds for the Phoenix team. The money raised will be used to help support the team throughout the season. Our aim is to reach the maximum of 200 members; Manchester Phoenix is pleased to continue the Phoenix 200 Club for the 2016/2017 Season. How the club works: 1. To become part of the Phoenix 200 Club pick up an application form from the Supporters Club desk, or download it from www.phoenixsupporters.co.uk/200club. 2. Current prize money stands at £100.00 to the winner, £50.00 2nd prize and two 3rd prizes of £25.00. The prize amount will rise with an increase of participants. 3. For maximum prize money 200 members will be required. 4. Each member pays £8.67 per calendar month per entry which entitles them into the end of the month draw. 5. Payments can only be collected by standing order payable on the rst of the month. 6. Everyone that has fully paid will be entered into the monthly draw. 7. We propose to announce the winners on match night, where the draw will take place during a convenient interval break. Results will be published on the Supporters Club website, facebook, twitter and the following week in the match night programme (during the season). 8. The 200 Club will run for the entire year. Out of season winners will be sent a cheque by post. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS OPEN TO ANYONE OVER 18 WHO WISHES TO JOIN. GOOD LUCK

CLUB NEWS Birthday announcements...... We would like to send best wishes to Phil Newton and Scott Taylor who will be celebrating their birthday this coming week, hope you both have a good one Player of the Month Don’t forget tonight is the last opportunity for you to vote for your October Player of the Month. The draw will be made at the end of the first period break and you may be the lucky person selected to present the award on ice the following week. 200 Club The draw for October will be made tonight so make sure you listen to the announcements as you may be one of four lucky winners with a top prize of £100.00. Well an eventful journey last weekend took the team bus via the Woodhead Pass after the M6 was gridlocked due to a burning lorry closing two lanes of the motorway. This meant that the team had to forego their normal football kick about as they only had time to get changed and straight on to the ice for warm up. The lads started well and Roman Malinik scored the opening goal against our opponents the Milton Keynes Lightning. Nic Matthews was the lucky recipient of the £15.00 prize money. Thank you Nic and good luck to all for next time. Sally Sunman was the winner of last weeks hockey card when she correctly chose the Guildford Flames. Sally pictured with her £30.00 winnings is one of our many regular contributors. Congratulations and thank you to all who took part.



PHOENIX G A PIM G A A TIME PL PEN OFFENCE TIME 04 Luke Boothroyd (C) 12 James Neil (A) 14 Lewis Baldwin 15 Ben Wood (A) 18 Jakub Langhammer 19 Scott Bailey 22 Denis Bell (NM) 26 Joni Tuominen 31 Steven Fone (NM) 34 Roman Mailinik 51 Marek Indra 55 Greg Pick 66 Robin Kovar 71 Edgars Bebris Period S.O.G P.I.M SCORE FIRST MATCH OFFICIALS SECOND THIRD REFEREE TOTAL LINESMAN 1 M.O.M LINESMAN 2 To print this page please select page 22-23 and click on the printer icon 22

HULL PIRATES G A PIM G A A TIME PL PEN OFFENCE TIME #2 Stanislav LASCEK (A) (NBT) #6 Jordan STOKES #9 Dominic OSMAN (NBT) #11 Marcus MAYNARD #13 Ugnius CIZAS (NBT) #15 Jamie CHILCOTT (A) #17 Jason HEWITT (A) #20 Cain TAYLOR #22 Jordan FISHER #33 Jordan MARR (NM) #35 Ashley SMITH (NM) # #49 Ryan WATT #56 Lee HAYWOOD #57 Jaroslav SARSOK (NBT) #71 Josh GENT #74 Lee BONNER # #88 Andrej THEMAR (NBT) #90 Jonathan KIRK #91 Nathan SALEM (C) Period S.O.G P.I.M SCORE Match Night Sponsor #94 James SMITH FIRST SECOND THIRD TOTAL M.O.M 23

HULL PIRATES KNOW YOUR ENEMY PHOENIX LIVE 5Stars: HULL PIRATES #49 Ryan Watt Following a league title with the Bison last season, Ryan Watt’s return closer to his Scottish roots has proved to be a beneficial one so far. His penalty minutes may be averaging close to five per game, but he continues to contribute in the points column too. #57 Jaroslav Sarsok At 6’6” and well over 200lbs, Jaroslav Sarsok brings a presence to the Pirates blueline that many felt was lacking last season. With a brief stint in the KHL as well as spells in Romania, Sweden and most recently Poland, Sarsok already looks an astute signing by Hull. #74 Lee Bonner The arrival of the Pirates into the EPL last season provided Lee Bonner with the chance to once again represent his home town team, and the diminutive forward did not disappoint. Another fast start means he is almost certain to represent GB u-20s again this season. #56 Lee Haywood After being involved with the Sheffield EPL setup for almost a decade, Lee Haywood swapped South Yorkshire for East Yorkshire this summer with a move to the Pirates. Haywood provides a steady and dependable presence on the blue line, and his early points production reflects Hull’s good start to the campaign. #17 Jason Hewitt After initially retiring, the lure of a return to the ice proved too much for Jason Hewitt who swapped the orange of the Steelers for the green of the Pirates. The beard may now have gone, but the raw talent which saw Hewitt ice for the Phoenix as a 20-year old back in 2003 very much remains. 24

PRESENTATIONS 23rd October 2016 HOME MVP 50/50 WINNER Edgars Bebris wins the home team Winner David Craven with Most Valued Person with Edgars Bebris Norma Harrop SHIRT RAFFLE AWAY MVP Edgars Bebris with Shirt Raffle Alex Barker wins the winner Lorna Sambrook away team Most Valued Person with Norma Harrop 25

HOCKEY ACROSS THE POND This week in the National Hockey League Sidney Crosby made his long-awaited return to action as the Pittsburgh Penguins faced the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. The Pittsburgh and Canada captain missed the start of the season due to a concussion but made an instant impact on his return, scoring in a 3-2 victory against the Panthers. Facing off against the Pens on Tuesday night was former Pittsburgh legend Jaromir Jagr. Jagr is playing in his 26th season in the NHL, the Czech native is currently third on the alltime goal scoring list, 52 off the late, great Gordie Howe’s tally. Upon returning to Pittsburgh, Jagr was presented with a th commemorative plaque to celebrate Pittsburgh’s 50 anniversary season. Jagr was given a piece of the roof of the old Civic Arena, a.k.a. 'The Igloo.' The iconic domed building that was home to three Stanley Cup Champion Penguins teams and the site of the cult classic movie Sudden Death which was demolished in 2012. It was in that building where Jagr plied his trade for 11 seasons, building himself a Hall of Fame career with 1,079 points in 806 games with the Penguins. He sits behind only Mario Lemieux in most major offensive categories in the franchise's record books. In Montreal, the Canadians have started the season in similar vein to last year, picking up 5 wins out of their first 6 games. Last year the ‘habs won their first 9 games of the year but the wheels fell off when netminder Carey Price picked up injury. Significantly the Canadians have learnt how to pick up a win without the side-lined Price and are beginning to look like real candidates for Lord Stanley’s Cup. Elsewhere in the East, the Tampa Bay Lightning have started their challenge for the Cup in fine form, also picking up 5 wins in their first 6 games. As usual for Tampa this is largely thanks to captain Steven Stamkos who has 9 points in his opening 6 games including 5 goals. In the West, most teams are having an inconsistent start to the season with only the Edmonton Oilers impressing over the early stages. The Oilers are 5-0-1 in their first six games, largely thanks to their newly appointed captain Connor McDavid who has 9 points in his first 6 games of the season. McDavid’s impressive start to the season has been overshadowed by the class of 2016 with number one pick Auston Matthews and number 2 pick Patrik Laine taking the league by storm. Matthews made history in his NHL debut scoring 4 goals and leads the league in goals and points, with 6 goals and 4 assists in his first 6 NHL games. Laine isn’t too far behind Matthews with a point a game in his first six. Neither of the rookies’ forms are helping their clubs however as both Winnipeg (Laine) and Toronto (Matthews) have had disappointing starts to the season. The Leafs have only 1 win and the Jets 2 out of their first 6 games, and both clubs need support for their young stars if they have any chance of making a push for a playoff spot. In between the pipes it is surprise names that lead the way, with Detroit’s Jimmy Howard leading the way in save percentage and goals against and Edmonton’s Cam Talbot leading the league in wins. Talbot has spent most of his career playing backup to Hendrik Lundqvist in New York, but the 29- year-old is flourishing in Edmonton so far as their number 1. 26

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MATCH NIGHT REPORT Key Decisions Hand MK the points Milton Keynes Lightning - 6 MANCHESTER PHOENIX - 2 Manchester Phoenix were missing Joni Tuominen as they travelled to the Milton Keynes Lightning on Saturday night. Phoenix started strongly and scored with their first shot as Marek Indra set up Roman Malinik who fired under the MK netminder at 1:07, although the goal was given to Indra. The lead was soon doubled as a Ben Wood shot from the blue line was tipped in by Robin Kovar at 4:14, shortly after Blaz Emersic had fired wide at the other end. Phoenix had chances to extend their advantage as Malinik broke away but his backhand effort was well saved and Gareth O’Flaherty was denied from close in. MK grew into the game as the period progressed, and Steve Fone made some big saves including a couple of goalmouth scrambles as the period ended 2-0. The second period was dominated by the home side as the referee called a series of controversial penalties against Phoenix, inexplicably missing infractions from the home team. Tom Carlon tapped in at the back post on the powerplay at 20:50, before Leigh Jamieson had a goal ruled out for man in the crease. Former Phoenix man Frantisek Bakrlik equalised at 33:27 after he burst through the defence, before Jordan Cownie scored with a delayed penalty goal at 35:31. Another powerplay goal from Lewis Hook at 39:22 made it 4-2 to the home side. MK extended their lead further in the final period thanks to another penalty awarded against Phoenix, as Bobby Chamberlain scored with a delayed penalty goal. Phoenix did create further opportunities as the period wore on but MK held firm before the home side’s Sam Jones provoked Michael Stratford into a fight, which was promptly won by the new Phoenix forward. MK added a late sixth goal through Blaz Emersic at 58:49. Phoenix are at home on Sunday evening against the Bracknell Bees, with a 5pm face-off in Blackpool 30

MATCH NIGHT REPORT Bebris shines in Phoenix rout MANCHESTER PHOENIX - 8 Bracknell Bees - 5 The Manchester Phoenix claimed their first home win of the season with a sensational 8- 5 win over the Bracknell Bees. In an end-to-end game with chances galore, Edgars Bebris thought he’d opened the scoring for Phoenix but his shot was tipped onto the bar and landed on the line. A spell of Bracknell pressure kept Steve Fone busy at the other end, but it was Phoenix who broke the deadlock as Bebris set up James Neil who stylishly slotted past Matt Smital at 13:11 for his second goal of the season. The lead was doubled shortly afterwards as a superb cross ice pass from Robin Kovar set up Bebris to score at 15:47 short-handed. The two goal advantage didn’t last long as Carl Thompson scored from the slot at 16:33 but this didn’t deter Phoenix who scored again at 17:12 as a pass from Kovar hit Bebris’s skate, then a Bracknell defenceman and went in, with the period ending 3-1. The second period began with Smital making a good glove save from Kovar before Thompson was again in the right place to bury a rebound at 23:34 for Bracknell. The action continued all over the ice as a hit on Marek Indra on the boards saw the plexi glass shatter, with the game delayed for almost an hour. When the game finally restarted, it was Phoenix who took full advantage. Firstly, Bebris broke clear and slipped the puck under Smital for his hat trick at 26:57, before an excellent Michael Stratford pass released Kovar, who calmly slotted home at 29:05. Then on Phoenix’s only powerplay of the night, Indra blasted in from the blue line at 33:42 to make it 6-2. Bracknell were continuing to create chances and got a late goal from Alex Barker, who found the top corner at 38:28. The comeback was on for the visitors in the third period as a Luke Basic tip at 44:45 followed by a goal from Josh Smith at 49:35 made it 6-5. In amongst all the goalmouth action, replacement netminder Alex Mettam denied Bebris with an excellent save but he could do nothing to keep out a Roman Malinik blast at 51:28 with another assist for Kovar. The scoring was completed at 58:59 as Bebris chased down a loose puck to score an empty net goal. There were a number of standout players for Phoenix including Malinik with five points and Kovar with four, but Bebris deservedly collected the man-of-the-match award with four goals and two assists. Phoenix are at home next Sunday evening against the Hull Pirates, with a 5pm face-off in Blackpool. 31





CHOIRBOYS CORNER Happy Halloween! Any one that has ever been to the end of season playoffs in Coventry will know that the Choirboys love fancy dress, whether it be dressed as Oompah Loompahs or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles we love an excuse to get the fancy dress out, and what better excuse than Halloween?! On Friday night Yvonne and I hosted our very own Zombie Halloween party so we’ll be sure to share the best costumes in next week’s programme. If any of our readers are dressing up for Halloween send me pictures of your most ghoulish costumes on twitter to @pnxchoirboys and I’ll share the best with you all. Back to the hockey and it was great to get that huge monkey off our back last week. After weeks of trying it was great to finally get a home win under our belt in Blackpool. This club has some of the most dedicated players, fans, sponsors and shareholders and I hope you all enjoyed last Sunday’s win as much as I did. No doubt who the man of the match was either. Eddie Bebris picked up 4 goals and 2 assists. After watching him do that season after season for Sheffield and Peterborough against us, it was nice to be on the right side of a Bebris demolition job. Remember to join in with the Choirboys when we sing his name tonight! “Bebris’ on fire, your defence is terrified. Bebris’ on fire, your defence is terrified…” It was great to hear some positive news regarding our new rink from the boss last Sunday. Would be so nice to start the new year in a new barn. Let’s get back to Manchester and get our Championship banners and our retired jerseys raised from the rafters. We are behind you 100% Neil let’s make it home! Onto this weekend’s opponents, the Hull Pirates, it will be a good test to see how far we’ve come. We played the Pirates first game of the season and to say we were unprepared is an understatement. No pre-season and a very small bench saw a rather disappointing result last time Hull travelled to the West Coast. Hopefully the lads will be full of confidence after last weekend’s win, and I’m sure Flats will be wanting to remind the Pirates of what they’re missing. I’m predicting a shock Phoenix win with a goal or two for Flats in the process. Whatever the result I know you guys will be as loud as ever supporting your Manchester Phoenix. Until next time this is Martin from the Phoenix Choirboys signing off! 34

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STATS & TABLES English Premier League GP W OW OL L F A Pt Telford Tigers 14 9 2 3 0 55 33 25 Milton Keynes Lightning 14 9 2 0 3 55 37 22 Hull Pirates 14 9 0 0 5 65 52 18 Basingstoke Bison 14 8 0 1 5 47 36 17 Swindon Wildcats 14 7 1 1 5 55 49 17 Guildford Flames 14 6 0 2 6 60 58 14 Sheffield Steeldogs 14 5 1 1 7 50 51 13 Peterborough Phantoms 14 4 2 1 7 42 45 13 Manchester Phoenix 14 2 1 0 11 37 68 6 Bracknell Bees 14 2 0 0 12 35 72 4 English Premier Cup Qualifying GP W OW OL L F A Pt Peterborough Phantoms 18 12 1 3 2 82 44 29 Q Guildford Flames 18 8 3 1 6 63 55 23 Q Basingstoke Bison 18 9 2 1 6 69 55 23 Q Milton Keynes Lightning 18 8 3 0 7 72 52 22 Q Swindon Wildcats 18 8 2 0 8 69 66 20 Telford Tigers 18 10 0 0 8 77 48 20 Manchester Phoenix 18 8 0 2 8 53 67 18 Sheffield Steeldogs 17 6 0 2 9 57 83 14 Bracknell Bees 18 6 0 1 11 57 72 13 Hull Pirates 17 1 2 3 11 33 90 9 Teams play 18 games in Qualifying Top 4 qualify for semi finals 36

TOP 10 GOAL TENDERS Name Team GP GAA SVS% Ondrej Raszka Telford Tigers 11 2.13 0.921 Przemyslaw Odrobny Milton Keynes Lightning 14 2.53 0.92 James Hadfield Sheffield Steeldogs 14 3.47 0.913 Jordan Marr Hull Pirates 13 3.29 0.909 Stevie Lyle Swindon Wildcats 14 3.35 0.907 Tomas Hiadlovsky Basingstoke Bison 14 2.42 0.899 Stephen Fone Manchester Phoenix 14 4.85 0.891 Alex Mettam Bracknell Bees 12 5.09 0.857 Netminders must have played 10 games to be included Stevie Lyle TOP 10 FORWARDS Name Team GP G A PTS Andrej Themar Hull Pirates 13 21 9 30 Jonas Hoog Swindon Wildcats 14 8 21 29 Matic Kralj Guildford Flames 14 7 22 29 Aaron Nell Swindon Wildcats 14 15 12 27 Mattew Davies Telford Tigers 14 9 18 27 Arnoldas Bosas Sheffield Steeldogs 14 15 11 26 Stanislav Lascek Hull Pirates 14 7 19 26 Thomasz Malasinski Swindon Wildcats 14 8 17 25 Frantisek Bakrlik Milton Keynes Lightning 14 11 13 24 Jens Eriksson Guildford Flames 14 11 12 23 37

PHOENIX STATS GP G A Pts PIM 4 Luke Boothroyd (C) 14 0 4 4 10 12 James Neil (A) 14 2 6 8 0 14 Lewis James Baldwin 14 0 1 1 2 15 Ben Wood (A) 10 1 2 3 2 17 Gareth O'Flaherty 4 0 0 0 0 18 Jakub Langhammer 14 4 3 7 6 19 Scott William Bailey 14 0 2 2 2 22 Denis Bell 14 0 0 0 0 25 Michael John Stratford 14 0 1 1 4 26 Joni Tuominen 12 3 10 13 14 31 Stephen Fone 14 0 0 0 0 34 Roman Mailinik 14 8 7 15 4 51 Marek Indra 14 3 9 12 14 55 Gregg Pick 14 0 0 0 6 66 Robin Kovar 14 6 10 16 31 71 Edgar Bebris 14 9 9 18 18 James Riddoch (loan) 1 0 0 0 0 25 Phillip Mulcahy (loan) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38