The V.I.P. Adelaide Adrenaline were defeated 6-4 by the Melbourne Ice in the Grand final last Sunday night at the Ice House in Melbourne for the AIHL finals. In front of a capacity and noisy crowd Melbourne completed a fairytale year taking out the Goodall Cup for the first time in 28 years and denying Adelaide back to back championships. The Ice opened the scoring 4.5 minutes into the game when hometown hero and crowd favourite Joseph Hughes scored from Kurt Macsweyn and Dylan Moore erupting the massive home town crowd.
This was shortlived as Adelaide responded with 2 quick goals by Greg Oddy and Cam Dion which silenced the rowdy crowd but the Ice squared things up just over 1 minute later and period 1 ended 2-2. Period 2 saw both teams step up the offense and Adelaide took a 3-2 lead when Dion scored his second goal of the game on the Powerplay just 20 seconds into the period but Melbourne again responded thru Tom Powell and the game remained deadlocked until 5 minutes left when Hughes scored his second of the game giving the Ice a 4-3 lead after 2.
Melbourne increased the lead to 5-3 on a very controversial missed offside call that had the Adelaide bench fuming and this sparked James Keane to cut the lead to 5-4 under 1 minute later setup by linemate Cass Delsar but a mixup of communication saw Lovdahl and Greer collide into each other along the sideboards spilling the puck to Melbourne captain Lliam Webster and his quick shot eluded Martin who was not set or ready for the unexpected shot which had the Ice House erupt and although the Adrenaline continued to press this goal turned out to be the final goal of the 2010 Grand Final ending 6-4 for Melbourne Ice.
On behalf of the V.I.P. Adelaide Adrenaline I would like to congratulate the Melbourne Ice Players, Management and supporters on there achievements as they are deserving champions.
I would also like to thank the Adrenaline supporters who were in Melbourne for all the support that was given to the team and they are sorry they were unable to win the championship however we will be back in 2011 to chase the glory.
Finally on behalf of the Coaching and Management staff we want to say how proud we are of the achievements of the players and the hard work that they put into 2010 and we look forward to planning an assault on the 2011 Goodall Cup.
Please dont forget the Presentation Night (more info to follow) Saturday September 11 at 7.00 pm at the Caledonian Hotel and the added exhibition game Saturday September 18 at 4.30 pm vs Melbourne Mustangs.
The V.I.P Adelaide Adrenaline will defend there 2009 championship against the Melbourne Ice after defeating minor round premiers the Newcastle NorthStars 7-6 at the Ice House earlier tonite. Led by captain Greg Oddy who was named AIHL MVP for 2010 the Adrenaline outplayed Newcastle and held on after leading 7-2 in the third. The Adrenaline opened the scoring just 53 seconds in when Darren Corstens found the back of the net and 20 seconds later captain Greg Oddy scored on a penalty shot after NorthStars defenceman Sean Oultram covered the puck in the crease.
Newcastle cut the lead to 2-1 just 24 seconds later and for the next 5 minutes both teams had glorious chances but were unable to score but at the 8 minute mark Adelaide increased the lead to 3-1 after cycling the puck in the opposition end and having Sami Mantere score from the slot setup by Oddy and Cam Dion and 3 minutes later Shane Lovdahl blasted a puck past Newcastle starter Matt Ezzy prompting Coach Don Champagne to call a time-out. Newcastle got 1 back before the end of the period to cut the lead to 4-2.
Early into the second period which was totally dominated by the Adrenaline Cam Dion scored a great goal after being setup by Oddy giving the close to 50 Adelaide supporters who made the trek to Melbourne more to cheer for and some outstanding goalkeeping by Olivier Martin preserved the lead and with just over 3 minutes left Dean Peterson found the back of the net setup by Sean Greer and Lovdahl ending the period with a 6-2 lead.
With just 2 minutes into the third Nick Clark scored after being setup by David Huxley and Darren Corstens giving the Adrenaline what they thought was a comfortable 7-2 lead however with just 8.5 minutes left in the game Newcastle mounted a comeback led by there Alaskan connection of Blair Tassone,Brian Bales,Peter Cartwright and Canadian Chris Belanger by coming in waves and this sent a shiver through the Adelaide team and supporters as Newcastle scored 4 unanswered goals to make it 7-6 with still 1.55 to play but the boys held there nerves and held on to win 7-6 and to advance to the Grand Final against the home side Melbourne Ice who defeated the Penrith Bears 2-1 in the second semi final.
Come on Adrenaline fans are you going to let the Newcastle fans come on your website and vote for their own team? We posted a little poll in the sidebar (to the right!) to stir up support for the upcoming semi-final game against the Newcastle Northstars. The results so far are sad. 58% of voters say that the Adrenaline will LOSE.
We are the returning champions! Whoever thinks that the Northstars are going to take out the Adrenaline obviously do not remember last year when our Adrenaline took home the AIHL championship. It’s time to pull together and cheer on the boys. Saturday night’s game will be a big one and we need all the support we can get!
Tell your friends to get to the site and vote Hell Yes!
Selection of photos from the Adelaide Adrenaline vs Penrith Bears game played 21 August 2010. For larger pictures and many more photos from the game visit Frank’s Sticks and Stones website (http://www.freewebs.com/fkutsche)
Selection of photos from the Adelaide Adrenaline vs Canberra Knights game played 2 August 2010. For larger pictures and many more photos from the game visit Frank’s Sticks and Stones website (http://www.freewebs.com/fkutsche)
Selection of photos from the Adelaide Adrenaline vs Newcastle Northstars Ice game played 24 July 2010. For larger pictures and many more photos from the game visit Frank’s Sticks and Stones website (http://www.freewebs.com/fkutsche)
The V.I.P. Adelaide Adrenaline suffered a 5-4 shootout loss last night at the Ice Arena in front of a capacity crowd after blowing a 4-0 lead in the third period against the Penrith Bears. The loss means Adelaide will now face Minor Round Premiers the Newcastle Northstars in the first semi final at 4.00 pm next saturday at the Ice House in Melbourne.
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The V.I.P Adelaide Adrenaline have split the 2 games of an exhibition series, held last weekend in Perth Western Australia. In the first game the Adrenaline started the game off with a goal just 28 seconds in when rookie sensation Darren Corstens deposited the puck into the back of the Thunder net after a nifty setup from Shane Lovdahl stunning the home crowd.
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The V.I.P Adelaide Adrenaline will get the opportunity to defend there 2009 AIHL championship after defeating the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 10-4 Saturday night in a bruising affair, coupled with Gold Coast losing both games to the Melbourne Ice knocking them out of finals contention. With Captain Greg Oddy leading by example with 4 goals Adelaide got the required result at Liverpool.
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AIHL Finals will be held at the Icehouse in Melbourne on Saturday August 28 and Sunday August 29th.
If you are interested in purchasing these pre-sale tickets, you will need to fill in the Registration Form on the www.icearena.com.au website and click on 2010 finals information (please scroll to bottom of this page for the link). The opportunity to purchase these tickets ends at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 10th August, 2010.
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