Adelaide Adrenaline Blog

The V.I.P. Adelaide Adrenaline have moved into 4th place in the AIHL standings after a come from behind dominating 5-2 victory over the Gold Coast BlueTongues last night at the Ice Arena. The Adrenaline found themselves down early 2-0 after the first period despite outshooting the Tongues 15-8. The second period saw the Adrenaline pepper Tongues goalie Luke Fiveash with 21 shots and numerous goalposts before finally opening their account with 49 seconds left in the second period on a goal by James Keane with assists going to Cassian Delsar and Wehebe Darge. The third period was totally dominated by the Adrenaline over a tiring BlueTongue team and they tied the game just over a minute in on a goal by Canadian import Cam Dion setup by Finnish national Sami Mantere. The Adrenaline continued to apply the pressure and with just over 11 minutes remaining American import Shane Lovdahl scored on a blistering slapshot after a pass from Keane and this proved to be the game winner. Wehebe Darge continued his stellar play scoring the 4th goal setup by Keane and Delsar and scored his second of the game with just over 1 minute remaioning with the assists to Keane and Lovdahl making the final score 5-2 and securing 5 out of a possible 6 points after the 8-7 shootout win on Saturday night.The Adrenaline now hits the road for 4 games starting next weekend when they play their first ever games at the new Ice House in Melbourne with plenty of supporters making the trip over to support the team. The games are Saturday June 26 at 5.45 pm and Sunday June 27th at 4.15 pm, you can contact the Ice House direct for tickets as both games will be sellouts. Next stop after Melbourne will be in Canberra on Saturday July 3rd at Phillip Ice Arena against the Knights in another crucial double point game followed by a game on Sunday July 4th against the Sydney Ice Dogs in Liverpool at 5.00 pm. Next home game for the Adrenaline is Sunday July 11th at 4.30 pm when the Newcastle North Stars make there first visit of the 2010 season to the Ice Arena.

The V.I.P. Adelaide Adrenaline have continued there home winning streak with  a come from behind 8-7 shootout earlier this evening at the Ice Arena. The Adrenaline were looking for some revenge after losing both games last month on the Gold Coast and found themselves down 1-0 early but replied on a nifty goal by captain Greg Oddy setup by Josh Harding and Cam Dion but once again were down 2-1 a few minutes later. Some hard work paid off with 2 late goals to the Adrenaline first Dion from Oddy and Harding then Dale Hall with a nifty short side goal setup by Oddy and Harding ending the period 3-2 for the home side. Early in the second the Adrenaline increased the lead to 4-2 on a solo effort and second of the game by Hall but this seemed to wake the Bluetongues up as some costly penalties resulted in 3 quick goals by the Tongues as they took the lead 5-4 after 2. With just 7 seconds gone in the third the Bluetongues were penalised giving the Adrenaline a golden opportunity to even up the score however a shorthanded 2 on 1 rush was finished off by the Tongues increasing there lead to 6-4. The Adrenaline staerted to take control of the play and in a span of 6 minutes they pumped in 3 goals without reply to take the lead back 7-6, crowd favourite Sami Mantere started the comeback assisted by Oddy and Sean Greer followed by James Keane setup by Oddy with his 5th point of the game and Wehebe Darge, and the final goal scored by Darge setup by Keane and Cassian Delsar. Unfortunately for the home crowd the Bluetongues tied the game at 7-7 with 53 seconds left sending the game into Overtime. Adrenaline goalie Olivier Martin stopped all 3 Bluetongues shooters but Adrenaline forward Dean Peterson scored on the Adrenaline’s second shot securing the 8-7 victory and the 2 crucial points. The Adrenaline and Bluetongues face-off again on Sunday June 20th at 4.30 pm at the Ice Arena which should be another exciting match for the fans.

Don”t miss out as the 2009 Adrenaline Championship Jerseys are selling quickly.

The V.I.P. Adelaide Adrenaline has the following 6- 2009 Championship Year Jerseys for sale at $100 per jersey. If interested please call Team Manager Ross Noga on 0408 600 046 or
E-mail- ausnoga@optusnet.com.au. All Interstate or Overseas orders Shipping and Handling costs will be added. Dont miss out as they are selling fast.

Blue Home Jerseys.

Num Name SIZE
4 PETERSON- L
6 THILTHORPE- L

14 MCDONNELL -XL

White Away Jerseys

4 PETERSON- L
7 ZOLOTAREV- L

15 L. HARDING -XL

The V.I.P. Adelaide Adrenaline have suffered another road loss as they went down 2-1 to the Penrith Bears last night and have slipped from third to fourth on the AIHL ladder. It was a tough weekend for the Adrenaline who are still looking for their first win on the road after being undefeated at home. The Adrenaline new that Sydney would be a different team from the last meeting when Adelaide pulverised the Bears 14-1 at home and both teams had some early chances but the first period remained scoreless. early in the second the Bears took the lead on a goal by Roberto Franchitti however the Adrenaline equalised on a nice goal by James Keane setup by David Huxley. The Bears again took the lead with under 4 minutes to play in the second on a goal by Eric Begin. This seemed to wake the Adrenaline players who came out with a lot of intensity in the third but were not able to beat Bears goalie Nick Boucher the rest of the game with the Bears holding on 2-1. It was an extremely dissapointing weekend as there were 9 points that were there for the taking but only 2 points were secured in the shootout loss the night before in Newcastle.  The Adrenaline now has 2 weeks off to prepare themselves for the Gold Coast Bluetongues in back to back games at the Ice Arena with both games at 4.30 pm on saturday June 19 and Sunday June 20th where the Adrenaline will be out to keep the home record intact .

The V.I.P. Adelaide Adrenaline have gone down 4-3 In a penalty shootout in Newcastle earlier tonite. It was a tough game to lose as the Adrenaline outplayed the Northstars and had a 3-1 lead in the second only to see Newcastle fight back with a goal near the end of the second. The Adrenaline had to kill off a 5 on 3 Northstars powerplay early in the third and were headed for victory when with only 37 seconds left and Newcastle goalie Matt Ezzy on the bench for a sixth attacker when star import Chris Belanger thru a blind pass out into the slot where Captain Ray Sheffield fired a shot thru a screen that eluded Adelaide goalie Olivier Martin and sent the game into a penalty shootout. Adelaide shooters Cam Dion, Peter Lindgren and Captain Greg Oddy were all stopped by Ezzy and Newcastle shooter Blair Tassone was also stopped however Alaskan import Peter cartwright was able to squeeze his shot thru Martin securing Newcastle”s comeback win securing 4 valuable points whilst Adelaide picks up 2 crucial points. Several Adelaide players played extrmwely well with Dion scoring 2 goals and Wehebe Darge with his best game of the year along with Shane Lovdahl who shined against his hometown buddies. The Adrenaline now have to re-group before they play the Penrith Bears on Sunday in Penrith which will be a huge game with another 3 points on offer and with the Bears and there new star goalie out for revenge after the 14-1 demolition handed to them by the Adrenaline a few weeks ago in Adelaide.

The V.IP. Adelaide Adrenaline have continued there home winning streak with a hard fought 3-2 win over the Canberra Knights. The first period saw plenty of scoring opportunities with neither team able to find the back of the net. The Adrenaline opened the scoring 3 minutes into the second period when Captain Greg Oddy found the back of the net after a nifty passing play between the Harding brothers. American import Shane Lovdahl increased the lead to 2-0 on the Powerplay with assists to Oddy and Dion and this scoreline remained as the teams headed to the dressing room. The third started with a  frantic pace as the Knights cut the lead with a goal by Matt Watkins. Both teams continued to press and a huge rebound given up by Canberra Goalie Ryan Lowe resulted in Lovdahls secong goal of the game and third point of the night by Oddy and second assist for Dion. This insurance goal was huge as the Knights threw everything at goalie Olivier Martin resulting in there second goal of the game with 3.49 left to play by Sean Scarborough. The Adrenaline held on to win 3-2 and pick up some valuable points vaulting them into third place in the standings.

The Adrenaline now head off on an extremely important road-trip next weekend June 5-6 starting with there biggest game of the season in Newcastle for a double point game and 6 points on the line against last years runner-up the Northstars. We then head to Penrith to play the Bears who are a different team now with there import Goalie Nick Boucher arriving which will be a tougher test than the last 14-1 drubbing handed out by the Adrenaline. The next Home games for the Adrenaline is a double header againts the Gold Coast Blue-Tongues on Saturday June 19 at 4.30 pm and Sunday June 20th at 3.30 pm with both games at the Ice Arena Thebarton.