Post by Admin on May 20, 2013 8:37:26 GMT
EIHL Enforcers & tough guys for the 2013/14 season
Adam Keefe 5'10" 200lbs , 286 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=10527
This will be Adam Keefe's 3rd season in Belfast where he has become a fan favorite among the Giants fans for his tough physical style of play game after game. Keefe has lead the Giants in the last two season's in penalty minutes and fighting majors, and he has fought names like Brad Voth, Ryan Hand, Benn Olson, Derek Campbell, Jozef Sladok, Mike Egener, Guillaume Lepine & Bryan Jurynec over his two seasons in Belfast.
Keefe had previously played 10 seasons in the OHL,ECHL and AHL in North America averaging 23 fights a season. He has fought some top quality enforcers in NA like Jeremy Yablonski, Francis Lessard & Raitis Ivanans.
Keefe was voted the toughest guy 'Pound for Pound' in the EIHL by our followers last season on twitter, and Looking at the tough guys signed up so far in the EIHL in 13/14 it looks like Keefe will be kept busy again this season.
Jeff Szwez 6'3" 215lbs , 72 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=6788
Jeff Szwez was the best player in the EIHL in 09/10 season scoring an impressive 42 goals in 49 games while also being one of the tougher guys in the EIHL that season. He returns to the Giants after a number of years playing in Germany including stints in the highly rated DEL. Over his career Szwez has fought top quality enforcers like Matt Carkner, Kevin Westgarth, Matt Kassian, Deryk Engelland, Aaron Downey.ect and also fought a lot of past & current EIHL tough guys and enforcers including having a cracking fight with the best fighter in the EIHL last season Benn Olson in 2009. Szwez has also fought Mike Egener, Stefan Meyer, Greg Stewart,Paul Bissonnette, Drew Fata, Derek Campbell, Ryan Jorde who have all played or will be playing in the EIHL this season.
Szwez is a quality power forward who will add size and toughness to the Giants top lines this season and if he scores half as many times as he did last time in the EIHL he will be a major assest to the Giants this season.
Chris Frank 6'1" 230lbs , 87 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=25939
This will be the 3rd season in the EIHL for the hard hitting Chris Frank. Chris joined the Cardiff Devils in 2011-12 season and led the Devils in fighting majors while setting a league high of 357 in penalty minutes, his 2nd season in the EIHL he spent with the Sheffield Steelers. Frank in his two season's in the EIHL has fought a number of times including fighting tough guys like Colt King, Gui Lepine, Derek Campbell, Bryan Jurynec and Ryan Hand.
Before coming to the EIHL Chris Frank played Junior in the BCHL with Cowichan Valley Capitals leading his team in penalty minutes every season he was there. Chris then went on to play for and Captain 'Western Michigan University' before turning pro and playing in the ECHL and AHL leagues. While in N.A Frank fought names like Curtis Tidball, Robert Snowball, Matt Kassian, Erick Lizon, Justin Johnson, Peter Vandermeer, James Delorey.ect.
Frank should add some much needed physical play to the Clan roster this season, something they lacked last term.
Kevin Bergin 6'2" 210lbs , 96 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=12300
Tough Forward Kevin Bergin is back in the EIHL with the Braehead Clan having previously played here with the Basingstoke Bison for a season and 3 season's with the Nottingham Panthers. Bergin in his time in the EIHL was close to a point a game player while also providing some added toughness to both the Bison and Panthers line ups. In the EIHL Bergin fought tough guys Regan Darby, Brad Voth, Gerad Adams, Derek Campbell, Adam Stefishen, Jason Rushton, Carlyle Lewis, Steve Munn, Jason Kostadine, Adam Knight, Andrew Sharp, and Sean McMorrow 4 times in 09/10.
Before coming to the EIHL Kevin played in the QMJHL and the ECHL while in North America. He's also spent some time in the French league in Europe.
During his time in North America Bergin fought names like Ryane Clowe, Trevor Gillies, Jason Shmyr, Derek Boogaard, Robin Gomez, Riley Cote, Steve MacIntyre. ect.
Kevin should add some decent toughness to the Clan forward line and will also bring some leadership to their roster as well.
Nathan Moon 5'11" 200lbs , 38 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=19491
Gritty agitator Nathan Moon will be one of the the Star players in the Gardiner conference this season and one of the more entertaining guys to watch in the EIHL. Nathan dropped the gloves 11 times in the AHL in 11/12 and over his career Moon has fought guys like Dean Arsene, Troy Bodie, Brett Thurston. He knows how to get under the skin of other teams and he is a quality player who should quickly become a fan favorite with the Clans Purple Army.
Andrew Lord 6'3" 210lbs , 72 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=26031
Andrew Lord is a a tough forward new to the EIHL but he's fought quite a few guys who's either playing this season or who have played here in the past including Adam Keefe, Alex Penner, Gui Lepine, Scott Langdon, Dominic D'Amour, Benn Olson, Bryan Jurynec, Malcolm MacMillan, Tim Spencer, Devin DiDiomete, Kevin Harvey and Chris Frank.
Lord has played in the BCHL Junior league, College hockey for RPI (Rensselaer Poly Inst), as well as being a fan favorite in the ECHL for the Wheeling Nailers. Lord has also played and fought in the AHL and had a stint in the German 2nd tier league last season. As well as the names mentioned above Lord has fought top AHL enforcers like Justin Johnson, Wade Brookbank, Luke Gazdic and Anthony Peluso.
Lord should do well for the Devils this season as part of a very physical team and could possible be one of the EIHL's leading players in fighting majors this term.
Andrew Conboy 6'4" 205lbs , 65 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=26892
Hard hitting Power forward and another new guy to the EIHL. Conboy has fought former Devils tough guy Devin Didiomete and new Blaze signing Kevin Harvey in the past. He also has some pretty decent names on his fight card including Brandon Bollig, Matt Carkner and Panthers new enforcer Brent Henley.
Conboy won a championship with Omaha Lancers in the USHL in 07/08, he also represented Michigan State Univ. in the NCAA, and spent 4 season's with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs. Conboy split last season between both Trenton Titans & Cincinnati Cyclones in the ECHL, fighting 16 times.
Conboy I've a feeling will quickly become a fan favorite in Cardiff this season.
Adam Ross 6'4" 210lbs , 43 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=59407
Tough D.man Adam Ross played in the AJHL as a Junior for 3 season's before moving on to College hockey. Ross played for Merrimack College who he captained, and made the NCAA (Hockey East) All-Academic Team 09/10, 10/11.
Ross started his Pro career in the ECHL and played over 100 games for the Wheeling Nailers, leading his team in fights in 11/12 and last season 12/13. Ross also had a handful of AHL games with the Hamilton Bulldogs. Ross has fought names like Scott Fletcher, Mike Liambas, Phil Oreskovic and Ryley Grantham while in NA.
He should be a solid D.man for the Devils and will add to their team toughness this coming season.
Brad Plumton 6'2" 200lbs , 46 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Season=2009&League=32&Player=27702
Hard hitting D.man who will keep opposition players on their toes this season in the EIHL. Plumton was a regular fighter in the BCHL as a Junior for the Westside Warriors. In his 3 season with the Warriors he fought 46 times. Plumton then spent 3 season's playing college hockey with SAIT (Southern AB Inst. of Tech), and had a season in Europe before he signed with the Devils.
Going to be interesting to see how this guy does in the EIHL.
Gerad Adams 5'11" 205lbs , 146 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=5780
Devils coach and veteran EIHL player Gerad Adams has put together a very tough Devils team this season with a lot of size and physical presence to their roster,so Adams who has in the past been a regular fighter will probable not be dropping the gloves to often if at all this season.
Adams has fought enforcers like Jason Norrie, Graham Belak, Reed Low, Brad Voth and Mike Varhaug in his NA career as a Junior, and while in the UK he dropped the gloves with enforcers Wade Belak, Dion Darling, Barry Neickar, Dody Wood,John Craighead, Jeremy Cornish, Adam Stefishen, Mike Hoffman and Sean McMorrow. Last Season Adams fought Belfast Giants Greg Stewart in Cardiff.
This will be Adams 13th season in the UK and his 9th with the Cardiff Devils.
Tyson Marsh 6'2" 215lbs , 67 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=7732
Tough physical D.man returns to Cardiff and adds yet more size to the Devils Blue line. Marsh has played in the WHL, ECHL and AHL in North America and he's fought guys like Craig Wellar, Colt King, Brandon Sugden, Jay Rosehill in them leagues, while last season he took on some of toughest guys in the EIHL in his 3 fights in Benn Olson, Gui Lepine and Kelsey Wilson.
Marsh is a quality D.man and he will be a big player for the Devils this season.
Benn Olson 6'4" 218lbs , 167 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=14037
Benn Olson proved to be a good enforcer last season in the EIHL, finishing 12/13 with the most fights in the EIHL, most wins, and was one of the more entertaining fighters in our league.
Olson fought the following EIHL tough guys in 12/13. Ryan Hand, Adam Keefe x3, Devin Didiomete x3, Drew Fata x2, Gui Lepine x3, Tom Sestito, Tyson Marsh. Plus a handful of fights against non-fighters as well. Apart from a few testing fights with Adam Keefe, Olson looked impressive all season long dominating the likes of Didiomete, Fata, Lepine who are all decent tough guys, and getting the better of a NHL lock-out enforcer Tom Sestito.
Before coming to the UK Olson played in the WHL as a Junior fighting the likes of Milan Lucic, Frazer McLaren and Matt Kassian. Olson then turned Pro spending his time from 2008-2012 playing in both the ECHL and AHL leagues for a host of teams. While in them leagues Olson proved himself to be a decent heavyweight enforcer fighting guys like Pierre-Luc Leblond, Jon "Nasty" Mirasty, Jeremy Yablonski, Brett Gallant, Joel Rechlicz, Tom Sestito and many more tough guys night after night.
It's going to be a good season of physical EIHL hockey looking at the players signed up so far and the Blaze will be glad they brought back Olson as his toughness is going to be needed in 13/14.
Kevin Harvey 6'2" 200lbs , 159 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=10554&L=
Kevin Harvey is the new tough guy to the Blaze roster this season but he looks like he will fit in just fine on a tough Coventry team. Harvey averaged around 20 fights a season while playing in The OHL, ECHL, CHL and AHL leagues in North America and on two occasion he put up over 30 fights in one term.
Harvey has fought the likes of top enforcers like Deryk Engelland, Jeremy Yablonski, Trevor Gillies, Riley Emmerson.ect in N.A, and he's also fought numerous past and present EIHL tough guys including Alex Penner, Craig Cescon, Jeff Ewasko, Jonathan Bernier, Neil Clark, Guillaume Lepine, Adam Keefe, Drew Fata, Greg Stewart, Tim Spencer, Benn Olson, Simon Ferguson, Andrew Lord, Jason Kostadine, Bobby Robins, Devin DiDiomete and Andrew Conboy.
I've a feeling Harvey will quickly become another favorite among the Blaze fans this season and should be very entertaining to watch.
Mike Egener 6'4" 215lbs , 117 career fights.. Out for season due to illness
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=7920
Mike was one of the best stay at home D.men in the league last season, with his strong physical presence and leadership qualities being shown out on the ice. Egener's aggressive style of play saw him involved in a number of altercations with rival teams tough guys like the Giants Adam Keefe & Greg Stewart, Panthers Gui Lepine & Kelsey Wilson and the Devils British player Josh Batch. Egener was also involved in the much talked about end of game brawl in Cardiff on Oct 28 2012, were he exchanged punches with Devils bench coach Neil Francis and Max Birbraer.
Before Mike came to the UK he had played in the WHL as a Junior, the ECHL, the AHL, and in both Sweden and Denmark.
Mike will hopefully continue to play his aggressive style of hockey in 13/14 as he Captains the Blaze this term.
Adam Henrich 6'4'' 225lbs , 44 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=6040
Blaze big tough skilled power forward came into their team late on last season and ripped up the league with his abilities in front of net scoring 13 goals in 14 regular season games, and netting 3 times in 4 play-off games, finishing the season with a average of 1.50 pts per game.
Henrich has played in some top leagues starting out in the OHL as a Junior, playing in the ECHL and AHL as a Pro in N.America, and then heading to Europe to play in Germany and Italy.
Henrich may not drop the gloves that often but he has in the past fought Brandon Prust, Pierre-Luc Leblond, Paul Bissonnette, Zenon Konopka and Patrick Kaleta who have all fought in the NHL in recent season.
Henrich should be one of the better players in the EIHL again this season and he will add so size and skill to the Blaze's forward line.
Tysen Dowzak 6'5" 225lbs 53 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=18503
Big tough D.man who will bring size and presence to the Stars roster, something they lacked last season. Tysen started out in the WHL as a JNR, before playing in the ECHL and CHL leagues with a couple of AHL call ups. Tysen has also played in a few Pre-season NHL camps with the New York Rangers. He's a big D.man at 6'5" and he's fought quite a few past and present EIHL tough guys while in North America like Mike Hoffman, Colt King, Benn Olson, Leigh Salters, Jason Kostadine, Mario Larocque and Justin Sawyer.
Matt Suderman 6'3" 235lbs 72 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=8158
Tough stay at home D.man. Suderman played Juniors in the WHL and fought some very good enforcers during his time there fighting the likes of Derek Boogaard, Derek Englland, Derek Parker and Riley Cote who all went on to be NHL enforcers. Suderman played in the SPHL,IHL,CHL and a season in France before joining a tough Dundee Stars team in 2010, Fighting Jozef Sladok twice, Steve Munn, Mike Prpich & Max Birbraer. Suderman then took a few seasons out due to illness but is now back to full fitness and should be along with Derek Campbell the Rays main go to guy next season.
Jeff Smith 6'6" 230lbs , 128 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Players/Player.aspx?Player=6431
Big tough D.man who can also be used as a forward. In the past Smith has played the enforcer role in his Junior days in the WHL and also when he turned pro in ECHL/AHL.. Smith has fought some very tough guys in his career like David Koci, Jon Mirasty, Justin Johnson, Alex Penner, Jonathan Tremblay, Steve MacIntyre, Shawn Thornton, Derek Boogaard, Graham Belak, Jeremy Yablonski..ect
He previously played in the EIHL for the Coventry Blaze in 2010-2011 but lasted only 15 games after he hurt his knee in a fight with the Cardiff Devils enforcer Justin Sawyer.
Last season 12/13, Jeff signed for the Hull Stingrays and although he got into a few fights with Greg Stewart, Bruce Graham and enforcer Benn Olson, Smith these days only really fights when he has too.
Derek Campbell 6'1" 205lbs , 125 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=6483
Power Forward who's played for a host of EIHL and EPL hockey teams during his 8 seasons in the UK. Campbell during his time in the EIHL has played over 300 games and averages a point a game. He's also fought 64 times in the EIHL against some tough guys including Ryan Shmyr, Brad Voth, Adam Stefishen, Jason Rushton, Mike Hoffman, Ryan Hand, Adam Keefe, Gui Lepine, Kevin Bergin Regan Darby.ect.
Before coming to the UK Derek Campbell played in the OHL, AHL, IHL, ECHL leagues and fought names like Jon Mirsty, Brett Angel, T.J Reynolds, Brent Henley and Robin Gomez.
Campbell played for the Rays in 2011-2012 scoring 12 goals and was one of the leading fighters in the league that season with 12. He should do well for the Rays this season as a tough forward.
Brent Henley 6'7" 250lbs , 164 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=6096
Panthers new signing Enforcer Brent Henley is the biggest player in the EIHL this season and comes into the league as one of it's most dominate fighters. He's a stay at home D.man with a mean streak and he has played 11 years as a pro in NA in the following leagues, ECHL,IHL,CHL and AHL. Henley has in the past been ranked as a top 10 fighter in the AHL in 2008-2009, and last season 2012-2013 in the ECHL many ranked him as the toughest guy in the league.
Henley has one of the best fight cards coming into the EIHL this season with wins over fighters such as Reid Simpson, Riley Emmerson, Paul Bissonnette, Trevor Gillies, Josh Gratton, Pierre-Luc Leblond, Mike Sgroi.ect. He has also fought and held his own against guys like Steve MacIntyre, Brandon Sugden, Jeremy Yablonski, Kip Brennan, Sean McMorrow and Raitis Ivanans. Showing Henley can mix it with the best of them on a regular basis.
Panthers have a very good enforcer this season, and probable the best fighter in the league.
Leigh Salters 6'4" 225lbs , 76 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=14456
Leigh Salters is a big power forward who's only a few season's into his Pro career. Salters though is already a well tested tough guy having coming through the ranks of the tough OHL, fighting all the other top heavyweights in Juniors like Anthony Peluso, Kyle Neuber, Brandon Mashinter, Richard Greenop, Luke Gazdic, Scott Fletcher, Harry Young.ect
Salters then spent a season in the AHL where he had some impressive showings in his 17 fights, including scoring a big win over new Steelers enforcer Tim Spencer.
Salters has spent the last two season in the ECHL putting up some decent numbers for a tough guy with the Florida Everblades.
Tim Spencer 6'4" 230lbs , 145 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=18766
Steelers new enforcer for this coming season Tim Spencer was ranked as one of the toughest guys in the QMJHL in the two season he played there as a Junior, fighting the likes of Brett Gallant, Erick Lizon, Joel Rechlicz, Gui Lepine, Kevin Cormier.ect. He played in a few NHL pre-season scrimmages in 2007 for St Louis Blues, fighting 3 times before signing up with Alaska Aces in the ECHL.
For the next few season's Spencer proved himself as a decent heavyweight in both the ECHL and AHL leagues fighting some very good enforcers like Mitch Fritz, Riley Emmerson, Justin Johnson, Luke Gazdic, Jonathan Tremblay, Trevor Gillies, Jon "Nasty" Mirasty, Frazer McLaren.ect.
Spencer looking at who has signed up in the EIHL this season will be among the toughest guys in the league and should put up a decent amount of fights if the Steelers keep him all season.
Drew Fata 6'1" 210lbs , 121 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=6459
Fata proved himself last season to be a quality D.Man for the Steelers and he's a tough enough guy for his size as well coming to the aid of his team mates when needed last season on a few occasions fighting Blaze enforcer Benn Olson twice, and TKO'ing Gerome Giudice.
Fata has played in the OHL as a Junior and then went on to play in the ECHL, AHL and a few NHL games as well, before having stints in Norway and Italy.
While in North America Fata fought a lot of past and present EIHL tough guys like Colt King, Adam Keefe, Brett Clouthier, Jason Kostadine, Jeff Szwez, Jason Norrie, Craig Weller, Simon Ferguson, Kevin Harvey, Tom Sestito. Ect.
I can see Fata being one of the Steelers best players again next season and he should add a few more fights to his card in 13/14 in this tougher league.
Steven Goertzen 6'2" 215lbs , 84 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=6112
Power forward who has played in 68 NHL games for Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes & Carolina Hurricanes. Steve spent most of his career in the AHL, and had spells in ECHL and also in the CZECH league. Last season he had a couple of fights in the EIHL and over his career he's dropped the gloves against the likes of Robin Big Snake, Shawn Thornton, Brandon Prust, Jordin Tootoo, Joel Rechlicz, Tom Sestito.ect
Goertzen gives the Steelers a solid checking forward next season and adds to depth in team toughness.
Stefan Meyer 6'2" 205lbs , 53 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=7852
Star player in the Junior WHL with the Medicine Hat Tigers as a kid. Meyer went on to play in both the NHL and AHL leagues in North America. Meyer is a skilled player who also plays with an edge, he has in the past played the agitator role and should be one of the more entertaining players in the EIHL this season. Meyer has fought the likes of Jeff Szwez, Rick Rypien, Tom Maxwell, Zac Rinaldo.
Meyer should be one of the stand out players for the Steelers next season.
Adam Keefe 5'10" 200lbs , 286 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=10527
This will be Adam Keefe's 3rd season in Belfast where he has become a fan favorite among the Giants fans for his tough physical style of play game after game. Keefe has lead the Giants in the last two season's in penalty minutes and fighting majors, and he has fought names like Brad Voth, Ryan Hand, Benn Olson, Derek Campbell, Jozef Sladok, Mike Egener, Guillaume Lepine & Bryan Jurynec over his two seasons in Belfast.
Keefe had previously played 10 seasons in the OHL,ECHL and AHL in North America averaging 23 fights a season. He has fought some top quality enforcers in NA like Jeremy Yablonski, Francis Lessard & Raitis Ivanans.
Keefe was voted the toughest guy 'Pound for Pound' in the EIHL by our followers last season on twitter, and Looking at the tough guys signed up so far in the EIHL in 13/14 it looks like Keefe will be kept busy again this season.
Jeff Szwez 6'3" 215lbs , 72 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=6788
Jeff Szwez was the best player in the EIHL in 09/10 season scoring an impressive 42 goals in 49 games while also being one of the tougher guys in the EIHL that season. He returns to the Giants after a number of years playing in Germany including stints in the highly rated DEL. Over his career Szwez has fought top quality enforcers like Matt Carkner, Kevin Westgarth, Matt Kassian, Deryk Engelland, Aaron Downey.ect and also fought a lot of past & current EIHL tough guys and enforcers including having a cracking fight with the best fighter in the EIHL last season Benn Olson in 2009. Szwez has also fought Mike Egener, Stefan Meyer, Greg Stewart,Paul Bissonnette, Drew Fata, Derek Campbell, Ryan Jorde who have all played or will be playing in the EIHL this season.
Szwez is a quality power forward who will add size and toughness to the Giants top lines this season and if he scores half as many times as he did last time in the EIHL he will be a major assest to the Giants this season.
Chris Frank 6'1" 230lbs , 87 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=25939
This will be the 3rd season in the EIHL for the hard hitting Chris Frank. Chris joined the Cardiff Devils in 2011-12 season and led the Devils in fighting majors while setting a league high of 357 in penalty minutes, his 2nd season in the EIHL he spent with the Sheffield Steelers. Frank in his two season's in the EIHL has fought a number of times including fighting tough guys like Colt King, Gui Lepine, Derek Campbell, Bryan Jurynec and Ryan Hand.
Before coming to the EIHL Chris Frank played Junior in the BCHL with Cowichan Valley Capitals leading his team in penalty minutes every season he was there. Chris then went on to play for and Captain 'Western Michigan University' before turning pro and playing in the ECHL and AHL leagues. While in N.A Frank fought names like Curtis Tidball, Robert Snowball, Matt Kassian, Erick Lizon, Justin Johnson, Peter Vandermeer, James Delorey.ect.
Frank should add some much needed physical play to the Clan roster this season, something they lacked last term.
Kevin Bergin 6'2" 210lbs , 96 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=12300
Tough Forward Kevin Bergin is back in the EIHL with the Braehead Clan having previously played here with the Basingstoke Bison for a season and 3 season's with the Nottingham Panthers. Bergin in his time in the EIHL was close to a point a game player while also providing some added toughness to both the Bison and Panthers line ups. In the EIHL Bergin fought tough guys Regan Darby, Brad Voth, Gerad Adams, Derek Campbell, Adam Stefishen, Jason Rushton, Carlyle Lewis, Steve Munn, Jason Kostadine, Adam Knight, Andrew Sharp, and Sean McMorrow 4 times in 09/10.
Before coming to the EIHL Kevin played in the QMJHL and the ECHL while in North America. He's also spent some time in the French league in Europe.
During his time in North America Bergin fought names like Ryane Clowe, Trevor Gillies, Jason Shmyr, Derek Boogaard, Robin Gomez, Riley Cote, Steve MacIntyre. ect.
Kevin should add some decent toughness to the Clan forward line and will also bring some leadership to their roster as well.
Nathan Moon 5'11" 200lbs , 38 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=19491
Gritty agitator Nathan Moon will be one of the the Star players in the Gardiner conference this season and one of the more entertaining guys to watch in the EIHL. Nathan dropped the gloves 11 times in the AHL in 11/12 and over his career Moon has fought guys like Dean Arsene, Troy Bodie, Brett Thurston. He knows how to get under the skin of other teams and he is a quality player who should quickly become a fan favorite with the Clans Purple Army.
Andrew Lord 6'3" 210lbs , 72 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=26031
Andrew Lord is a a tough forward new to the EIHL but he's fought quite a few guys who's either playing this season or who have played here in the past including Adam Keefe, Alex Penner, Gui Lepine, Scott Langdon, Dominic D'Amour, Benn Olson, Bryan Jurynec, Malcolm MacMillan, Tim Spencer, Devin DiDiomete, Kevin Harvey and Chris Frank.
Lord has played in the BCHL Junior league, College hockey for RPI (Rensselaer Poly Inst), as well as being a fan favorite in the ECHL for the Wheeling Nailers. Lord has also played and fought in the AHL and had a stint in the German 2nd tier league last season. As well as the names mentioned above Lord has fought top AHL enforcers like Justin Johnson, Wade Brookbank, Luke Gazdic and Anthony Peluso.
Lord should do well for the Devils this season as part of a very physical team and could possible be one of the EIHL's leading players in fighting majors this term.
Andrew Conboy 6'4" 205lbs , 65 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=26892
Hard hitting Power forward and another new guy to the EIHL. Conboy has fought former Devils tough guy Devin Didiomete and new Blaze signing Kevin Harvey in the past. He also has some pretty decent names on his fight card including Brandon Bollig, Matt Carkner and Panthers new enforcer Brent Henley.
Conboy won a championship with Omaha Lancers in the USHL in 07/08, he also represented Michigan State Univ. in the NCAA, and spent 4 season's with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs. Conboy split last season between both Trenton Titans & Cincinnati Cyclones in the ECHL, fighting 16 times.
Conboy I've a feeling will quickly become a fan favorite in Cardiff this season.
Adam Ross 6'4" 210lbs , 43 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=59407
Tough D.man Adam Ross played in the AJHL as a Junior for 3 season's before moving on to College hockey. Ross played for Merrimack College who he captained, and made the NCAA (Hockey East) All-Academic Team 09/10, 10/11.
Ross started his Pro career in the ECHL and played over 100 games for the Wheeling Nailers, leading his team in fights in 11/12 and last season 12/13. Ross also had a handful of AHL games with the Hamilton Bulldogs. Ross has fought names like Scott Fletcher, Mike Liambas, Phil Oreskovic and Ryley Grantham while in NA.
He should be a solid D.man for the Devils and will add to their team toughness this coming season.
Brad Plumton 6'2" 200lbs , 46 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Season=2009&League=32&Player=27702
Hard hitting D.man who will keep opposition players on their toes this season in the EIHL. Plumton was a regular fighter in the BCHL as a Junior for the Westside Warriors. In his 3 season with the Warriors he fought 46 times. Plumton then spent 3 season's playing college hockey with SAIT (Southern AB Inst. of Tech), and had a season in Europe before he signed with the Devils.
Going to be interesting to see how this guy does in the EIHL.
Gerad Adams 5'11" 205lbs , 146 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=5780
Devils coach and veteran EIHL player Gerad Adams has put together a very tough Devils team this season with a lot of size and physical presence to their roster,so Adams who has in the past been a regular fighter will probable not be dropping the gloves to often if at all this season.
Adams has fought enforcers like Jason Norrie, Graham Belak, Reed Low, Brad Voth and Mike Varhaug in his NA career as a Junior, and while in the UK he dropped the gloves with enforcers Wade Belak, Dion Darling, Barry Neickar, Dody Wood,John Craighead, Jeremy Cornish, Adam Stefishen, Mike Hoffman and Sean McMorrow. Last Season Adams fought Belfast Giants Greg Stewart in Cardiff.
This will be Adams 13th season in the UK and his 9th with the Cardiff Devils.
Tyson Marsh 6'2" 215lbs , 67 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=7732
Tough physical D.man returns to Cardiff and adds yet more size to the Devils Blue line. Marsh has played in the WHL, ECHL and AHL in North America and he's fought guys like Craig Wellar, Colt King, Brandon Sugden, Jay Rosehill in them leagues, while last season he took on some of toughest guys in the EIHL in his 3 fights in Benn Olson, Gui Lepine and Kelsey Wilson.
Marsh is a quality D.man and he will be a big player for the Devils this season.
Benn Olson 6'4" 218lbs , 167 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=14037
Benn Olson proved to be a good enforcer last season in the EIHL, finishing 12/13 with the most fights in the EIHL, most wins, and was one of the more entertaining fighters in our league.
Olson fought the following EIHL tough guys in 12/13. Ryan Hand, Adam Keefe x3, Devin Didiomete x3, Drew Fata x2, Gui Lepine x3, Tom Sestito, Tyson Marsh. Plus a handful of fights against non-fighters as well. Apart from a few testing fights with Adam Keefe, Olson looked impressive all season long dominating the likes of Didiomete, Fata, Lepine who are all decent tough guys, and getting the better of a NHL lock-out enforcer Tom Sestito.
Before coming to the UK Olson played in the WHL as a Junior fighting the likes of Milan Lucic, Frazer McLaren and Matt Kassian. Olson then turned Pro spending his time from 2008-2012 playing in both the ECHL and AHL leagues for a host of teams. While in them leagues Olson proved himself to be a decent heavyweight enforcer fighting guys like Pierre-Luc Leblond, Jon "Nasty" Mirasty, Jeremy Yablonski, Brett Gallant, Joel Rechlicz, Tom Sestito and many more tough guys night after night.
It's going to be a good season of physical EIHL hockey looking at the players signed up so far and the Blaze will be glad they brought back Olson as his toughness is going to be needed in 13/14.
Kevin Harvey 6'2" 200lbs , 159 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=10554&L=
Kevin Harvey is the new tough guy to the Blaze roster this season but he looks like he will fit in just fine on a tough Coventry team. Harvey averaged around 20 fights a season while playing in The OHL, ECHL, CHL and AHL leagues in North America and on two occasion he put up over 30 fights in one term.
Harvey has fought the likes of top enforcers like Deryk Engelland, Jeremy Yablonski, Trevor Gillies, Riley Emmerson.ect in N.A, and he's also fought numerous past and present EIHL tough guys including Alex Penner, Craig Cescon, Jeff Ewasko, Jonathan Bernier, Neil Clark, Guillaume Lepine, Adam Keefe, Drew Fata, Greg Stewart, Tim Spencer, Benn Olson, Simon Ferguson, Andrew Lord, Jason Kostadine, Bobby Robins, Devin DiDiomete and Andrew Conboy.
I've a feeling Harvey will quickly become another favorite among the Blaze fans this season and should be very entertaining to watch.
Mike Egener 6'4" 215lbs , 117 career fights.. Out for season due to illness
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=7920
Mike was one of the best stay at home D.men in the league last season, with his strong physical presence and leadership qualities being shown out on the ice. Egener's aggressive style of play saw him involved in a number of altercations with rival teams tough guys like the Giants Adam Keefe & Greg Stewart, Panthers Gui Lepine & Kelsey Wilson and the Devils British player Josh Batch. Egener was also involved in the much talked about end of game brawl in Cardiff on Oct 28 2012, were he exchanged punches with Devils bench coach Neil Francis and Max Birbraer.
Before Mike came to the UK he had played in the WHL as a Junior, the ECHL, the AHL, and in both Sweden and Denmark.
Mike will hopefully continue to play his aggressive style of hockey in 13/14 as he Captains the Blaze this term.
Adam Henrich 6'4'' 225lbs , 44 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=6040
Blaze big tough skilled power forward came into their team late on last season and ripped up the league with his abilities in front of net scoring 13 goals in 14 regular season games, and netting 3 times in 4 play-off games, finishing the season with a average of 1.50 pts per game.
Henrich has played in some top leagues starting out in the OHL as a Junior, playing in the ECHL and AHL as a Pro in N.America, and then heading to Europe to play in Germany and Italy.
Henrich may not drop the gloves that often but he has in the past fought Brandon Prust, Pierre-Luc Leblond, Paul Bissonnette, Zenon Konopka and Patrick Kaleta who have all fought in the NHL in recent season.
Henrich should be one of the better players in the EIHL again this season and he will add so size and skill to the Blaze's forward line.
Tysen Dowzak 6'5" 225lbs 53 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=18503
Big tough D.man who will bring size and presence to the Stars roster, something they lacked last season. Tysen started out in the WHL as a JNR, before playing in the ECHL and CHL leagues with a couple of AHL call ups. Tysen has also played in a few Pre-season NHL camps with the New York Rangers. He's a big D.man at 6'5" and he's fought quite a few past and present EIHL tough guys while in North America like Mike Hoffman, Colt King, Benn Olson, Leigh Salters, Jason Kostadine, Mario Larocque and Justin Sawyer.
Matt Suderman 6'3" 235lbs 72 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=8158
Tough stay at home D.man. Suderman played Juniors in the WHL and fought some very good enforcers during his time there fighting the likes of Derek Boogaard, Derek Englland, Derek Parker and Riley Cote who all went on to be NHL enforcers. Suderman played in the SPHL,IHL,CHL and a season in France before joining a tough Dundee Stars team in 2010, Fighting Jozef Sladok twice, Steve Munn, Mike Prpich & Max Birbraer. Suderman then took a few seasons out due to illness but is now back to full fitness and should be along with Derek Campbell the Rays main go to guy next season.
Jeff Smith 6'6" 230lbs , 128 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Players/Player.aspx?Player=6431
Big tough D.man who can also be used as a forward. In the past Smith has played the enforcer role in his Junior days in the WHL and also when he turned pro in ECHL/AHL.. Smith has fought some very tough guys in his career like David Koci, Jon Mirasty, Justin Johnson, Alex Penner, Jonathan Tremblay, Steve MacIntyre, Shawn Thornton, Derek Boogaard, Graham Belak, Jeremy Yablonski..ect
He previously played in the EIHL for the Coventry Blaze in 2010-2011 but lasted only 15 games after he hurt his knee in a fight with the Cardiff Devils enforcer Justin Sawyer.
Last season 12/13, Jeff signed for the Hull Stingrays and although he got into a few fights with Greg Stewart, Bruce Graham and enforcer Benn Olson, Smith these days only really fights when he has too.
Derek Campbell 6'1" 205lbs , 125 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=6483
Power Forward who's played for a host of EIHL and EPL hockey teams during his 8 seasons in the UK. Campbell during his time in the EIHL has played over 300 games and averages a point a game. He's also fought 64 times in the EIHL against some tough guys including Ryan Shmyr, Brad Voth, Adam Stefishen, Jason Rushton, Mike Hoffman, Ryan Hand, Adam Keefe, Gui Lepine, Kevin Bergin Regan Darby.ect.
Before coming to the UK Derek Campbell played in the OHL, AHL, IHL, ECHL leagues and fought names like Jon Mirsty, Brett Angel, T.J Reynolds, Brent Henley and Robin Gomez.
Campbell played for the Rays in 2011-2012 scoring 12 goals and was one of the leading fighters in the league that season with 12. He should do well for the Rays this season as a tough forward.
Brent Henley 6'7" 250lbs , 164 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=6096
Panthers new signing Enforcer Brent Henley is the biggest player in the EIHL this season and comes into the league as one of it's most dominate fighters. He's a stay at home D.man with a mean streak and he has played 11 years as a pro in NA in the following leagues, ECHL,IHL,CHL and AHL. Henley has in the past been ranked as a top 10 fighter in the AHL in 2008-2009, and last season 2012-2013 in the ECHL many ranked him as the toughest guy in the league.
Henley has one of the best fight cards coming into the EIHL this season with wins over fighters such as Reid Simpson, Riley Emmerson, Paul Bissonnette, Trevor Gillies, Josh Gratton, Pierre-Luc Leblond, Mike Sgroi.ect. He has also fought and held his own against guys like Steve MacIntyre, Brandon Sugden, Jeremy Yablonski, Kip Brennan, Sean McMorrow and Raitis Ivanans. Showing Henley can mix it with the best of them on a regular basis.
Panthers have a very good enforcer this season, and probable the best fighter in the league.
Leigh Salters 6'4" 225lbs , 76 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?P=14456
Leigh Salters is a big power forward who's only a few season's into his Pro career. Salters though is already a well tested tough guy having coming through the ranks of the tough OHL, fighting all the other top heavyweights in Juniors like Anthony Peluso, Kyle Neuber, Brandon Mashinter, Richard Greenop, Luke Gazdic, Scott Fletcher, Harry Young.ect
Salters then spent a season in the AHL where he had some impressive showings in his 17 fights, including scoring a big win over new Steelers enforcer Tim Spencer.
Salters has spent the last two season in the ECHL putting up some decent numbers for a tough guy with the Florida Everblades.
Tim Spencer 6'4" 230lbs , 145 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=18766
Steelers new enforcer for this coming season Tim Spencer was ranked as one of the toughest guys in the QMJHL in the two season he played there as a Junior, fighting the likes of Brett Gallant, Erick Lizon, Joel Rechlicz, Gui Lepine, Kevin Cormier.ect. He played in a few NHL pre-season scrimmages in 2007 for St Louis Blues, fighting 3 times before signing up with Alaska Aces in the ECHL.
For the next few season's Spencer proved himself as a decent heavyweight in both the ECHL and AHL leagues fighting some very good enforcers like Mitch Fritz, Riley Emmerson, Justin Johnson, Luke Gazdic, Jonathan Tremblay, Trevor Gillies, Jon "Nasty" Mirasty, Frazer McLaren.ect.
Spencer looking at who has signed up in the EIHL this season will be among the toughest guys in the league and should put up a decent amount of fights if the Steelers keep him all season.
Drew Fata 6'1" 210lbs , 121 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=6459
Fata proved himself last season to be a quality D.Man for the Steelers and he's a tough enough guy for his size as well coming to the aid of his team mates when needed last season on a few occasions fighting Blaze enforcer Benn Olson twice, and TKO'ing Gerome Giudice.
Fata has played in the OHL as a Junior and then went on to play in the ECHL, AHL and a few NHL games as well, before having stints in Norway and Italy.
While in North America Fata fought a lot of past and present EIHL tough guys like Colt King, Adam Keefe, Brett Clouthier, Jason Kostadine, Jeff Szwez, Jason Norrie, Craig Weller, Simon Ferguson, Kevin Harvey, Tom Sestito. Ect.
I can see Fata being one of the Steelers best players again next season and he should add a few more fights to his card in 13/14 in this tougher league.
Steven Goertzen 6'2" 215lbs , 84 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=6112
Power forward who has played in 68 NHL games for Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes & Carolina Hurricanes. Steve spent most of his career in the AHL, and had spells in ECHL and also in the CZECH league. Last season he had a couple of fights in the EIHL and over his career he's dropped the gloves against the likes of Robin Big Snake, Shawn Thornton, Brandon Prust, Jordin Tootoo, Joel Rechlicz, Tom Sestito.ect
Goertzen gives the Steelers a solid checking forward next season and adds to depth in team toughness.
Stefan Meyer 6'2" 205lbs , 53 career fights..
FIGHT CARD -- dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?Player=7852
Star player in the Junior WHL with the Medicine Hat Tigers as a kid. Meyer went on to play in both the NHL and AHL leagues in North America. Meyer is a skilled player who also plays with an edge, he has in the past played the agitator role and should be one of the more entertaining players in the EIHL this season. Meyer has fought the likes of Jeff Szwez, Rick Rypien, Tom Maxwell, Zac Rinaldo.
Meyer should be one of the stand out players for the Steelers next season.
