Tag: Edinburgh Capitals
Ice hockey – new blow for Braehead
Braehead Clan forward Tyler Scofield has been sidelined for up to three weeks.
The 33-year-old Canadian was hit by a flying puck last weekend which resulted in a lower body injury.
Clan face bottom club Edinburgh...
Ice hockey – joy as Capitals end losing streak
Elite League: Dundee Stars 3, Braehead Clan 7; Edinburgh Capitals 4, Manchester Storm 3; Coventry Blaze 5, Fife Flyers 2 .
Bottom club Edinburgh Capitals have ended their 15-game losing streak.
They went 2-1 down then...
Ice hockey – Capitals skid to 15th defeat in a row
Elite League: Fife Flyers 6, Edinburgh Capitals 1; Milton Keynes Lightning 3, Dundee Stars 4; Braehead Clan 2, Manchester Storm 5
Evan Bloodoff claimed a double as high-flying Fife Flyers increased the agony on bottom...
Ice hockey – Capitals up for Fife challenge
Jock Hay hopes to get some players back from illness and injury in time for Saturday’s Elite League trip to Kirkcaldy (face-off 7.15pm).
The former Murrayfield Racers legend was disappointed only to earn one point...
Ice hockey – coach thanks Capitals fans
Michael D’Orazio has praised Edinburgh Capitals success-hungry fans for their support.
He also thanked his squad for their efforts in the 2-1 overtime defeat at Murrayfield by Dundee Stars.
Capitals also lost 7-4 on Tayside to...
Ice hockey – Capitals earn point after shootout
Elite League: Edinburgh Capitals 1, Dundee Stars 2 (after penalty shots); Braehead Clan 1, Fife Flyers 4
Dundee Stars claimed a weekend win double over basement rivals Edinburgh Capitals after a nerve-jangling penalty shootout at...
Ice hockey – Capitals shot down by Stars
Elite League: Dundee Stars 7, Edinburgh Capitals 4 ; Fife Flyers 3, Braehead Clan 2 (after overtime)
Dundee Stars secured their fifth straight home Elite League win in a 7-4 success over bottom club Edinburgh...
Ice hockey – Pacha looks to newcomer Lukas
Danish newcomer Lukas Lundvald Nielsen arrived in Scotland earlier this week and has already made a big impression on and off the ice with Dundee Stars.
The 22-year-old was a catalyst for Dundee Stars in...
Ice hockey – Capitals burned by Flames
Elite League: Guildford Flames 10, Edinburgh Capitals 1; Dundee Stars 3, Braehead Clan 2 (after penalty shots).
Geoff Walker and Kruise Reddick both netted trebles as Edinburgh Capitals skidded to their 12th straight Elite League...
Ice hockey – Stars boost line-up ahead of Capitals clash
Dundee Stars hope to have new signing Cody Carlson in their squad for the double-header with Edinburgh Capitals this weekend.
The gritty defenceman was signed earlier this week and the former Braehead Clan star has...
Ice hockey – skipper accentuates the positives
Mike D'Orazio feels Edinburgh Capitals can take a lot of positives from their Hogmanay defeat to in-form Fife Flyers.
The club skipper and co-coach was pleased that his squad limited the shots on stand-in netminder...
Ice hockey – late surge secures Fife victory
Elite League: Edinburgh Capitals 3, Fife Flyers 5
Edinburgh Capitals nightmare season continued when they lost 5-3 at home to arch rivals Fife Flyers who have won eight times in nine games in December.
It was...
Ice hockey – Flyers fired-up for Capital visit
Elite League: Belfast Giants 4, Braehead Clan 2; Fife Flyers 5, Guildford Flames 3.
Fife Flyers come to Murrayfield to face Edinburgh Capitals on Hogmanay (face-off 4pm) after claiming their second win over Guildford Flames...
Ice hockey – skipper calls for revenge over Fife
Edinburgh Capitals host arch rivals Fife Flyers (face-off 4pm) on Hogmanay and co-coach Mike D’Orazio expects no mercy.
Fired-up Fife Flyers thrashed the bottom club 10-1 at Kirkcaldy on Boxing Day, the biggest win of...
Ice hockey – Giants claim seven against Capitals
Elite League; Belfast Giants 7, Edinburgh Capitals 2
Edinburgh Capitals skidded to their tenth straight defeat when they lost 7-2 at Elite League title-chasing Belfast Giants.
They moved to 39 points, four adrift of league pace-setters...
Ice hockey – Capitals sign new Finnish forward
Edinburgh Capitals gave new Finnish forward Patrik Moisio his debut at Belfast Giants on Friday.
Moisio was a bronze medal winner with the Finland under-18 team in 2009-2010 and has played 86 games in the...
Ice hockey – D’Orazio calls for action replay
Edinburgh Capitals co-coach Mike D'Orazio remembers how well the squad played when they edged Belfast Giants 6-4 in the Challenge Cup at The Odyssey earlier this season.
The Murrayfield men also pushed Giants in a...
Ice hockey – Clan extend the misery for Capitals
Elite League: Edinburgh Capitals 1, Braehead Clan 3
Brendan Brooks claimed two goals as Braehead Clan skated to their fifth win in all competitions over Edinburgh Capitals.
Brooks, a former Fife Flyers star, netted in the...
Ice hockey – Capitals host clan after Fife goal blitz
Elite League: Fife Flyers 10, Edinburgh Capitals 1; Braehead Clan 3, Belfast Giants 2; Elite League: Manchester Storm 4, Dundee Stars 0
Edinburgh Capitals host Braehead Clan on Wednesday (face-off 7.30pm) only 24 hours after...
Ice hockey – Hay calls for 100 per cent effort
Jock Hay is the veteran of a number of full-blooded derby clashes with Fife Flyers.
And the Murrayfield stalwart will ask his men to give everything when Edinburgh Capitals travel to Kirkcaldy on Boxing Day.
Hay...
Ice hockey: Capitals skid to defeat No 7
Elite League: Edinburgh Capitals 3, Belfast Giants 6; Cardiff Devils 8, Dundee Stars 1; Sheffield Steelers 3, Braehead Clan 0; Guildford Flames 1, Fife Flyers 2 (after overtime).
Edinburgh Capitals new coaching team saw their...
Ice hockey – Capitals strengthen from the back
Edinburgh Capitals' new netminder Tyler Beskorowany will arrive early in the New Year and the 27-year-old Canadian will replace current netminder Pavel Shegalo at No 1.
Ontario-born Beskorowany is 6ft 4in and a former National...
Ice hockey – Capitals skipper calls for supreme effort
Michael D’Orazio believes Edinburgh Capitals shock win at Belfast Giants earlier this season proves the squad has talent.
That 6-4 Challenge Cup victory on September 30 remains a stand-out success for the team who currently...
Ice hockey – Podzins impresses coaches
Latvian forward Ainars Podzins has impressed Edinburgh Capitals' new coaches.
The 25-year-old showed in training that he has a wicked shot, moves around the ice well and is willing to work hard.
The forward, who has...
Ice hockey – Hay already planning ahead
Jock Hay and Mike D'Orazio have welcomed trialist Ainars Podzins as they take over coaching duties at Edinburgh Capitals.
Podzins is expected to make his debut against Belfast Giants at Murrayfield on Saturday (face-off 5.45pm).
Former...
Ice hockey – Khristich quits Capitals
Edinburgh Capitals and their head coach Dmitri Khristich have parted company.
The Ukrainian-born former National Hockey League player replaced Michael Dobron.
And he was charged with getting the club to the play-offs.
Khristich believes his decision to...
Ice hockey – Captials burned by Flames
Elite League: Cardiff Devils 6, Braehead Clan 4; Edinburgh Capitals 2, Guildford Flames 7; Sheffield Steelers 1, Fife Flyers 3
The nightmare continues for Edinburgh Capitals who have skidded to their sixth straight defeat.
Elite League...
Ice hockey – Flames aim to burn Capitals
Challenge Cup, quarter-final, first-leg: Fife Flyers 3, Belfast Giants 3. Elite League: Braehead Clan 3, Guildford Flames 5.
Guildford Flames visit Murrayfield on Sunday (face-off 6pm) boosted by a road victory in Glasgow.
The Elite League...
Ice hockey – Fox treble sinks Capitals
Elite League: Dundee Stars 4, Edinburgh Capitals 2
Former Fife Flyers star Justin Fox claimed a glory treble as Dundee Stars increased the agony for bottom club Edinburgh Capitals.
The 30-year-old Canadian, who spent two seasons...
Ice hockey – basement rivals clash
Edinburgh Capitals and Dundee Stars clash head-on on Friday (face-off 7.30pm) in a huge basement battle at The Dundee Ice Arena.
They are desperately in need of points as they bid to catch the chasing...