Matt

Matt is the Ice Hockey main man for thisisUll.com. He is a committed Hull Stingrays fan and has reported on almost all of last seasons games. He has worked hard to promote the sport he loves, ice hockey her in Hull. At the end of last season the Stingrays presented Matt with a shirt signed by the whole team for his reports. Page 1 Matts contributions are listed below.. No Sections:  2  No Items:  33 Sports,Icehockey Page 1, Page 2.

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Bracknell Bees - 24th Jan 2004

	By Matt with Video AVI's of The Game Check the match gallery. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Newcastle Vipers - 31st Jan 2004

	By Matt with Video AVI's of The Game Two goals from Andrei Nikolaev saw the Stingrays beat Newcastle Vipers 4-3. Slava koulikov opened the scoring after just 18 seconds; Nikolaev hit a drop pass to koulikov who hit home from the blue line leaving former Hull netminder Pasi Raitanen stranded. After seven and a half minutes gone a delayed penalty .. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Newcastle Vipers - 10th Jan 2004

	By Matt with Video AVI's of The Game Hull Stingrays lost to the Newcastle Vipers despite out-shooting their opposition 36 shots to 25. Hull came out all guns blazing and should have come out of the first period with at least a one goal advantage. Early in the second period, Simon Leech served a two minute penalty for high sticks. Dru Burgess almost scored his first goal.. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Bracknell Bees - 4 January 2004

	By Matt with Video AVI's of The Game Hull Stingrays good form continued even though they lost 0-1 in overtime to high-budget Bracknell Bees at the Hull arena this afternoon. The only goal of the game came when, with forty seconds left, Allison found himself with a free run at the goal and scored on his backhand past .. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Fife Flyers - 7 Dec 2003

	By Matt with 5 Video AVI's of The Game The Stingrays failed to follow up their 4-2 win yesterday against Dundee as they lost 3-1 to the Fife Flyers. Hull came out looking much like the same team that sent Dundee packing the night before and took the lead after 19 minutes and ten minutes when Alipov struck home. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Dundee Stars - 6 Dec 2003

	By Matt A much improved Hull Stingrays got their first win of the season today against top of the league Dundee Stars. Andrei Nikolaev opened the scoring after just 22 seconds of play following a well-worked setup from a new look first line, with Noel Burkitt moving up from the second and Evgeny Alipov moving from the first. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Edinburgh Capitals - 29 Nov 2003

	By Matt with 1 Video AVI's of The Game A poor performance from the Hull Stingrays saw them lose their third game in a row and sees them rooted to the foot of the table with only one draw this season. Edinburgh were the better of two poor teams, with both lacking passion and desire in a game with few chances and not much energy. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Dundee Stars - 9 Nov 2003

By Matt with Video AVI of Tonight's Game Hull Stingrays got their second point of the season after a gruelling encounter at the Hull arena with the Dundee Stars. The game exploded into life after just 2 minutes when Dino Bouba opened the scoring, Slava Koulikov then went on to score a unanswered hat-trick; the first after four minutes, while Hopkins was sitting out a two minute penalty for.. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Edinburgh Capitals - 22 Nov 2003

By Matt with 2 Video AVI's of Tonight's Game Hull Stingrays failed to get their first win of the season despite leading 2-1 with only five minutes left in the game. Edinburgh's man of the match Jan Krajicek scored the game-tying goal with 4 minutes and 55 seconds left on the clock. A goal after 13 minutes from Miroslav Droppa had given Edinburgh a first period advantage and Hull didn't... Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Fife Flyers - 28th Feb 2004

	Fife Flyers won the FBNL league championship with a four goals to three win over Hull Stingrays after overtime. The first period was end to end but neither team managed to find the back of the net despite both teams having five on three power plays. The scoring started early in the second period with Finley opening the scoring for Fife. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Newcastle Vipers - 22nd Feb 2004

	By Matt with Video AVI's of The Game Hull Stingrays lost their sixth game in a row with a 4-2 loss at home to a short-benched Newcastle Vipers. In a fairly boring first period the Vipers took advantage of a wide gap outright and Wallace finished of a Longstaff pass with 12.10 gone in the game. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Edinburgh Capitals - 9th Feb 2004

	By Matt with Video AVI's of The Game Hull Stingrays followed up their 2-2 draw with Bracknell the previous night with a 5-1 defeat against Edinburgh Capitals. If lady luck had been on Hulls side the result could have been very different. They had a bag full of chances but Kundra did extremely well to keep Hull down to only one goal. Edinbrough opened the scoring after almost.. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs. Fife Flyers - 25th Jan 2004

	By Matt with Video AVI's of The Game Check the match gallery photographs. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays End of the Season 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	After 2 overtime loses and 1 win in the playoffs, the Rays needed two wins from this weekend's home and away games against the Dundee Stars and Guildford to beat the Vipers in their 2 games. First up was the home tie but it wasn't Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Guildford Flames - Saturday 5th March 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	On form, Guildford Flames visited the Hull Arena on Saturday night for a BNL play off match. Slava Koulikov took the lead for the Stingrays after 3:44 gone in the first period. Smarciak equalised for the Flames when he found some room behind the Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Newcastle Vipers - 2nd March 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	After a 1-0 loss at home to Newcastle in the final league game of the season, the Vipers returned to the Hull Arena on Wednesday might for the first game in the playoffs. Longstaff opened the scoring after 5 minutes taking a shot Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Edinburgh Capitals - 23rd February 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	A under strength Edinburgh Capitals visited the Hull Arena on Wednesday night and Hull Stingrays can go into this Saturdays game against Newcastle Vipers on the back of a 7-1 victory over thier Scottish counterparts. Jeff Glowa opened the scoring after one and a Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Guildford Flames - 12th February 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	After a midweek 2-0 home defeat to newly crowned BNL champions Bracknell Bees, Guildford Flames visited the Hull Arena. It didn't take long for them to make Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Edinburgh Capitals - 5th February 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	Edinburgh Capitals were the visitors to the Hull Arena this weekend. Early on in the first the Capitals found the Stingrays napping and good work behind Ladislav Kudrna's net gave him space to chip the puck over Kudrnas stick and find Martin Cingel in front of the net to fire Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Newcastle Vipers - 30th January 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	Newcastle Vipers were the visitors this weekend to the Hull Arena. It was bound to be a gruelling match, with both teams securing 2nd place in the table - and it lived up to expectations. Jeff Glowa, who has stepped up his game big time Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Sheffield Steelers - 23rd January 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	After losing to top of the Elite League Belfast the previous night, The Stingrays were visiting Elite League champions Sheffield Steelers. Sheffield Steelers had most of the possession in the first period but Hull came closest to opening the scoring when Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Belfast Giants - 22nd January 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	After being knocked out of theWinter cup on Wednesday night, the Hull Stingrays had another two hard games this weekend; Top of the Elite League Belfast Giants visited the Hull Arena on Saturday night. George Awada gave The Giants the lead in Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Fife Flyers 16th January 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	Hull Stingrays gained four points this weekend with two wins against Scottish opposition. On Saturday Hull travelled north of the border to visit Edinburgh Capitals and goals from Alipov, Koulikov, Rublivsky and Glowa saw them come away with a 4-1 win. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Fife Flyers - 19th December 04 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	Hull Stingrays finished their Winter Cup group games with a 5-2 defeat to Fife Flyers. Stingrays still finish fourth in the league and will meet Bracknell Bees in the semi-finals. Hull, who had Alipov out - injured after Friday night's 2-0 defeat to Elite League Belfast Giants Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Bracknell Bees - Winter Cup Semi 12th January 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	Hull Stingrays played host to BNL table-topping Bracknell Bees in the Winter Cup semi-final at the Hull Arena. Hull started of the better of the two sides with Alipov opening the scoring but Mike Ellis equalized for the Bees only a minute later. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Dundee Stars - 29th December 04 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	Stingrays have successfully strung up a second successive League victory - after beating the Newcastle Vipers away on Wednesday 22nd December, Stingrays raced their way to a 4-0 lead, before the Vipers made a tense end to the game by scoring 3 Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Fife Flyers - 19th December 04 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	Hull Stingrays finished their Winter Cup group games with a 5-2 defeat to Fife Flyers. Stingrays still finish fourth in the league and will meet Bracknell Bees in the semi-finals. Hull, who had Alipov out - injured after Friday night's 2-0 defeat to Elite League Belfast Giants Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Basingstoke Bison - 5th December 04 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	Hull Stingrays suffered their third loss on the bounce after a 3-2 loss to bottom of the Elite League Basingstoke Bison. Pavol Rieciciar gave the Bison the lead after some poor defending with only 3.44 on the clock, but Dru Burgess levelled things out when he received a defence-splitting Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Bracknell Bees - 28th November 2004 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster with Video

	Hull Stingrays chances of qualifying for the Winter Cup semi finals are now in the balance. After Saturday's 3-2 home defeat to Edinburgh Capitals, Bracknell visited the Hull Arena on Sunday and headed back home with two points. A goal half way through the first period from Dwight Parrish put The Bees in the driving seat. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Edinburgh Capitals - 27th November 2004 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster with Video

	After four wins on the bounce for the Stingrays it was time for Edinburgh Capitals to visit the Hull Arena in a winter cup game. Two wins for Hull over the weekend would see them qualify for the semi-finals. It was first blood to the Capitals as Miroslav Droppa with Kieras getting an assist after eight minutes played. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Dundee Stars - 20th November 2004 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster with Video

	Saturday night saw Dundee Stars visit the Hull Arena in what was a action packed game, with Hull Stingrays coming out 7-4 winners. With Jeff Glowa suspended, Dave Phillips out (broken hand) and the departure of Craig Minard, it meant third line players rotating on the first line along Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Newcastle Vipers - 14th November 2004 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster with Video

	With the departure of Craig Minard during the week and a 5-2 loss against Dundee Stars on Saturday night, a lot of people won't have been to confident going into Sundays Winter Cup clash against Newcastle Vipers. They where soon proved wrong when Jeff Glowa opened the Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Bracknell Bees - 7th November 2004 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster with Video

	Tonight saw league leaders Bracknell Bees Visit the Hull Arena and give the Stingrays a chance to pull two points back. Unfortunately it wasn't to be. Martin Masa opened the scoring when Kudnra failed to keep hold of a soft shot and dropped the puck onto Masa's stick. Jeff Glowa soon levelled Read more...