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.. Page 1, Page 2.

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 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...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs London Racers - Wednesday 27th October 2004 By Matt and Mo with 10 Video Clips

	Hull Stingrays carried on their good form against Elite League opposition when they faced London Racers at the Hull Arena on Wednesday night. Andre Nikolaev opened the scoring when he hit a cracking slap shot into the top corner while Brent Pope was sitting out a 2+10 penalty for checking from behind. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Dundee Stars - Saturday 23rd October 2004 By Matt and Liam with 5 Video Clips

	Hull Stingrays kept their hopes of progressing to the semi-finals of the winter cup alive after a 4-2 win over an ill-disciplined Dundee Stars. 3 first period power-play goals killed off the Stars. Alipov opened the scoring when he tipsied in a Boothroyd shot over Ridler in the Stars net. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Cardiff Devils - 17 October 2004 By Matt, with Video Clip

	After Saturday's win against Coventry expectations were high for the visit of the Cardiff Devils and Hull opened the scoring when Adam Radmall shot from the blue line looking for his third goal in three games Geff Glowa managed to deflect it past Jason Cugnet and in off the post on the powerplay. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Coventry Blaze - 16 October 2004 By Matt with Video clips

	Hull Stingrays started off the weekend in emphatic style with Adam Radmall getting his second goal in as many games against his former club the Coventry Blaze. He swept in to finish off a Scott Wray move after just 51 seconds gone in the first period. Coventry kept on pressuring the Stingrays net but Read more...