Hockeyology

BARTERCARD GOLD COAST BLUE TONGUES & GRIZZLYSEND OF YEAR AWARDS AND PRESENTATONS This year we are hosting a combined Grizzlys and Blue Tongues end of year awards and  presentations to celebrate a year's ice hockey on the Gold Coast. We encourage all the supporters of the Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues PLUS all players, family and friends from bo […]

The Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues traveled south last weekend for their final 2 games of the 2010 AIHL season against the Newcastle North Stars.Highlighting the games was the Father/Son netminding duo of Milan and Nicholas Novysedlak, seen to the right.  Milan has played for the Blue Tongues on and off for the history of the franchise, and his son, 15yr […]

Father / Son Tandem between the pipes this weekend a first in the AIHL This weekend sees the team in Newcastle against the North Stars for our final games of the 2010 season. The road trip comes with disappointment as the team will not be competing in this years final 4 series next week in Melbourne.  However, it is also a very exciting road trip and a uniqu […]

The Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues will be playing for the 2011 season in a couple of ways over the coming weeks. This weekend the Blue Tongues will be playing an exhibition game (free entry) on the Gold Coast against the Melbourne Mustangs at Iceland. The Mustangs have been competing in exhibition games this year with the goal to be accepted as the seco […]

BLUE TONGUES NEED TO WIN THEIR LAST THREE GAMES TO MAKE FINALS The Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues have gone down 5-2 in the first of two games in Melbourne this weekend. The team now needs to win their last three games of the year, and hope the results go against the Sydney Bears in their remaining four games of the year. The Blue Tongues got off to a gr […]

Sept. 17 - Training camps open. Sept. 21 - Preseason games begin. Oct. 7 - Regular-season begins. Oct. 7-10 - NHL Premiere Games, at Helsinki, Finland (Carolina vs. Minnesota); Prague, Czech Republic (Phoenix vs. Boston); Stockholm, Sweden (Co... […]

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche remain committed to their youth movement, signing forward Chris Stewart to a two-year deal. The 22-year-old Stewart led the team with 28 goals last season and finished with 64 points. The deal's terms weren'... […]

MONTREAL (AP) - The Montreal Canadiens have re-signed restricted free-agent goalie Carey Price to a two-year contract. The 22-year-old goaltender signed the new contract on Thursday, ending two months of negotiations with the Canadiens. Price h... […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Penguins forward Jordan Staal is expected to miss the start of training camp as he recovers from an infection to his right foot, which was severely injured during the NHL playoffs. Staal's offseason preparation has been hampere... […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The San Jose Sharks signed the goalie who helped knock them out of the playoffs, agreeing to a one-year, $2 million deal with Antti Niemi on Thursday. Niemi joins fellow Finnish netminder Antero Niittymaki in San Jose as ... […]