Category: Novotel

Siam Mandalay thumps Novotel big time

SHL games on Sunday, March 28th saw KCG extend Aware’s misery, beating them by a score of 5-1, while Siam Mandalay brought Novotel down to earth with a 7-4 pounding.

KCG has dominated its series with Aware this season.

Game one saw three young Thais (Punn Phasukkjwatana, Peam Juratwuttipreeda & Winnie Luckanatiakorn) score for KCG in quick succession giving the team a 3-0 lead going into the first intermission. Punnie scored his second goal of the game early in the second before Aware’s rookie-of-the-year candidate Roger Promthong broke Leo Liao’s shutout bid later in the same stanza. KCG captain Harrison Oztemel added an empty-net goal making it a 5-1 final.

It should be noted that Aware did outshoot KCG 35-24 in this contest, they just couldn’t get any breaks and KGC keeper Leo “the Great Wall of Taiwan” was a big part of that winning the Jerky Monster play-of-the week for his huge save on Masato Kitayama early in the game.

After the match, Aware defenseman Roman Larin announced that he would be leaving the team to return to his native Russia.

KCG’s Time Phatigulsate & Aware’s Kim Aarola battle for the puck.

Punn Phasukkjwatana earned himself the Rolling Stone Pizza player-of-the-game award for the first time in his career with his three-point performance (2G, 1A).

In game two, French-Canadian Seb Verdy continued his stellar play this month staking Novotel to an early 1-0 lead but it was all downhill from there for the Spitfires as Siam Mandalay struck for three quick goals from Mitch Morrison, sub Win Khuhakaew and Mike Wilson taking a 3-1 lead into the first intermission. Darius Konotopetz, centrepiece of the Crash Line, made it 4-1 early in the second, and then Ken Kindborn narrowed the lead to 4-2 but Jordan Ashton scored for Siam Mandalay making it 5-2 heading into the final stanza.

Siam Mandalay’s Homme Thaiyanont made it 6-2 early in the third; Novotel’s Major Ingharratohithakon made a valiant effort trying to bring his team close scoring two goals within 21 seconds later in the third, but Mike Wilson, scored an empty-netter, his second goal of the night, to make it a 7-4 final.

Siam Mandalay’s Mike Wilson breaks out of his zone with puck.


Aside from Major’s late heroics, Siam Mandalay dominated this game and it was very apparent how much Novotel misses defender Christoph Anliker, out with injury, who really takes a lot of pressure off of Kindborn.

Siam Mandalay captain Jordan Ashton led his team to victory and was awarded with the Rolling Stone Pizza player-of-the-game award for two-point performance (1G, 1A) and game-winning goal.

After sixteen weeks of action, the Novotel Spitfires sit atop the SHL standings with a 13-3-0 record for 26 points. KCG sits in second spot with a 10-3-3 record for 23 points. Siam Mandalay is in third position with a 8-7-1 record for 17 points and Aware is in the cellar with a 1-15 record for 2 points.

Siam Mandalay’s Non Aekkasemnarong prepares to unleash a slapshot.

The SHL scoring race still sees Novotel claiming the top three spots with Tomas Stastny at 32 points, followed by teammates Mike Freeson with 21 points and Ken Kindborn with 30 points. KCG teammates Jan Isaksson & Patrick Forstner are in fourth and fifth place respectively with 27 & 25 points each.

Barring COVID-19 restrictions SHL action resumes at the Imperial Samrong on April 18th with KCG playing Novotel at 9pm and Siam Mandalay facing off against Aware at 10pm. Top spot is still up for grabs, although the Novotel only has to win one game to claim that prize, and then it can choose its playoff opponent.

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SHL News Week 16

This week, Zack and Dom are joined in the studio by Aware’s goaltender, Lance Parker.

On March 28th, 2021 in our first game of the night at 9:00 pm, we had Novotel Spitfires vs Siam Mandalay. Novotel looked on form, when seven minutes, Seb Verdy scored a short handed goal. Siam Mandalay answered right back when Mitchel Morrison put one past Ben Kleineschay. Siam Mandalay scored two more unanswered goals in the first period, one by Win Khuhakaew and one by Mike Wilson. Early in the second period, Siam Mandalay scored their fourth unanswered goal, which was by Darius Konotopetz. The Spitfires did try to mount a comeback with Ken Kindborn scoring with just under eight minutes left in the second period, but Siam Mandalay just kept rolling and captain Jordan Ashton found the back of the net. Early in the third period, Siam Mandalay’s Homme Thaiyanont scored an unassisted goal, but Novotel wasn’t finished yet and they scored two goals, both from Major Ingkharratphithakon, but with just over thirty seconds left in the game, Siam Mandalay scored an empty netter to finish things off. The final score was Novotel Spitfires 4 – Siam Mandalay 7.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Siam Mandalay’s captain, Jordan Ashton for this goal and assist.

In our second game of the night, we had KCG facing off against Aware. KCG was on fire, scoring three unanswered goals in the first period, one from Punn Phasukkjwatana, one from Peam Jaratwuttipreeda and one from Winnie Luckanatinakorn. Aware did get on the board in the second period when Roger Promthong scored, but KCG kept things going when Phasukkjwatana scored his second of the night. Late in the third period, KCG’s captain, Harrison Oztemel scored an empty netter to make the final score Aware 1 – KCG 5.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the game went to Punn Phasukkjwatana for his two goals and assist.

The Jerky Monster Play of the Week went to KCG’s netminder, Leo Liao for his diving save in the second period.

The Prime Burger Offensive Player of the Month went to Tomas Stastny.

The Prime Burger Defensive Player of the Month went to Mike Wilson.

The Prime Burger Goaltender of the Month went to Dream Ungkulpattanasuk.

 

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SHL News Week 15

Dom and Zack are joined in the studio this week by Jesse Starosta from KCG. We just finished off week 15 in the SHL, and in the first game of the night at 9:00 pm we had KCG vs Siam Mandalay. This game had lots of action and KCG took an early lead with goals from Time Phatigulsate and Jesse Starosta, but Siam Mandalay reduced the lead to one with a goal from Tan Limpinphet. In the second period, KCG scored two more goals, one from Jan Isaksson and a second from Phatigulsate to make it 4-1. Siam Mandalay brought them within two when Mike Wilson scored a short handed goal. In the third period, Siam Mandalay tied things up with goals from Darius Konotopetz and Turner Johnson, which forced an overtime period. The action was back and forth in OT, but neither team could get one past the netminder, which forced a sudden death shootout. First up for KCG was Jan Isaksson, but he was stopped by Dream Ungkulpattanasuk. First up for Siam Mandalay was Turner Johnson, who was stopped by Leo Liao. Second up for both KCG was Winnie Luckanatinakorn and Win Khuhakeaw for Siam Mandalay and both were stopped. Third up for KCG was Punn Phasukkjwatana, who was stopped by Unkulpattanasuk. Third up for Siam Mandalay was Yean Thanakroekkiat for put an amazing move on Liao and scored the game winner.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Turner Johnson for hs game tying goal.

In our second game of the week, we had Aware facing off against the number one team in the league, the Novotel Spitfires. Novotel came out on fire and scored four un answered goals in the first period. On each from Mangkorn Sukwiboon, Seb Verdy, Ed McConnell and Peter Borjesson. The second period was more of the same with the Spitfires scoring two unanswered goals, one from Ken Kindborn and a second from Sukwiboon. The third period was more of the same with goals from Major Ingkharratphithakon, a second from Verdy and a third from Sukwiboon. Aware did finally get on the board with two goals from Roman Larin, but it was too little too late and the final score was Aware 2 Novotel Spitfires 9.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Seb Verdy for his two goals and an assist.

The Jerky Monster Play of the Week went to Yean Thanakroekkiat for his move on Leo Liao to give Siam Mandalay the win.

 

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Aware vs Novotel Spitfires March 21, 2021 – Rolling Stone Pizza PoG Seb Verdy

In our second game of the night, on March 21, 2021 at 10:00 pm we had Aware facing off the number one team in the league, Novotel Spitfires. The Spitfires were came out ready to bounce back from the week before loss, and scored four unanswered goals, one from Mangkorn Sukwiboon, Seb Verdy, Ed McConnell and Peter Borjesson. The second period had more of the same with Novotel scoring two more unanswered goals, one from Ken Kindborn and a second from Sukwiboon. The third period saw nothing different with goals from Major Ingkharratphithakon, a second from Verdy and a third from Sukwiboon. Aware did finally score two goals in the last six minutes of the game, both from Roman Larin.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Seb Verdy for his two goals and assist.

 

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SHL News Week 14

On March 14, 2021, in our first game of the night at 9:00 pm, we had Novotel Spitfires vs KCG. KCG got off to an early start with a goal from Patrick Forstner, which was assisted by Gabe Rosko. The Novotel Spitfires answered right back with a goal from Tomas Stastny, with the assists coming from Scott Murray and Seb Verdy. With just over three minutes left in the first period, KCG took the lead with a goal from Jesse Starosta with the assist coming from Forstner. With about a minute and a half left in the first period, Forstner increased KCG’s lead to two after receiving an assist from Jan Isaksson. In the second period, the Spitfires tied things up with goals from Christoph Anliker, assists coming from Andrew Ross and Michael White, and a short handed goal from Ken Kindborn, with the assist coming from Mangkorn Sukwiboon. Early in the third period, Novotel took the lead with a goal from captain, Mike Freeson, which was assisted by Murray. KCG’s captain, Harrison Oztemel tied things up, the assist from Andy Tse, and then Punn Phasukkjwatana, which was assisted by Forstner. With just forty-five seconds left in the game, KCG increased their lead to two when Starosta scored his second of the night, which was assisted by Oztemel. The Spitfires never gave up, and Freeson scored with just sixteen seconds left in the game, which was assisted by Tomas Stastny. The Final score of the game was Novotel Spitfires 5 and KCG 6, giving the Spitfires their second loss of the season.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Jesse Starosta for his two goals on the night.

In our second game of the night, at 10:00 pm, we had Siam Mandalay vs Aware. Things weren’t looking for for Aware when less than three minute ins, Siam Mandalay’s Crash Line started things off with a goal by Darius Konotopetz, which was assisted by Mitchel Morrison. With less than two minutes left in the first period, Tan Limpinphet scored for Siam Mandalay, which was assisted by Alex Phelps and Konotopetz. In the second period, Siam Mandalay scored their third unanswered goal, with a power play goal by Morrison, which was assisted by Phelps and Ernesto Bauer. With just ten second left in the game, Siam Mandalay put the icing on the cake when Limpinphet scored his second of the night, with the assist coming from Alasdair Fawcett and Phelps.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Dream Ungkulpattanasuk for getting the first shut out in the SHL this season.

The Jerky Monster Play of the Week went to Patrick Forstner for his sweet dangle goal in the first period.

SHL News Week 13

This week, Dom and Zack are joined in the studio by the first 100 point winner in the SHL, Harrison Oztemel.

Dom and Zack have a conversation with KCG captain, Harrison Oztemel about Oztemel’s opinion about Week 13’s games.

In the first game of the night at 9:00 pm we had Aware facing off against Oztemel’s KCG. At the end of the first period, Aware were leading 2-1. The second period was a completely different story as KCG scored three unanswered goals to make it 4-1 for KCG. The third period was a more even game with both teams scoring two goals, but it just wasn’t enough for Aware. The final score of the game was Aware 4 KCG 6.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Pann Hongswadhi for his goal and two assists.

In our second game of the night, at 10:00 pm we had Novotel Spitfires vs Siam Mandalay. Siam Mandalay started things off early with goal by Tan Limpinphet. Sadly, that was all for Siam Mandalay. In the second period, Novotel Spitfires scored three goal, one by Michael White and two by Mike Freeson. The third period was much the same with Novotel scored three goals, one from Seb Verdy, one by Ken Kindborn and one by Major Ingkharratphithakon.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to the Novotel Spitfires captain, Mike Freeson for his two goals and assist.

Novotel & KCG capture back-to-back series

The SHL games on Sunday March 7th were the second of two games in a back-to-back series with KCG beating Aware by a 6-4 score in the evening’s first match and Novotel Spitfires defeating Siam Mandalay 6-1 in the evening’s second game.

Aware took an early lead in game one as Masasto Kitayama scored the first of his two-first period goals and then Pann Hongswadhi tied it for KCG midway in the first but Masato’s second goal saw Aware head into the intermission with a 2-1 lead.

Aware’s captain Justin St Denis heads up ice against KCG.

Three second-period goals by KCG in quick succession from Punn Phasukkjwatana, Jan Isaksson and Jesse Starosta saw KCG take the lead 4-2 heading into the second period. Patrick Forstner and Peam Juratwuttipreeda staked KCG to 6-2 lead midway through the third period. Aware did stage a late rally on two goals by captain Justin St. Denis but it was a case of too little too late.

Pann Hongswadhi earned himself the Rolling Stone Pizza player-of-the-game award for the first time in his career with his three-point performance (1G, 2A).

Aware’s John Schachnovsky heads inti the cortner wit KCG’s Andy Tse.


Game two saw Tan Limpinphet open the scoring for Siam Mandalay and they had a 1-0 lead going into the second period but that’s all the scoring Jordan Ashton’s team could muster on this night.

Substitute Michael White tied it up for Novotel halfway through the second period and then Mangkorn Sukwiboon hit Novotel captain Mike Freeson with a long pass sending him on a breakaway and he deked out Siam Mandalay keeper Dream Ungkulpattanasuk with a nice move for what would prove to be the winning goal on the night. Freeson added another goal late in the period to send Novotel into the second intermission with a 3-1 lead.

Seb Verdy scored for the third time in three games to put Novotel ahead 4-1early in the third period. And then Thai national team captain Ken Kindborn made the score 5-1 with a beautifully placed wrist shot that normally would have won him the Jerky Monster play-of-the-week but that honor this time went to Major Ingharratohithakon for the final Novotel goal where he put the puck through his legs and lifted it from behind his back to finish off the scoring on the night.

Novotel captain Mike Freeson corrals the puck

Novotel captain Mike Freeson was awarded the Rolling Stone Pizza player-of-the-game award for three-point performance (1G, 2A) and game-winning goal.

After thirteen weeks of action, the Novotel Spitfires sit atop the SHL standings with a 12-1-0 record for 22 points. KCG sits in second spot with a 8-3-2 record for 16 points. Siam Mandalay, the only team to beat Novotel, is in third position with a 5-7-1 record for 11 points and Aware is in the cellar with a 1-12 record.

The SHL scoring race still sees Novotel claiming the top three spots with Tomas Stastny at 27 points, followed by teammates Mike Freeson with 22 points and Ken Kindborn with 23 points. KCG teammates Jan Isaksson & Patrick Forstner are in fourth and fifth place respectively with 22 & 20 points each.

Novotel’s Christoph Anliker extends against Siam Mandalay’s Turner Johnson.

SHL action in this back-to-back series continues at the Imperial Samrong on March 14th with KCG playing Novotel at 9pm and Siam Mandalay facing off against Aware at 10pm.

Siam Mandalay vs Novotel Spitfires March 07, 2021 – Rolling Stone Pizza PoG Mike Freeson

On March 07, 2021, in our second game of the night, we had Siam Mandalay going head to head with Novotel Spitfires. Less than four minutes in, Siam Mandalay started things off with a goal by Tan Limpinphet. The end of the first period had Siam Mandalay ahead by one goal. The second period really showed off the talent of Novotel Spitfires with goals by Michael White and two by Novotel’s captain, Mike Freeson. The third period was more of the same with goals by Sen Verdy, Ken Kindborn and Major Ingkharratphithakon for the Spitfires to make the final Novotel Spitfires 6 and Siam Mandalay 1.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went the Novotel Spitfires captain Mike Freeson for his two goals and an assist.

SHL News Week 12

In our first game of the night, we had Novotel Spitfires going head to head with Siam Mandalay. This was a game of catchup all night for Siam Mandalay. In the first period, the Novotel Spitfires took an early lead with goals by Major Ingkharratphithakon and Ken Kindborn. Siam Mandalay tied things up with goals by Turner Johnson and Darius Konotopetz. In the second period, Novotel Spitfires again took the lead with goals by Christoph Anliker and Sen Verdy. Siam Mandalay tied things up again with goals by Konotopetz and Win Khuakeaw. In the third period, the Spitfires took the lead for the third time with two goals by Tomas Stastny and a goal by Mangkorn Sukwiboon. Siam Mandalay tried to do it for a third time with a second goal by Johnson, but there just wasn’t enough gas in the tank for them. The final score was Novotel Spitfires 7 Siam Mandalay 5.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Mangkorn Sukwiboon for his goal and three assists.

In our second game of the night, at 10:00 pm, between Aware and KCG. KCG opened things up quickly with a goal by Patrick Fostner. Late in the first period, Aware did answer back with a goal by Masato Kitayama. With less than thirty seconds left in the first period, KCG took the lead again when Time Phatigulsate scored. In the second period, KCG increased their lead to three with goals from Punn Phasukkjwatana and Mel Dhiranusornkit. KCG added another one to their lead early in the third period when captain, Harrison Oztemel scored. About a minute later, Aware finally got one back when Brandon Vick scored a goal. Sadly, that wasn’t all for KCG with them putting up two more goals by Jan Isaksson.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Jan Isaksson for his two goals and two assists.

Our Jerky Monster Play of the Week went to Christoph Anliker for his amazing move on Dream Ungkulpattanasuk in the second period.

The PrimeBurger Offensive Player of the Month went to Jan Isakson.

The PrimeBurger Defensive Player of the Month went to Alex Phelps.

The PrimeBurger Goaltender of the Month went to Ben Kleineschay.

Novotel Spitfires vs Siam Mandalay February 28, 2021 – Rolling Stone Pizza PoG Mangkorn Sukwiboon

In our first game of the night, at 9:00 pm, we had Novotel Spitfires going against Siam Mandalay. This was a back and forth game with the Spitfires taking an early lead with goals by Major Ingkharratphithakon and Ken Kindborn. Siam Mandalay fought back tying things up with goals by Turner Johnson and Darius Konotopetz. In the second period, Novotel took the lead again with a goal by Christoph Anliker. Siam Mandalay tied it up again when Konotopetz scored his second of the night. Late in the second period, Sen Verdy put the Spitfires back in the lead but Win Kruhakeaw tied it up again for Siam Mandalay. The Spitfires took the lead for the third time that night with two goals by Tomas Stastny and a from Mangkorn Sukwiboon. Siam Mandalay’s Johnson did score one more goal, but there just wasn’t enough juice in the tank for them to tie it up again and the final score was Novotel Spitfires 7 Siam Mandalay 5.

The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Mangkorn Sukwiboon for his goal and three assists all night.