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Listed here are various links with announcements regarding Knoxville Ice Bears.
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November 30, 2008 - Ice Bears turn back FireAntz
Captain Kevin Swider and Shaun Norrie each scored a pair of goals and the Knoxville Ice Bears held off the Fayetteville FireAntz 7-6 in a Southern Professional Hockey League game at Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. "We made some pretty big mistakes," Knoxville coach Scott Hillman said, alluding to an unassisted short-handed goal by Fayetteville's Emery Olaufson. "It was a greasy road win." MORE
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November 28, 2008 - Ice Bear was defenseman for big stars
Knoxville Ice Bears rookie defenseman Jared Siganuk spent last summer rubbing
elbows with high rollers and celebrities rather than catching one in the
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November 24, 2008 - Who's in Ice Bears' goal? It doesn't matter
Kirk Irving made 31 saves and the Ice Bears dealt the Richmond Renegades a 4-0 loss at Civic Coliseum on Sunday night to extend their winning streak to eight games. MORE
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November 23, 2008 - Ice Bears calm Havoc in OT, 3-2
Knoxville Ice Bears forward B.J. Pelkey saved his best one-on-one move for overtime Saturday night. MORE
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November 20, 2008 - Two goalies not too many
The defending champion Knoxville Ice Bears continue to win, but the Southern Professional Hockey League team is taking a different route to victory.
The Ice Bears were a free-wheeling offensive team during the Jim Bermingham era which produced the franchise's first championship in 2006. There was no such thing as a bad shot. MORE
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November 16, 2008 - Wrobel pesters Richmond again for Ice Bears, 5-2
The Richmond Renegades bring out the best in J.J. Wrobel.
Wrobel scored a goal and had two assists Saturday night as the Knoxville Ice Bears weathered a third-period storm and beat Richmond 5-2 at Civic Coliseum to push their Southern Professional Hockey League winning streak to five. MORE
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November 14, 2008 - Trade gives Ice Bears' Furdero a fresh start
Furdero reacted like any player who has been traded. He was determined to prove his former team made a mistake.
That was definitely the biggest game of my professional career, the 26-year-old Knoxville Ice Bears forward said referring to last week's game against the Huntsville Havoc.
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November 9, 2008 - Rebernik is finding scoring touch
Chris Rebernik admitted he was feeling the heat.
Pressure to score was building on the Knoxville forward, who buried four of his 32 goals in one game against the Ice Bears when he was with the Jacksonville Barracudas last season. More
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November 7, 2008 - Ice Bears defeat Havoc, 5-2
The Knoxville Ice Bears were determined to go to Huntsville and hand the Havoc their first loss of the Southern Professional Hockey League season and they did.Knoxville goalie Kirk Irving made 32 saves and Kevin Harris and Chris Rebernik scored power-play goals in the second period as the Ice Bears defeated Huntsville 5-2 on Thursday night.
Knoxville was 3-for-9 with the man advantage More
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November 4, 2008 - Wrobel rejoins Ice Bears' front line
Wrobel joined the Knoxville Ice Bears for practice Monday and the timing couldn't have been better for the defending Southern Professional Hockey League champions.The 32-year-old Wrobel will give the Ice Bears a second veteran - a player with at least 225 games of pro experience - and take the place of injured forward Jon Foster. More
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October 24, 2008 - Ice Bears to raise banner
Knoxville Ice Bears begin defense of their Southern Professional Hockey League championship on Friday night after their President’s Cup banner is hoisted to the rafters at Civic Coliseum MORE...
October 25, 2008 - FireAntz spoil Ice Bears' opener
A banner night for the Knoxville Ice Bears wasn't worth the wait. The Fayetteville FireAntz burned Knoxville for a pair of goals late goals and
earned a belated 3-2 victory over the defending Southern Professional Hockey
League champions in the season opener at Civic Coliseum on Friday night. More
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October 24, 2008 - Ice Bears to raise banner
Knoxville Ice Bears begin defense of their Southern Professional Hockey League championship on Friday night after their President’s Cup banner is hoisted to the rafters at Civic Coliseum MORE..
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October 24, 2008 - Murray's gamble on Ice Bears paid off
Mike Murray operated River Islands Golf Course for nine years when he resigned to become general manager of the Knoxville Ice Bears in 2006. MORE.... |
October 22, 2008 - Irving, Gallant win Ice Bears' goalie jobs
Knoxville Ice Bears coach Scott Hillman released rookie goalie Dan Earles on
Tuesday, casting his lot with incumbent Kirk Irving and newcomer Andrew Gallant,
one of whom will start the regular-season opener Friday against Fayetteville at
7:35 p.m. at Civic Coliseum. More
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October 20, 2008 - Ice Bears have blank look
Coach Scott Hillman watched the Richmond Renegades shut out Knoxville 3-0 in the Ice Bears’ final Southern Professional Hockey League preseason game Sunday night from the upper balcony at Civic Coliseum while assistant Marc Rodgers coached on the bench. More |
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October 17, 2008 - Ice Bears down to 3 goalies
Knoxville coach Scott Hillman is so satisfied with his goalies, he has advised rookie Ryan Scott, who went to training camp with the NHL Buffalo Sabres, to accept another offer . . . at least for now."We started with five last year and the last two that joined us we kept," Hillman said Thursday at Civic Coliseum referring to playoff MVP Kirk Irving and Jordan Ramstead. More .....
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October 5, 2008 - ROOKIE GOALIES MIGHT ARRIVE LATE
The Knoxville Ice Bears might have to do without two of their prize rookie goalies when the Southern Professional Hockey League team reports for physicals a week from today.
Ryan Scott, who played at Oswego State last season, was one of eight goalies in training camp with the Buffalo Sabres, while Andrew Gallant is among five in camp with the Hartford Wolf Pack, the New York Rangers' top farm team in the American Hockey League. More....
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 September 28, 2008 - SPHL to experiment with new icing rule.
The Southern Professional Hockey League's preseason games won't be completely about evaluating players.The league's Board of Governors voted to experiment with hybrid icing in an attempt to limit serious injuries and keep the flow of the game at a high level.
Yeah, it looks good now that we've seen it, " Knoxville Ice Bears coach Scott Hillman said. It doesn't seem nearly as complicated as the wording. It's pretty straightforward on the ice"
Hillman, a former minor league all-star defenseman who led the Ice Bears to the President's Cup last season in his first year, says there are upsides to the rule changes. MORE .....
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September 27, 2008 - If you will sit really still, slow your breathing and block out the negative thoughts running through the heads of UT fans abound you might just hear the rumble…
If you will turn your chair and face North and concentrate really hard you might just see the dust…
 If you will close your eyes and remember the scene as Kevin Swider raised the President’s Cup high over his head you just might just feel the energy…
Do you know? Can you hear? Do you see? Do you feel? It’s the HORSES… they are COMING BACK…some new…some old…but BELIEVE me they are coming.
Your 2008-2009 Knoxville ICE BEARS are loading up their vehicles, booking flights, saying their goodbyes and they are coming…
Swider, Vitek, Pelkey, Carter, Harris, Irving, Withers, Moore, Smith…they are coming! Foster, Rebernik, Gallant, Cryer, Thibault, Kane, Lundale, Sbrocchi, Guimond, Dalziel, Brandt, Aitken, Caron…they are coming!
They are all coming for ONE PURPOSE and that is to do what the great group of individuals came together to do as a TEAM last year…
To WIN IT ALL! ARE YOU READY???
See you soon! Coach Hillman
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September 21, 2008 - Kirk Irving has a President's Cup championship ring but the 21-year-old goalie will have to win the No. 1 job when the Knoxville Ice Bears open Southern Professional Hockey League training camp.
The defending champions will report Oct. 12 for physicals and begin workouts at the Icearium the next day. Two-a-days are scheduled to start Oct. 14 at Civic Coliseum.
The Ice Bears begin preseason play at home against the Twin City Cyclones on Oct. 17. The rematch will be Oct. 18 in Winston-Salem, N.C., before they wrap up their exhibition season at Civic Coliseum on Oct. 19 against the Richmond Renegades. more...
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Kirk Irving
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Mat Withers
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Ryan Scott
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Hillman in a Rush to end recruiting
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September 14, 2008 - Knoxville Ice Bears coach Scott Hillman heads for Rapid City, S.D., next month looking for players to complete his recruiting season.
Joe Ferras will conduct the Central Hockey League expansion team's first training camp and Hillman will be on the ice with the Rapid City Rush coach for several days getting an up-close and first-hand look at the talent .MORE.....
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Vitek & Rebernik Signed
September 2, 2008 - The two most recent signings will help the Ice Bears do just that. Forward Tim Vitek will be back for another season in Knoxville. Even with a short stint in the Central Hockey League, Vitek played 29 games and scored 20 goals, had 32 assists and only 18 penalty minutes during the 07-08 regular season with the Ice Bears.
The signing of another forward Chris Rebernik, made last week a bittersweet week for the organization. The Ice Bears gained Rebernik's rights in a dispersal draft after the Jacksonville Barracudas decided to go black for a year. Rebernik, who had 32 goals and 35 assists for the Barracudas, signed with a team in France before opting to come to Knoxville. "We couldn't believe Rebernik was still available when we took him as the
number six pick.
We expect Chris to make our lines deeper and more interchangeable," explained Coach Hillman....More...
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KIRK IRVING MAY RETURN
September 7, 2008 - Goalie Kirk Irving, who led the Knoxville Ice Bears to a Southern Professional Hockey League championship as a rookie last season could return for a second
season. More....
Doucet Reneges
Shawn Doucet, a forward who agreed to contact terms with the Ice Bears, has reneged. He has signed with the New Mexico Scorpions (CHL).
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August 29, 2008 – Knoxville Ice Bears organization announced today that Jason Lepine has signed a contract to continue his careerwith the Knoxville Ice Bears.
The 5’11", 185-pound Defensemen started his career with the Cornwall Colts of the CJAHL in 2003. During 3 seasons with the Colts, Lepine played 160 games, scored 58 goals and had 96 assists.
Lepine was then recruited by Corpus Christi Rayz of the Central Hockey League (CHL). He played just over a season for the Rayz. In 46 games he had 5 goals and 11 assists.
Even though he suffered from an injury early in the season, he still played 24 regular-season for the Knoxville Ice Bears. Lepine added 3 goals and 11 assists to the Ice Bears stats.
“All I can say is that we are excited! We fully expected Jason to be moving on but we are sure glad he is not! Jason was a key performer for us down the stretch and into playoffs. He had 1 goal and 5 assists in the playoffs good for 12th in the entire league. He is extremely gifted and we expect him to be a real handful for the opposition. ‘Jay’ is a great skater and has the ability to feather passes to the open man in all areas of the ice. Combined with Kevin Harris I believe we have two legitimate, proven
AA defensemen signed for next season,” Coach Hillman commented.
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Ice Bears add goalie candidate
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8/17/2008 - A goalie with impressive credentials will be in the mix for a starting job
when the Knoxville Ice Bears open training camp in October. Read more HERE
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Gallant Stats
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Ice Bears add Foster's 'great hands'
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8/4/2008 - Jon Foster, who was a part of two NCAA  national championship hockey teams at the University of Denver his junior and senior seasons, will be among the new faces when the Knoxville Ice Bears open training camp in October. Jon will have an article in the
September newsletter
which will be posted on 8/22. Click HERE to read more. Click HERE for Foster's stats
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BJ Reports From Newcastle
7/14/2008 - Be sure to check out the September newsletter for an interesting article from BJ Pelky - along with pictures from his stay down under. BJ will be returning to the Knoxville Ice Bears this season. Read more HERE and be sure
to check out
the September newsletter.
Click HERE for BJ's Stats
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CARTER AND HARRIS FIND HOME
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August 13, 2008 – Scott Hillman, head coach of the Knoxville Ice Bears, is continuing to build a strong foundation for the 2008 team. The organization recently re-signed Mike Carter, a 28-year-old forward from Cambridge, Ontario and Kevin Harris, a 26-year-old all-star defenseman from Altona, Manitoba. Read more
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The Knoxville Ice Bears Booster Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the needs of players and the families of the Knoxville Ice Bears Hockey Team. We are a caring and enthusiastic group who hold fundraiser's throughout the year to support our mission of making Knoxville a great place for the players to call home. |
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Become a Member and help the Knoxville Ice Bears Players.
The Knoxville Ice Bears Booster Club (KIBBC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the needs of players and families of the Knoxville Ice Bears Hockey Team. We are a caring and enthusiastic group who host fundraiser's throughout the year to support our mission of making Knoxville a great place for a player to call home! The KIBBC holds fund raisers to assist our players by providing
the following.
~Furniture and furnishings for player housing ~Maintain storage for furnishings during the off season
~Welcome baskets for each player housing unit ~Snacks and drinks each morning during training camp
~Gatorade, water and fruit for road trips. ~Various locker room supplies ~Assistance with player housing utility expenses
~Assistance with travel pay at the end of the season ~Home cooked meals in a family setting each month during the season
~Christmas celebration and gifts for players ~Additional supplies and equipment that are requested by the coach are considered if funds permit.
~For the 2007-2008 Season the
Booster Club painted and remodeled the locker room to provide a more professional atmosphere for the team.
To become a member of the Knoxville Ice Bears Booster Club, complete the application which can be downloaded at the top of this page. Membership includes invitations to "exclusive member only events" through the season.
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Knoxville Ice Bears of his plans to retire from the sport of hockey to take a full time job in Canada.
We are very sad that Craigen is not coming back to help this team defend our title. He was not only a leader on the ice, but he was a strong motivator in the locker room and a great team representative in the community.
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