This Halloween Weekend Full of Fun at Texas Tornado Home Games
Published on October 25, 2005 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Texas Tornado News Release
The next home series for the Texas Tornado will be this weekend's home games on Friday, October 28th vs. the Santa Fe Roadrunners, and Saturday, October 29th vs. the Texarkana Bandits. The weekend will be highlighted by the Canned Food Drive benefitting Frisco Family Services Center. Each donor will receive a 50% off regular admission coupon (Center Ice or Premium level) to a future Texas Tornado home game. Both games during the weekend will also feature a safe trick-or-treat for kids, in which kids can go around the Deja Blue Arena to selected Tornado and sponsor tables and receive candy or gifts. On Friday at 7:30pm, the Tornado will host the Santa Fe Roadrunners for the first time in the 2005-06 season. The Tornado will also be wearing commemorative Halloween jerseys (pictured below) and matching orange game socks that will be auctioned off following the game for charity. Saturday, the Tornado will take on the Texarkana Bandits at 7:30pm. The night will feature a costume contest, and following the game will be a special concert by Petty Theft, which includes band member Mike Rhyner from The Hardline sports radio talk show on sports radio 1310 AM The Ticket. Tickets for both games are available by calling 972-335-9800 or Purchase Tickets Online Now!
Broadcasting Note: Both home games can be viewed live this weekend via video webcast on the Tornado website at www.tornadohockey.com. The live video webcast in a new feature for the 2005-06 season where hockey fans will be able to listen and watch the game live on the internet using the same high-quality video feed that the fans in the arena see on the TornadoVision JumboTron scoreboard, including different camera angles and instant replays of all the action! Undefeated Performance at NAHL Showcase Puts Tornado Back on Top An interesting fact... despite winning Back-to-Back National Championships the past two seasons, the Texas Tornado has never won all of their games during the past two NAHL Showcases in Minnesota. That is, until this season. With victories over the Bismarck Bobcats, Southern Minnesota Express, USA National Team, and Fargo-Moorhead Jets, the Texas Tornado went 4-0-0 at the Minnesota Showcase while many players caught the eyes of the hundreds of scouts that were in attendance. And, with the performance of the South Division as a whole, is there any question that the Tornado play in the toughest Division in the NAHL? After the Tornado had defeated the USA National Team during Day #3 of the Showcase, Phil Housley, who is the top scoring U.S-born NHL defenseman and third all-time among US born NHL players, and who was an assistant coach for the USA Team during the week of the Showcase, had this to say about the Texas Tornado: "The Texas Tornado team was by far the best team we've played. You can see why they've won the championship twice in the last two years. They don't do anything fancy. They don't make it hard, they just keep coming and they don't panic. What you see is what they are. The coach (Tony Curtale) has done a great job with that team." The Tornado and the Bozeman Ice Dogs were the only teams to go undefeated at the Showcase. Texas Tornado results from the 2005 NAHL Showcase:
Wednesday, October 19 - Texas Tornado 4 @ Bismarck Bobcats 3 (Shootout) (Game-Winning goal: Danowski)
Thursday, October 20 - Southern Minnesota Express 2 @ Texas Tornado 5 (Game-Winning goal: Arcibal)
Friday, October 21 - USA National Team 0 @ Texas Tornado 3 (Game-Winning goal: Mowbray)
Saturday, October 22 - Texas Tornado 4 @ Fargo-Moorhead Jets 1 (Game-Winning goal: Danowski)
Tony Curtale Show this Thursday at 7:00pm at Hooters in Frisco
The third installment of the Tony Curtale Show will be Thursday, October 27th, at 7:00pm at Hooters in Frisco. Texas Tornado Head Coach and General Manager Tony Curtale will sit down with Texas Tornado Play-by-Play Voice Alex "Cheeks" Kyrias for the half hour show to discuss all matters relating to hockey and the Tornado. The show can be heard live online, or fans can watch the show live at Hooters in Frisco. Curtale will field a variety of questions including those from fans. There are three ways to ask questions: 1) Fans can email questions to: Ask the Coach. 2) Ask the coach in person at Hooters. 3) Send a Yahoo Instant Message during the broadcast to: tornado_media. This week's topics to be discussed include: the Tornado performance at the recent NAHL Showcase, the upcoming weekend games against Santa Fe and Texarkana, and the upcoming Texas Tornado four-game, four-day roadtrip to Alaska to take on the Wasilla Spirit and the Fairbanks Ice Dogs.
Texas Tornado Acquire Veteran Defenseman #6 Devrin Stonehouse from MJHL
On October 21, 2005, Texas Tornado Head Coach and General Manager Tony Curtale announced that the Texas Tornado had acquired the rights to veteran defenseman #6 Devrin Stonehouse, formerly of the Neepawa Natives of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Stonehouse (6'0, 190 lbs., 09/21/85) is originally from Elkhorn, Manitoba. Last season while playing for the Neepawa Natives, Stonehouse was named as the MJHL Defenseman of the Year and a MJHL 1st Team All-Star. Stonehouse played in his 1st game as a Tornado on October 21st against the USA National Team, a 3-0 win. A night later against the Fargo-Moorhead Jets, Stonehouse had two assists including an assist on #26 Derek Danowski's game-winning goal.
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