Tornado update
May 2, 2006 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Texas Tornado News Release
Skate with the Tornado and Robertson Cup Send Off Party
Join the Texas Tornado on Saturday, May 6th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Frisco for the final send off event before the team leaves for the 2006 NAHL Robertson Cup National Tournament. The Tornado will be hosting a FREE Skate with the Tornado and Open House event for all Tornado fans. Admission to the event is FREE and skate rental is $2.50. The entire Tornado team will be on hand to sign autographs and skate with the fans. FREE POPCORN will also be served, and everyone that attends the event will receive a FREE 2005-06 TEXAS TORNADO TEAM POSTER! The event will also be a great opportunity to check out some of the great available seats available for 2006-07 Tornado season tickets! The Deja Blue Arena will have selected seats tagged and available for sale. Season tickets for next season will start as low as $277.50 per seat for all 30 exciting home games. Season tickets insure that you and your family have the same, great seat for every Tornado home game throughout the 2006-07 season, and some price levels include great benefits. To order your 2006-07 Tornado season tickets today, stop by or call the Tornado office at 972-335-9800, or Buy Season Tickets Now!
Important Tornado travel info: The Texas Tornado will leave for Ohio on Monday, May 8th. Those wishing to see the Tornado off from the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Frisco need to be gathered outside the Tornado lockerroom entrance in the back of the StarCenter at 9:00am on Monday.
FREE 2005-06 Team Poster for everyone on Saturday, May 6th!
Tony Curtale Show, SPECIAL EDITION: Robertson Cup Preview - Boston's Restaurant in McKinney this Wednesday!
Tornado fans... a special Robertson Cup Championship edition of the Tony Curtale Show will be this Wednesday, May 3rd. The show begins at 7:30pm at Boston's Restaurant in McKinney. 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, including a preview of the 2006 NAHL Robertson Cup Championship, May 10-13 in Boardman, Ohio. The show can be heard live at www.tornadohockey.com, or fans can watch the show live at Boston's in McKinney. Questions for the coach can be emailed ahead of time to: info@tornadohockey.com
*Boston's Restaurant in McKinney is located at 6800 Highway 121 at Alma Road, about 10 minutes north of the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Frisco. Boston's in McKinney phone number is 214-585-0900.
Tony Curtale to Appear on Southwest KIA Sportstalk on KFWD TV Texas Tornado Head Coach and General Manager Tony Curtale, will appear on the Southwest KIA Sportstalk with Brady Tinker on KFWD television (Comcast Channel 12, Direct TV Channel 52) this Friday, May 5th at 7:30pm. Curtale will sit down with Tinker to discuss the Texas Tornado season and talk about a preview of the 2006 NAHL Robertson Cup Championships, May 10-13 in Boardman, Ohio.
Mark your calendar for the 2005-06 Texas Tornado Year-Ending Banquet
Tornado fans, mark your calendar for the 2005-06 Texas Tornado end of the year banquet on Tuesday, May 16th from 6:00-9:00pm at the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Frisco. Prices are $20.00 for season ticket holders and $25.00 for non-season ticket holders. A BBQ buffet style dinner will be served. Activities for the banquet include: Live band, End of the year player awards, Comments from coaches, players, and staff, Live auction for the game-worn 3rd Tornado jerseys used throughout the 2005-06 season, Silent auction for hockey memorabilia, Viewing of the new 2005-06 Tornado highlight video, and one final Tornado merchandise blow-out sale with incredible discounts. To purchase your ticket for the banquet, please stop by or call the Tornado office at 972-335-9800.
Golf with the Tornado!
The annual Texas Tornado Golf Outing is scheduled for Wednesday, May 17th at The Trails Golf Course in Frisco. It will be a scramble format competition with a shotgun start at Noon, and each foursome will be assigned a player from the 2005-06 Texas Tornado roster. The cost is $60.00 (cash, check, Visa, MasterCard, or American Express) and includes: greens fees, cart, box lunch, and a opportunity to play with a member of the Texas Tornado! To sign up for the annual golf outing please RSVP to Alex at the Tornado office at 972-335-9800, or send an email to: alex@tornadohockey.com
Tornado, four others remain in quest for Robertson Cup
With one-goal victories this past Friday night, the Cleveland Barons and the Bozeman Icedogs have become the third and fourth teams to win their North American Hockey League Division Finals Series and advance and advance to the Robertson Cup Championship Tournament, to begin May 10 at the Ice Zone in Boardman, Ohio. The winners of the four Division Finals Series -- Bozeman, Cleveland, the Southern Minnesota Express and the Texas Tornado -- will join the host team Mahoning Valley Phantoms for the five-team Robertson Cup Tournament to determine the 2006 NAHL champion in the league's 30th season. The Cleveland and Bozeman victories set up an exciting Robertson Cup field, which includes the two-time defending champion Texas team and a Southern Minnesota team bidding to become the first expansion team since the 1983-84 St. Clair Shores Falcons to win the Robertson Cup in their inaugural season. The shutout goaltending of Troy Redmann and goals by Justin King and Brett Blatchford, propelled the Tornado past the Texarkana Bandits last Monday night, as Texas swept the Southern Division Finals Series in four games. Redmann is tied with Matt Dalton from Bozeman among all NAHL goalies with seven playoff victories. He leads all goalies with three playoff shutouts. For Texas, this will be their third consecutive trip to the Robertson Cup Championship and they will attempt to become the first team to win three consecutive titles since the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors won the Robertson Cup five times between 1986 and 1990. The Division Finals round proved highly competitive, despite the fact that two series were decided in sweeps. One went five games and only one went the full seven contests. Sixteen of the 20 games played in this round were decided by two goals or less. Seven were decided in overtime, another five were one goal regulation decisions, two were two-goal decisions by virtue of an empty net goal and another two were two-goal games. For complete information about the 2006 NAHL Robertson Cup National Tournament, including ticket information, log onto www.nahl.com
North American Hockey League Stories from May 2, 2006
- Tornado update - Texas Tornado
- Bob Krafft to officially start May 30, 2006 - Alpena IceDiggers
- IceDiggers add West - Alpena IceDiggers
- Ochoa Heading to UCONN - Wichita Falls Wildcats
- NAHL announces Robertson Cup Championship Tournament schedule - NAHL
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