Tornado Weekly
April 4, 2012 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Texas Tornado News Release
The Texas Tornado closed out the regular season in style over the weekend. Playing Corpus Christi with the IceRays season on the line, the Tornado picked up a pair of victories to eliminate Corpus Christi from playoff contention. Friday's game was a 3-1 Tornado victory, one which was put Jack Prince atop the Tornado record books. 24 hours later, a 6-1 win gave the Tornado three straight going into the Robertson Cup playoffs, which start later this week.
Friday, March 30th- Record-setting night for Prince in 3-1 win The Texas Tornado eliminated the Corpus Christi IceRays from playoff contention by virtue of a 3-1 victory on Friday. Jack Prince set the all-time Tornado regular-season record in both points and assists after he had a helper on all three Tornado goals. Jordan Greenberg, Marc Biggs, and Drew Mayer all scored, while Hunter Leisner earned the win in net. Prince's first assist of the game broke Brad Cooper's franchise record of 97, while his final helper gave the United Kingdom native 188 career points. That mark is one point better than Karl Sellan, who previously held the team's all-time points record. Saturday, March 31st - Tornado close out regular season with 6-1 win
Jackson Leef scored two goals in the Texas Tornado's final game of the regular season, a 6-1 win over the Corpus Christi IceRays. Taylor Herndon, Mark Biggs, Ondrej Kopta, and Jordan Lovick joined Leef in the goal column, while Hunter Leisner picked up his 10th win in a Tornado uniform with 13 saves in two periods.Joakim Jutras replaced Leisner after the second period and played a scoreless third period. Leef finished his abbreviated 2011-2012 NAHL season with 9 goals and 8 assists in 23 games. Leef returned to the Tornado in the middle of January after spending the first half of the season with the Sioux City Musketeers. Even though the Tornado finished the regular season tied in points with Topeka, the Roadrunners finished with more overall wins, meaning they will have home-ice advantage over Texas in the first round of the playoffs.
Upcoming Games and Promotions
The Texas Tornado have announced their playoff dates for the first round of the Robertson Cup Playoffs, where the team will be matched up in a best-of-five series against the Topeka Roadrunners. After two games in Topeka this Friday and Saturday, Game 3 will be at Dr Pepper Arena on Thursday, April 12th. If necessary, Game 4 will be played the following night, on Friday, April 13th. Both games are scheduled for 7:30 starts. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets by either calling 972-335-9800 or visiting tornadohockey.com. Should Game 4 end up not being played, anyone who previously bought tickets for that game will be able to trade them in for either the second round of playoffs or the 2012-2013 regular season. Regardless of the outcome of the divisional playoffs, the Tornado will still play for the Robertson Cup, being played from May 3rd-May 8th at Dr Pepper Arena.
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The Texas Tornado, proud members of the 28-team North American Hockey League, play at the state-of-the-art Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco. Ticket packages for the 2012 Robertson Cup - - National Championship are now available by calling 972-335-9800 . Since their inception in 1999, the Texas Tornado have set the standard for excellence for hockey for players ages 21 and under in the United States. Besides their three straight National Championships from 2004-2006, the Tornado have won seven NAHL Regular Season Division titles and had seven straight 40+ win seasons from 1999-2007. Since 1999, the Tornado have developed and moved on over 120 players onto NHL, NCAA and professional teams.
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