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We will continue to upset the establishment
Photograph from a recent Newcastle Vipers v Sheffield Steelers game courtsey of www.vipersmedia.smugmug.com.
When the Mobilx Vipers joined the Elite League they were welcomed in as 'good old Newcastle' and weren't taken as a threat to the so-called Big Four. That season the Vipers pushed Belfast all the way in the League and memorably won the playoffs against Sheffield.
This season, Rob Wilson's men are doing the same again and tonight sit at the top of the Elite League, having defeated defending double winners Sheffield in their own barn 3-2.
"This Newcastle team has all the hallmarks of that 2005-6 squad, with the mobile puck-moving defence, the never-say-die attitude and the closeness of the players on and off the ice," said Wilson.
"Tonight was another win for the little guy against the establishment. A club like ours isn't supposed to be taking points off Nottingham, Coventry and Sheffield - but we are and we're doing it consistently.
"And we will keep doing it I'm sure. The Newcastle Vipers of 2009 don't know when they're beaten.
"A prime example was tonight when Sheffield pegged us back twice but we kept going and found the winner with four minutes left. Also Tyler Kindle - turned over the puck for Sheffield's first goal but bounced back and scored to put us up 2-1. That's the sort of character we have on the squad this season.
"The bigger clubs of the League will keep trying to put us down by spending their way out of a spot - Belfast bringing in Szwez, Sheffield bringing in Verns, Hubbauer and Wood and now Nottingham adding an NHL first round pick to their defence.
"However the Newcastle Vipers will not lie down, and we will take pleasure in continuing to turn the big guys over. Upsetting the establishment, David versus Goliath, underdog coming good - whatever you want to call it.
"We've done it already this season, we've done it tonight and we'll do it for the rest of the season.
"And myself and the players will enjoy every minute of it."
The Vipers are at home to Nottingham Panthers on Sunday, at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle. Face off is at 5.30pm and tickets are available at the advance rate on Saturday from the club offices in Shakespeare Street or on the ticket hotline 0191 2610909.
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- No Elite League for Vipers in 2011/12
- Holland looking for back to back wins
- Effinger has no regrets
- Hartmanis wants wins for fans
- Longmuir looking to finish in style
