Ice Flyers Grind Out Win Before Large Crowd To Sweep Week Against Macon
By Bill Vilona Ice Flyers Correspondent The customary, post-game, stick salute from Ice Flyers players to the crowd Saturday night came with an extra deep breath. This one brought relief. After rolling past the Macon Mayhem for two earlier wins, the Ice Flyers swept the week of three matchups by holding on in the last […]
Ice Flyers’ Power Play Prowess Shows Again In Win Against Macon
By Bill Vilona Ice Flyers Correspondent The Ice Flyers had only a few days in mid-October to assemble a top specialty teams group. Their power play unit has looked all season like these guys have been there forever. Once again, the Ice Flyers unleashed the league’s best power play, scoring three times Friday night with […]
Ice Flyers Unleash Goal Barrage To Make Amends, Rout Macon In Holiday Game
By Bill Vilona Ice Flyers Correspondent The Ice Flyers heeded the urgent message from their coach. In a first-time game on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, the Ice Flyers answered back from Saturday’s home loss by producing a pair of season superlatives in a 7-1 victory Monday against the Macon Mayhem at the Pensacola […]
Amid Tough Loss, Ice Flyers Attract Record Crowd On Wiener Dog Race Night
By Bill Vilona Ice Flyers Correspondent Fueled by another mammoth, memorable crowd Saturday night, the jackpot in the Ice Flyers’ charitable 50-50 drawing reached an amazing $10,000. A lucky fan took home quite a prize. Unfortunately in the game, the Ice Flyers couldn’t buy a goal. Three different shots hit goal posts and some point-blank […]
Ice Flyers’ Youth Jersey Night Generates Season’s Largest Crowd, But Not A Win
By Bill VilonaIce Flyers Correspondent A first of its kind youth jersey giveaway Friday night generated the kind of response the Ice Flyers hoped to produce the season’s largest crowd. But it couldn’t flip the same outcome from a week ago when the Ice Flyers played the Birmingham Bulls. Once again, the Bulls buried their […]
Season-Best Crowd Sees Ice Flyers Take Tough Loss On Military Appreciation Night
By Bill Vilona, Ice Flyers Correspondent The Ice Flyers had the season’s largest crowd, got amid-game hat trick from captain Garrett Milan, and created a special arena atmosphere the entire third period. Unfortunately for this team, the night lacked completeness of a celebratory win. In seizing upon their own opportunities, the Birmingham Bulls got a go-ahead goal with less than eight minutes left and scored an empty-netter with one second […]
Ice Flyers Stop Mayhem To Continue Holiday Spirit And Season’s Best Stretch
Bill Vilona Ice Flyers Correspondent While being on home ice for the holidays, the Ice Flyers have produced their best stretch this season. After a brief second-period lapse, the Ice Flyers responded with a late-second period goal, then finished strong in a 6-4 win Tuesday night against the Macon Mayhem for their fourth win in […]
Milan’s OT Winner Lifts Ice Flyers Past Havoc To Cap Peanuts Night At Bay Center
By Bill Vilona Ice Flyers Correspondent After some prior, home-ice frustration this season, the Ice Flyers found a way Friday night to quell the Havoc. They had their captain handle it. Garrett Milan got a pass and open space in overtime, made a nifty, deke move on a Huntsville Havoc defender near the goal crease, […]
Ice Flyers Bounce Back With OT Win On Big Brothers Big Sisters Night
By Bill Vilona, Ice Flyers Correspondent There have been some moments this season when Jay Powell has tested the patience of Ice Flyers coach Rod Aldoff. But when it mattered most Saturday, Aldoff had great reason to sing his praises. Powell, 25, a towering, 6-foot-7 defenseman from Nashville, buried a perfect wrist shot with 2:46 […]
Ice Flyers Look For Quick Turnaround After Friday Loss On Teddy Bear Toss Night
By Bill Vilona Ice Flyers Correspondent The hail of teddy bears from all directions provided the Ice Flyers a momentary surge, following a rough start and three-goal deficit in Friday’s game against the Huntsville Havoc. But it couldn’t be sustained. After battling back and trailing 3-2 at the first intermission, the Ice Flyers lapsed again […]
