ISMO's Underrated D-List Teams
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We take a closer look in to the "D-Listers" of ISMO Hockey. The Canadicas, Super Colliders, and Orbiters are some standout teams amongst the slew of recreational groups out there.
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ISMO Confirms Round 2 of Exhibition Hockey
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After delays in colony permits due to rink safety issues, ISMO has finally confirmed the start date for Round 2 of the Exhibition. Games will start next weekend on Mesha 21 and Mesha 22.
Read MoreSpotlight on the Fedins
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As the ISMO Hockey continues, few other players have captured Martian imagination like the Fedin sisters, Anna and Katy. We’re here today with an exclusive interview with the two sisters! Read on to find out why they joined the league, their thoughts on ISMO, and where they see hockey going on Mars.
Read MoreTales From the Pitch: Ice #4
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When the Mars Aero Football league began its inaugural season there was already buy-in from across Mars, with each settlement fielding a team. It was a huge risk starting something like soccer on Mars, but it started big. ISMO took a very different strategy and decided to build their fan-base slowly from a small number of intimate exhibition games.
Read MoreExperts Weigh in on ISMO Hockey
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What a 5 week whirlwind it’s been for ISMO Hockey! Our Panel of Martian sports experts weigh in today on ISMO’s hockey experiment. They discuss their thoughts on the new sport and how the reception may change after the next round of exhibition games.
Read MoreWildcards Dominate
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21 year old Carl Lindberg tipped the scales in overtime today to win the fourth game of the exhibition for the Wildcards.
Read MoreSands Win! Sands Win!
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The Sands finally won their first match of the exhibition season, putting away the Phantoms 1 – 0 at Mareotis during overtime.
Having played their best match last week in a 5 to 3 loss to Khimik, the Sands were able to translate some of that some momentum into today’s win.
Read MoreBattle of Noviymir
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Noviymir fans were treated to a rare battle between the two Noviymir-based teams, with the Moles’ Fredrick Mattila delivering the difference as the Moles won 1 – 0 over the Cosmonauts.
Mattila picked up the goal when he deflected Kara Okeke’s point shot past Cosmonauts’ goalie Marius Hansen at 13:47 of the 3rd period.
Read MoreTales From The Pitch - Ice #3
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Last week I was one the fortunate few who had the chance to get actual ice-time with Phantom's Captain, Jonathan Moore. As long-time readers know the concept sport is not without its problems, and there has been a great deal of discussion on the skating ability of the test players, but today I want to tell you about my latest experience after viewing week 4 of ISMO's ice hockey exhibition series.
Read MoreMoles Chemistry
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With the win, the Moles moved into sole possession of 1st place with a 4-1 record while The Phantoms dropped to 1-4. With yesterday's ISMO announcement of a 2nd stage exhibition featuring the top 4 teams, the Phantoms now face elimination while the Moles have earned their spot in the play-off-like exhibition round.
Read MoreSands Go Down, Fighting
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In a highly spirited match, Ruslan Vasiliev scored a hat trick to lead Khimik past the Sands 5 to 3 at Korolev.
With the win, Khimik moves to 3 and 2 and secure a spot in the 2nd stage exhibition that ISMO officials announced earlier in the week.
For the Sands, another loss (0 and 5), but it was their best performance yet.
Read MoreCosmonauts Best the Wildcards
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The Cosmonauts rally back from their flop last week with a stronger offensive strategy to beat back the Wildcards 4-3.
Martinez scored 3 goals on his own for the Wildcards today and Arquette made 27 saves, but that wasn’t enough to bring the Wildcards out on top.
Read MoreExtended Exhibition Plans
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Until now, unless you live in one of the hockey prototype settlements or purchased one of the weekend vacation packages, more likely than not, you’ve seen very little of this sport. This announcement by the ISMO will change all of that as extended exhibition dates are in the works and are expected to be played in Marineris, Europa, Noviymir and Wendland.
Read MoreTales From The Pitch - Ice #2
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My last article touched a bit of a nerve among some of the players in the ISMO. I pointed out, correctly, that their skill at skating was somewhat lacking. I was reminded, correctly, that it is not that critic who counts. It is very easy to point out the shortcomings and failing of others, but much harder to get into the arena yourself and experience difficulty firsthand.
Read MoreSands Bite The Dust, Again
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It’s been a tough exhibition for the Sands so far as they’ve been shut out of almost every game they’ve played so far. They were not able to break the losing streak today. In fact, they were utterly crushed by the Moles 4 to 0.
Read MoreMateo Magic
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It was a close game for the Wildcards. And it was Mateo Martinez’s day to work his magic.
The 27-year-old San Olympus native continued his whirlwind scoring pace, sinking the two goals that lead to the Wildcard’s victory. After today’s performance, Martinez leads the league with a mind-blowing 14 goals after just three games.
Read MoreKhimik - Checkmate
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Today’s 2 to 0 Khimik win over the Cosmonauts resembled, in many ways, a tightly contested chess match. This should come as no surprise for the two heavily rostered Russian teams.
Read MoreMoles Upset the Cards
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After 2 convincing victories over the Sands in week 1 of the exhibition games, the Wildcards came into Mareotis the undefeated favourites in their matchup with the 1 and 1 Moles. However, the Wildcard’s dominance last week became a distant memory as the Moles upset the Wildcards 4–2 with a balance of relentless offence and sound defence.
Read MoreThe Game I Thought I Knew
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The Phantoms played against Khimik at Korolev's K-Rink and I was going to give this new ISMO version of the game a chance. I always enjoyed the 3-on-3 element of hockey and with “Bigger rinks!” they promised, sounded compelling. With dramatically different physics and amateur players, however, I had reservations.
Read MoreTales From the Pitch: Hockey Edition
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I got a chance to check out out the first Phantoms versus Cosmonauts game, and the rumours are exaggerated. But not by much. There wasn’t much grace or style to the game. It was sloppy, it was at times brutal, and once it was borderline embarrassing. But don’t judge the sport just yet.
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