Boardwalk Bullies News
JANUARY 4, 2005
Havi who? The Boardwalk Bullies are riding high atop the ECHL once again with a 20-6-4 (.733) record! Their New Year's Eve victory over former Head Coach Mike Haviland's Titans dislodged Trenton from the division lead and league's pole position, then wins over the Toledo Storm (3-0 on Sunday) and Dayton Bombers (4-2 tonight) feuled their breakaway. Atlantic City has opened up a 6-point division lead over the Titans, who also maintain the league's 2nd best winning percentage. The Bullies' New Year's coup also helped current Head Coach Matt Thomas earn All-Star coaching honors for the
National Conference. He will share the bench with his former mentor (Haviland) who was voted in by his peers to serve as Thomas' assistant. Meanwhile, AC netminder Jake Moreland has been selected as the Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week for December 27th - January 4th after going 3-0-0 with a shutout, .977 save percentage, and 0.67 goals against average. Moreland has started 24 consecutive games for the Boardwalk Bullies.
DECEMBER 28, 2004
After months of relying on emergency backups, the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies have finally signed another netminder to lighten the load of ironman goalie Jake Moreland: former Wheeling Nailers goaltender Tyler MacKay.
NOVEMBER 27, 2004
Derek Edwardson notched his 1st professional hat trick and added an assist to quarterback the Boardwalk Bullies to a 6-3 road romp over former Head Coach Mike Haviland and the Trenton Titans, extending Atlantic City's unbeaten-in-regulation streak to 10 games! Paul Caponigri started the scoring 5:22 into the opening period, followed less than 2 minutes later by Edwardson's 1st goal of the afternoon (a shorthander). Trenton rallied to tie the game with a pair of quick goals late in the period, but Edwardson lit the lantern with an even-strength
tally 12:06 into the middle frame for a 3-2 Bullies lead. A few minutes later, Kelsey Muench cashed in on a power play for his 1st professional goal - which would stand as the game-winner! The Titans attempted to crawl back into the game with a power play goal at the 5:11 mark of the 3rd period, but Edwardson completed his hat trick 15 seconds later to demoralize the home team with a 5-3 Atlantic City edge. The icing on the cake was Brett Nowak's power play goal 14:08 through the period for a 6-3 finale. Jake Moreland racked up another win, improving to
10-2-1 with 26 saves on 29 shots. The victory gives the Bullies a 2-1 lead for the 2004/2005 Garden State Cup series against the Titans.
OCTOBER 29, 2004
In a pre-game ceremony, the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies retired number 21 in honor of former captain Stefan Rivard. In addition to 3 solid seasons in Atlantic City, Rivard played 4 seasons for the franchise when it was in Birmingham (Alabama) as the Bulls. Rivard appeared in 181 regular season games for the Bullies, collecting 72 goals and 113 assists (185 points) with 534 penalty minutes.
OCTOBER 21, 2004
In final moves before the regular season starts, the Bullies have waived forward Gray Shaneberger.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
The Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies have signed a player development affiliation agreement with the NHL's New York Islanders and the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
JULY 15, 2004
The Boardwalk Bullies have inked Jersey-born forward Gray Shaneberger for the 2004/2005 season. Shaneberger is a University of Maine alum who made his professional debut last season with the Florida Everblades before ending up with the Cincinnati Cyclones in a late-season trade.
JULY 1, 2004
With the promise of another season in hand and a new Head Coach in place, the Boardwalk Bullies have been busy signing players for the 2004/2005 season. Goaltender Jake Moreland (6/17), forwards Scott Horvath (6/15) and Josh Prudden (6/24), and defensemen Chad Dameworth (6/15), Dave Reid (6/22), Marc St. Jean (7/1), and Ian Walterson (6/24) have agreed to terms for another roll of the dice in Atlantic City.
JUNE 15, 2004
The Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies have named Matt Thomas as their new Head Coach! Thomas served as Mike Haviland's Assistant Coach for the past 2 seasons and takes over as bench boss following Havi's return to Trenton to be their new Head Coach after 3 seasons at the helm of the Bullies.
JUNE 4, 2004
The Bullies paid some old debts today, sending Kam White and Sam Paolini to the Toledo Storm as the future considerations from the March 15th acquisition of Nick Parillo, trading Steve Munn to the Augusta Lynx to settle the March 11th Marc St. Jean trade, shipping Pierre-Luc Sleigher to the Toledo Storm for the March 5th Alexandre Jacques trade, and sending Aaron Foster to the Dayton Bombers
as the future considerations from the March 15th acquisition of Bujar Amidovski.
MAY 28, 2004
After a 3-year tenure, Mike Haviland has resigned as Head Coach of the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies to "pursue other endeavors" (i.e. become the Head Coach of the Trenton Titans).
MAY 19, 2004
Breaking an uneasy silence, Boardwalk Bullies Vice President and General Manager Dan Belisle announced today that the franchise will remain and play in Atlantic City for the 2004/2005 season.
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