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Roberto Carlos Alan Shearer Daniel Passarella Davor Suker

Apeldoorn, the Netherlands

British track cycling world titles tumbled in the Apeldoorn velodrome all week as Australia asserted themselves in style.

Sir Chris Hoy, Ed Clancy and Victoria Pendleton all lost theirs, and all three - the men's keirin, men's omnium and women's sprint - went to Australian rivals.

Britain finished the week with one gold medal, in the women's team pursuit. Australia will board their long-haul flight home with no fewer than eight. The last fell to Pendleton's arch-rival Anna Meares in the keirin, Pendleton having exited in the second round.

Those bare facts sound like grim reading for the British team, a year away from their home Olympics, facing intense pressure to reproduce - as far as is possible - their incredible performance at the Beijing Games.

So what can we conclude from the 2011 Track World Championships? Are Australia now unstoppable at London 2012? Can things be turned around in the next 12 months? Is it fair to start panicking about British track cycling?

The answer is no: not yet, and probably not until the Games themselves. Britain believe they are playing the long game.

 

That is not to say they will roar back to life come 2012, leaving the Australians spent in the London velodrome dust and spring atop the podium in all 10 Olympic events. But nor does the medals table in the Netherlands tell the whole story.

Not every event at track cycling's World Championships is replicated in the Olympics - in fact, almost half of the world titles awarded this week have no Olympic bearing at all (there are 19 events here, and 10 at London 2012).

The British and Australians have differing approaches to track cycling: Britain focus solely on Olympic events, hoping to maximise bang for buck given that Olympic results drive funding, whereas Australia goes out to win the lot.

Counting only Olympic events, Britain won one gold medal here and eight medals in total. Australia won six gold medals, but no silver or bronze medals.

Six gold medals to one is a pretty hefty tally in favour of Australia, but British cyclists won more medals in more Olympic events.

Now factor in the changes to the Olympic rules for 2012, which mean nations can only enter one cyclist (or team of cyclists) into each event. Previously it was two, and the one-per-nation limit is not in force at the World Championships.

It's hard to accurately correct the medals table for this, because the rule means some cyclists who won medals here probably wouldn't even have raced were this an Olympic Games, as they wouldn't have been selected in the first place. But, very arbitrarily, let's remove Hoy's sprint bronze medal from the equation, since he finished behind Jason Kenny. The Australians won no more than a single medal in each event, so it doesn't affect them.

Now we have Britain winning a medal in seven different events, and Australia in six. Compare that to the 2010 World Championships in Denmark, where Britain won three gold medals and eight overall in Olympic events (and it remains eight, correcting for the one-per-nation rule); Australia again won five medals, three of them gold. Australia have narrowed the gap in Apeldoorn, but it looks better for GB than a simple eight-to-one gold-medal comparison.

That statistic should give British Cycling some comfort. Its cyclists are consistently winning medals in a large spread of Olympic events and that will provide a solid base from which to build in the next year. The important thing now is to ensure that British cyclists peak - physically, mentally, and in terms of their track form - in the summer of 2012.

Hoy made exactly this point about his own performance after finishing second in the men's keirin, behind Australia's Shane Perkins.

"My legs don't feel quite as sharp as they often do but, to get a silver medal in the keirin, and to show the consistency to get three medals this week - that's not bad," he said.

"Every medal is so hard-fought that I'm proud of this silver medal - it's still a good ride. We'll go away, lick our wounds and get ourselves ready for next year. There's more work to come and improvements for next year. No matter what happens in London, it'll be our best-ever performance."

It's also hard to overstate just how well everything went for Britain in Beijing. The British team are trying to live up to a benchmark set during a week in China where GB had the rub of the green, and then some. There was barely a setback: nothing went wrong.

That is not something you can train for, rely upon, predict or activate. It either happens or it doesn't. Had Clancy not withdrawn through illness, he may have defended his omnium world title in Apeldoorn. Had Lizzie Armitstead been fit to travel, she may have won a medal in the women's equivalent. These same issues could dog the British team at London 2012, or they may sail through unhindered.

On a similar note, many Australians believe they are in the form of their lives right now - at precisely the moment some Britons are thinking the opposite.

"I've spent so long trying to get this darned thing," sighed Australia's Meares moments after beating Pendleton to the world sprint title for the first time. "I've been in this sport for nearly 17 years, a senior elite cyclist for 10, and I'm just starting to get the best results out of myself."

At the same time, Pendleton said: "I'm not in the best form but I'm working on a two-year plan. I've been in every semi-final since 2003, so I don't think that's a bad run. Anna Meares is in the form of her life and I'm not but don't write me off."

All this cannot hide the fact that results in Apeldoorn have disappointed the British team, and this is no apologia for their strategy. Britain would rather spend every major championships on top of the medals table with Australia and the rest trailing far behind, as happened in both 2007 and 2008 ahead of the Beijing Games.

In those two World Championships, Britain won 16 gold medals to Australia's two in all competitions. Australia went on to win just one silver medal in the velodrome at Beijing 2008.

Small wonder that now, preparing for London, they are back with a vengeance. Australia's medals tally here mightily outclasses the British one, that cannot be disguised. Britain's dominance in Beijing had the inevitable effect of galvanising every other track cycling power to come back and do a lot better at the next Olympic Games, which happen to be taking place on British soil. 

Frenchman Gregory Bauge, the man who beat Hoy and Kenny to sprint gold here, calls it his "appointment for 2012". He told me: "Britain set a challenge to the whole French team. For me, Saturday was just one more step towards that appointment."

Bauge and his France team-mates won both the sprint and team sprint here and have now finished ahead of Britain in both events at each of the last three World Championships.

However, one last thing remain in Britain's favour: the velodrome itself.

About the only thing this Apeldoorn track did rapidly was establish itself as a very slow, sticky surface. "Like wading through treacle," one official observed. This has been the easiest week the record books have had in a long while.

London's track is expected to be much quicker, and Hoy himself had a hand in the design. Yes, everybody rides on the same track regardless of speed so the advantage can never be that great, but - as former GB sprint cyclist Craig MacLean said - the speed of a track can have an unsettling psychological effect. Britain can hope to master that ahead of 2012. It may only give them another 0.01% over their rivals, but the British mantra has always been adding up the small gains to make a big one.

BBC co-commentator Chris Boardman, the 1992 Olympic pursuit champion, said: "I think 'disappointed by not overly concerned' would probably be the way to sum it up. You can see where the progression is coming from."

The line British Cycling has stuck to for a while now is that this is a long, gradual build-up process ahead of 2012, and it's senseless peaking beforehand or worrying about 2011 results when the London Olympics are what matters. They will keep their appointment, but have no desire to turn up early.

"You can't keep the same intensity for four years. What has happened this weekend is not comfortable but it's healthy," said Dave Brailsford, the British performance director. "We will go back, do our planning, do our reviews and get back into it.

"We are not concerned about other nations at the moment. I wouldn't be overly concerned by the Australians. There's nothing in it."

The problem is, under those terms, it's almost impossible to judge if the plan is working until the Games finish. Only once we know the final Olympic medals table will we know if the Brits had it right all along. If that table looks like the one in Apeldoorn, Australia's approach will be vindicated.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olliewilliams/2011/03/track_worlds_omg_panic.shtml

Falcao Jim Baxter Zbigniew Boniek Gyorgy Sarosi

I'm sitting on the plane that is bringing me home from the opening trio of races, and I'm reminiscing.

I'm not daydreaming about the first time we heard the engines roar for 2011 in Albert Park, Sebastian Vettel's dominant start to the season, Vitaly Petrov flying or Lewis Hamilton's slow, steady reeling-in of Vettel this weekend.

Nope, I've gone a little further back: I'm re-living 1995. Trawling through the plane's CD library I've stumbled upon the breakthrough album Different Class by Pulp. It reminds me of my mum's pistachio green VW Polo, studying for my A-levels, David Coulthard's first Formula 1 win and me, at 17, thinking the world started and stopped at the Norfolk county border!

However, one thing slightly tainting the fun of air-drumming to Common People is that I've just realised Vettel would have been seven years old at that time. Ouch!

OK, I'm going to park memories of my oversized The Sweater Shop jumper - which was a must-have item for a lanky lad in Norwich in the mid-90s - and cast my mind back to the more recent memory of two races that have set the benchmark for the 2011 season.

To be totally honest, I think that, while we all enjoyed the opening round in Australia, it disguised just how frenetic this year is likely to be. I was chatting to some guys in the paddock on Sunday who were speculating that if that race was run again tomorrow, Pirelli would bring the even more marginal Supersoft tyre to Australia.

I think that is an indication of the success of having these new tyres. As DC said at the end of the commentary on Sunday: "Thank you Pirelli".

While I agree with that sentiment, I think we should be thanking F1. I've been sharing this flight with the likes of Ross Brawn of Mercedes, Williams designer Sam Michael and Paul Di Resta, who has been mightily impressive for Force India. Those three guys, and the rest of the designers, technicians, drivers and team principles up and down the pit lane, want cars that are fast in every circumstance.

The drivers ask for consistency and reliability, while the manufacturers want something that is so quick it helps shift their road cars. However, they have agreed to totally compromise their work for the sake of you guys sitting at home.

To improve the show. Vettel didn't want a car that simply "dropped off a cliff" as its tyres were worn at the end of Sunday's race. The strategists aren't keen on the pit wall resembling Air Traffic Control as they desperately try to outwit their opponents and make themselves look clever, and team bosses don't want to have to defend strategic mistakes after every race.

Look back to 12 months ago in Bahrain. Hardly an overtake, and most cars stopping once. This year the sport is totally unrecognisable, and it makes for compelling TV.

I don't envy the boys having to call such frenetic racing in the commentary box but I think they're doing well. Particularly DC, whose experience, knowledge, eagle-eyes and quick wit have surprised even me.

As for Martin Brundle, he's welcome to have his grid walk back! Logistically, it was impossible for him to do it in China so I bravely took on the challenge. But I have enough to think about doing 60 minutes of live TV pre-race, with stories developing around me, and I really didn't like having to doorstep the drivers. It felt a bit like walking into your office and shoving a microphone under your nose as you sit at your desk.

Martin has done more than 200 of them whereas Sunday was, believe it or not, the first time I've been on the grid pre-race. I'm just happy to have survived interviewing a seven-time world champion despite DC totally abandoning me!

After I'd finished that, it was time for the racing. Almost 60 stops in Malaysia, a further 55 in China. And amongst it all a chance to look like a real hero. McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh told me on the pit wall after the race that his team had actually got their strategy wrong and wanted to do only two stops.

Yet, while Vettel demonstrated that, even with his skills it was impossible to make such a tactic work, Hamilton and Mark Webber made a stop more and it paid dividends. In fact, the success of the tyres has totally overshadowed the introduction of DRS (Drag Reduction System) and re-introduction of KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System).

It is clear the FIA is still fiddling with the DRS rear wing to encourage overtaking. I don't find it artificial as it still takes skill to make a move stick. What I think we need to avoid is drivers overtaking in only one place, following their rival and not making a move until they can use their DRS advantage. We may also see two zones in Turkey.

You couldn't accuse Lewis of lacking ambition when overtaking though, could you? I was watching the race unfold in the McLaren hospitality area and while everyone was leaping around, hands on heads, almost unable to believe what was happening, the messages coming in thick and fast on Twitter were almost identical.

A good example of the power of Twitter was someone tweeting me a photo of Fernando Alonso's DRS operating outside the prescribed zone. I told the producer what I'd seen and the guys in VT called up the same clip and played it to the nation while Martin and David commented on it.

Anyway, the Pulp album has now rolled around to Monday Morning so I'm going to return to the 90s and leave you guys to a lovely shortened working week. We've stacks of stuff planned for a few weeks' time when we get to Turkey.

Thanks for setting your alarms in your droves the past month - it's good to know that plenty of you were watching as we marched around the pit lane and paddock. Below are my five favourite moments of the season so far - here's hoping for plenty more until 27 November!

1. Lewis's interview in the garage after his first win of the season. He was as open, honest and relaxed as I've ever seen him. I was blown away by the clarity of thought that he described as he closed in on Sebastian.

2. Petrov''s podium. What a car Renault have produced this year, and how cool was Vitaly in Australia? The first ever Russian podium in F1 and a great reward for the team's faith in him.

3. Eddie Jordan totally forgetting his question to Jenson Button on the F1 Forum in Malaysia. Thankfully DC stepped in as JB and I were both corpsing at that moment. Classic EJ and I missed him in China.

4. The RB7. Adrian Newey is an enigmatic individual who seems to have a God-given ability to design the most incredible racing cars - Williams, McLaren, Red Bull. They must all be so grateful they could afford him.

5. The racing. Paul Di Resta beating his classy team-mate Adrian Sutil, Felipe Massa beating Fernando Alonso, Vettel's dominance, Webber's doggedness, Team Lotus mixing it with the midfield and Kamui Kobayashi's racing instinct. Bodes well for the next seven months, eh?

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jakehumphrey/2011/04/new_season_providing_memories.html

Gyorgy Sarosi Pat Jennings Giacinto Facchetti Raymond Kopa

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Below, some news and notes for Wednesday...

• Above, some figures from the 2010-2011 season. Cornell has the Ivy League's second largest basketball budget behind Penn. (Statistics courtesy BasketballState.com) After leading the Ivy League in attendance for three consecutive seasons during 2007-2008 through 2009-2010, the Big Red had the league's third highest attendance during 2010-2011, only behind Penn and Princeton. (Statistics courtesy the Ivy League office)

• Several Cornell coaches and players have tweeted regularly in the last few days as they have returned back to the full swing of the individual workout sessions with the coaching staff.
  

• On Sydney Johnson's hiring at Fairfield, the Princeton Alumni Weekly writes, " His first Tiger team stumbled to a 6-23 record, but from that point forward, the program made a steady climb in the Ivy standings. In 2009-10, the Tigers finished 22-9 overall and 11-3 in Ivy games, placed second behind Cornell." The Daily Princetonian adds, "In his second season, Princeton snapped Cornell?s 19-game conference-winning streak with a 61-41 thrashing at Jadwin Gymnasium." The Princetonian adds, "Since 1980, 17 of 38 Ivy League head coaches left their program after four years or fewer, not counting the seven that are currently active. In most cases, however, the departure was easily explained. Six left to lead major-conference programs, seven finished with a losing record in each of their final two seasons and Cornell?s Scott Thompson left for health reasons."

• On whether Brad Stevens will remain at Butler, the Huffington Post writes, "A hot coaching candidate springs up every year. Bill Self ascended from Oral Roberts to Tulsa to Illinois and now to Kansas; Billy Donovan from Marshall to Florida; Steve Donahue from Cornell to Boston College. It?s just the nature of the college basketball beast."

Source: http://cornellbasketball.blogspot.com/2011/04/news-and-notes-wednesday-edition.html

Jose Luis Chilavert Kevin Keegan Paul Gascoigne Roger Milla

By Sean Peltier, Chef, CMH McBride

It had snowed 30-50cm a night for 4 straight nights at CMH Heli-Skiing's McBride Lodge. Our French guests were over the moon with the skiing conditions as were the few lucky staff that got to go out on the mountain and enjoy the steep and deep of the Betty Wendle creek.

The aptly named Apollo was the run that was getting the most attention. Hip deep was the snow, and even with my severely over sized snowboard on I was sinking like a stone. My legs were burning half way through the day.  As a 30 year old I watched in amazement as one of our guests navigated the trees with the greatest of ease the day after his 81st birthday. If I was starting to ache I could only imagine how he and the rest of his group were feeling. I knew that they needed a serious shot of protein to help rebuild after an epic day of heli-skiing.

If you are at all following the trends of food across the world you will have noticed the rebirth of 'nose to tail dining'. The love for variety cuts and other meats that have been forgotten for such a long time have once again found their rightful place on menus worldwide. Once considered the staples of survival became frowned upon in favor of the grilling cuts.

These variety cuts have seen a boon lately due mostly to their wonderful flavour and the fact that they seem to take a group of diners to a place that lies somewhere in their roots. Just watch a table sit down to enjoy a country style pate, or a beautifully braised piece of beef cheek. The conversation is always more relaxed and reflective of the day.

On this particular snowy day I had just the shot of protien in mind for my fellow heli-skiers. I cooked a dish that has always been a personal favorite for me. Roasted beef marrow bone with a parsley salad and toast. At first look the staff at the McBride lodge gave me a queer eye. "What is this and what am I supposed to do with it?".

Once it is placed in front of someone instinct takes over. Reaching for the butter knife, digging into the bones soft core to remove the warm and glistening marrow and then spreading it on the toast. No instruction needed. Silence. A dining room without a sound. Five minutes of silence followed by smiles. There is nothing easier than this dish. It is pure food. Simple, delicious and primal.

Coat the marrow bone with oil and roast in a 425 degree oven for about 12-15 minutes. That's it. The parsley salad is just rough chopped parsley, capers, lemon zest and shaved shallots.

You will be loved by anyone you cook this for and your butcher will be over the moon. Nothing will make you friends faster with a butcher, or a heli-skier, than this dish. I promise.

Do you have a favourite apres-ski meal?  We'd love to hear about it. Share it here in the comments.

Source: http://blog.canadianmountainholidays.com/heli-ski-blog/bid/61466/In-McBride-the-Food-is-almost-as-good-as-the-Heli-Skiing

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At this very moment, a couple of paraglider pilots are doing something special. They are truly exploring areas of Western Nepal that have not been seen from their perspective - or with the degree of difficulty.

I knew Bay Area pilot, Eric Reed was headed to India for the trip last month, but I had not stayed on top of events because frankly, these guys aren't the 'PR' kinda guys. I tuned in today to find that Brad Sander and Eric are the only pilots continuing East on their quest to "Vol Bivouac" from Himachal Pradesh, in Northern India, across Nepal to Pelling, Sikkim, India. I can (and do) only imagin the amazing scenery and epic struggles as they fly-hike-camp-repeat their way across the most imposingly beautiful terrain on the planet.

View Himalayan Odyssey Paragliding Expedition Route in a larger map

This is serious adventure and I wish I was there. To stay tuned, go to http://www.himalayanodyssey.org/ and explore their site -

Eric Reed's Track - Click image for larger view

The live-tracks are using SPOT units to broadcast position information. I am very glad to see that these units are working reliably in obviously extreme conditions. I recommend SPOT units for anybody flying XC.

Here is Eric's Live-Tracking Page, which can be viewed at http://www.himalayanodyssey.org/spot_eric.html

Good luck Brad and Eric! I'll buy the beer to lubricate the best stories this summer.

Tim

Source: http://biggovtsucks.blogspot.com/2011/03/himalayan-odyssey-2011.html

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Bernie Ecclestone will not be able to believe his eyes. For years, decades even, Formula 1's impresario has derided Silverstone, criticising one of the sport's most historic venues for being shabby and behind the times, at times effectively calling it a national disgrace.

No longer.

The full scale of the track's ambition to upgrade itself into a cutting edge 21st century facility to rival any on the grand prix calendar became clear on Monday, when Silverstone's managing director Richard Phillips gave a tour of the spectacular new pit complex. It was something of a culture shock.

While Ecclestone's criticisms of Silverstone were always exaggerated for effect, it is fair to say that in certain ways the circuit was a touch outmoded. Inevitably, perhaps, for a place that has grown organically over the years from its initial role as a World War II airfield, it has long felt a little cobbled together and rough around the edges.

But the new pit complex, while still a building site, changes all that. Designed by the same architects as the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, the massive new structure bears comparison with those at some of the state-funded new generation of tracks in places such as Bahrain and China.

There may be no gleaming white hotel lit up with multicoloured LEDs such as in Abu Dhabi, but Silverstone's new 'Wing' is impressive nonetheless.

Whether you deem it attractive will be a personal opinion. Its angular roof, with an upturned 'blade' at one end, was intended to evoke a sensation of movement and speed, although the building reminded me a little of an aircraft carrier. But imposing it certainly is.

Three stories high and 390m long, it has cost £27m - a tiny fraction of the money poured into places such as Shanghai and Abu Dhabi, which have a dual role of also being monuments to their governments' global ambition.

There is no shortage of ambition at Silverstone, but it is a more modest one - to keep the British Grand Prix and host it in a facility of which F1 can be proud.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner joined the media on the tour, and was undoubtedly impressed, even if as a member of the British Racing Drivers' Club which owns Silverstone he was hardly unbiased.

"It's fantastic," he said. "It puts Silverstone right up with the best in the world. It's quite staggering, the scale of what's been built here.

"It gives the circuit a whole new scale and dimension. Silverstone has come in for criticism compared to rivals, certainly in some of the emerging markets, and this is phenomenal.

"It's great for British motorsport. It makes Silverstone a first-class facility. There have never been any question marks about the track itself. It is one of the last remaining serious challenges - Silverstone, Spa and Suzuka are the type of circuits the drivers revel in. And with the facilities now in place it makes it comparable with any other circuit in the world."

The redevelopment of the track followed negotiations with Ecclestone that led 18 months ago to a 17-year contract that should keep the grand prix at Silverstone until 2027.

Replacing the ageing old pit building was a non-negotiable part of the deal from Ecclestone's point of view. But Silverstone argued that it needed a long-term contract, previously unavailable, to give it the stability and security to commit to such a mammoth project. The 17-year deal complete with commitment to rebuild the facility was the result.

The first stage was a new track layout, which made its debut at last year's British Grand Prix. This new building, complete with new pit lane and paddock, is the final step, although a new visitor centre is also planned in the future.

It needed to be impressive - but it also needed to be cost-effective. Silverstone does not have the luxury of open-ended government finance to fund its development and, as Phillips put it, the new building must "pay for itself".

Much emphasis was put on the number of kitchens, and the building's ability to host up to 4,000 guests for hospitality events, the income from which is needed to balance the books in the face of the £300m Silverstone needs to find to fund the full duration of the F1 contract.

On Monday, the place was very much unfinished. Huge areas of what will be grass were churned up mud. Hard hats were required to go into the building. The pit lane was still being built. But already it is possible to see what a spectacular venue it could become.

Clearly, a lot of thought has gone into it.

The new pits are between Club and Abbey corners, at the other end of the track from the old pits. The architects have used the contours of the land to create an interesting situation where the pit-lane entry is above the level of the track, but the exit is below it, in a fashion not dissimilar to Abu Dhabi, but without the tunnel.

Team personnel will walk to the pit wall from the garages down paths between areas of lawn in what for some will be an echo of the old Silverstone 'village green' F1 paddock, which was replaced by a characterless asphalt one in the mid-1990s.

For spectators, there will be a new viewing area towards the end of the lap, complete with giant TV screens, which Phillips hopes will become Silverstone's version of 'Henman Hill' at Wimbledon.

And the redevelopment will have an intriguing impact on the racing.

Moving the pits means Copse will no longer be the first corner, but does create the enticing prospect of a full field of cars streaming together into the brilliant new flat-out Abbey right-hand kink, which last season immediately entered the track's list of great corners.

On the old layout, after Copse, the cars veered through high-speed bends at Becketts and Stowe and did not reach an overtaking point until Vale - more than halfway around the lap. Now, a quick left-hander, which is barely a corner, is quickly followed by the slow Loop hairpin, by which point the field will still be bunched together. As Horner put it, with raised eyebrows belying the understatement, it should be "fairly exciting".

And that seems a pretty fair summation of the future for Silverstone. Frustrated by short-term contracts and the constant threat of the race being taken away, this much-needed new development has been a long time coming. But now it's here, it seems the track can look forward to many successful years of Formula 1.

"It takes a lot to impress Bernie," Horner said, "but I think he will be pleased with what he sees here. He's given it a bit of flak in recent years and if that is what has provoked this, it's been well worth it."

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/04/silverstone.html

Jose Luis Chilavert Kevin Keegan Paul Gascoigne Roger Milla

It was a successful afternoon Sunday Afternoon at the AT&T Center as the Rampage continue to grow their lead in the AHL West Division with a convincing 5-2 win over the Chicago Wolves on Sunday as the Rampage did score 4 times in the first period.

 Including 2 goals in 33 seconds to take a quick 2-0 lead that the Wolves were never able to comeback as the Wolves also yanked starting goalie Edward Pasquale after the first intermission when San Antonio was up 4-1 as the Rampage scored the 5 goals from 5 different including Alex Picard who tied Mathieu Beaudoin for the team goal scoring lead with 9 this season.

It was also a strong showing for backup goaltender Matt Climie as he made 25 of 27 saves in the game as he helped the Rampage take the West Division Lead to 4 points over both the Milwaukee Admirals and Oklahoma City Barons are tied for 2nd with 21 points.

Other goal scorers for San Antonio included Danish Left Winger Mikkel Boedker who had a goal and assist in his 2nd straight game and takes his point total to 17 which he is starting to become a point a game player as he also had a 3 assist game in a 5-1 win over Abbotsford back on November 5.

Other Goal Scorers on Sunday Afternoon include Ryan Holloweg, Bracken Kearns and Viktor Tikhonov who each logged their 3rd goal of the season on a day where the Power Play was strong as they went 3-4 on the man advantage as well.

San Antonio takes their record to a division leading 12-4-1 for 25 points as the Rampage will prepare for a special field trip game on Wednesday as the Rampage will travel to Peoria which will start at 10:00 AM.

Here's a look at the upcoming San Antonio Rampage Schedule as the team will begin a huge stretch of road games as they have only 2 home games left in November. Overall, 8 of their next 11 games will be on the road which goes through the December 11th game against the Manitoba Moose.

Next 5 Games (All Games are on Sports Radio 760 The Ticket)

11/17: @ Peoria Rivermen   10:05 AM

11/19: VS. Milwaukee Admirals    7:00 PM

11/26: @ Houston Aeros   7:35 PM

11/27: @ Texas Stars    7:00 PM

11/28: VS. Milwaukee Admirals   3:00 PM

Chicago Wolves 2  San Antonio Rampage 5  (1-4, 1-0, 0-1)

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Game Story from the San Antonio Rampage Website

From San Antonio, Texas: The San Antonio Rampage jumped to an early lead scoring four first period goals and held on to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Wolves on Sunday Afternoon at the AT&T Center. The Rampage improved 12-4-1 and lead the Western Conference with 25 points.

San Antonio's first goal came at 4:23 of the first period mark when Alex Picard tallied his fourth goal power play goal of the season. With only four seconds remaining on the Rampage power play, Picard redirected Mathieu Beaudoin shot from the left faceoff circle over goalie Edward Pasquale. Oliver Ekman-Larsson earned his first Rampage point recording the second assist on the play. Picard and Beaudoin both extended their point streaks to four games.

The Rampage struck again just 33 seconds later to extend their lead to 2-0 when Ryan Helloweg shot from the left faceoff circle beat Pasquale high stick side. David Brine and Ryan Weston supplied the assists each receiving their first point of the season.

Chicago Center Jason Krog cut the deficit in half to 2-1 at the 12:21 mark of the first period. Wolves left wing Frederick Petterersson centered a pass to Krog who tipped the puck over Rampage goalie Matt Climie's right shoulder. Andre Deveaux chipped in the second assist on Krog's second goal of the season.

The Rampage extended their lead to 3-1 when Bracken Kearns scored a power play goal at the 15:27 mark of the first stanza. Kearns redirected Mikkel Boedker's shot from the left faceoff circle over the stick of Pasquae and into the back of the net. Brett Maclean added the second helper with his 8th assist of the season .

San Antoino took a 4-1 advantage off Mikkel Boedker power play goal at the 17:41 mark of the opening frame Boedker one-timer from the right faceoff circle went high stick side past Pasquale. Ekman-Larsson earned his second point of the night as he and Tim Stapleton both combined for assists.

After letting in four goals in twenty minutes, Chicago Head Coach Don Lever substituted net- Drew Macintyre for Pasquale who finished the game with 13 saves on 17 shot attempts.

Chicago made it a 4-2 game at the 6:26 mark of the second period on Paul Postma's power play Goal. Postma fired a shot from the blue line that passed Climie low on the stick side and into the back of the net. Assisted were provided by Jared Ross and Jason Krog.

Viktor Tikhonov solidified the Rampage victory with a goal at 2:23 of the 3rd period into the third period. Picard passed to Tikhonov was camped out in front of the crease and his shot beat Macintyre high to the stick side. Beaudoin added the second assist for his second point of the night.

Climie turned aside 25 of 27 Wolves Shot attempts while Pasquale and Macintyre combined for 33 of saves on 38 Rampage shots.

The Rampage return to the ice on Wednesday morning when the team travels to the Peoria Civic Center Carver Arena to face the Rivermen for a 10:05 AM.

Source: http://texasicehockeyexpert.blogspot.com/2010/11/san-antonio-dominates-in-5-2-win-over.html

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