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Taken from the home page of this forum. A change of tactic or the plan all the long?
Devils Coach Lord Tells Ice Warrior Bordeleau: Carry On Hitting
Posted By: Terry Phillipson: December 28, 2016In: Dai Puck, Sports
Cardiff Devils tough guy Patrick Bordeleau heads into the new year aiming to wreak physical havoc on opposing Elite League teams.
Big ‘Bordy’ rocked Coventry Blaze at Ice Arena Wales in midweek with big, clean hits to the body which changed the game.
He smashed two Blaze players into the boards, fired up the atmosphere among around 3,000 home fans and Devils fought back from behind to win by scoring four final period goals.
“Patrick was excellent,” said head coach Andrew Lord, “We saw what he can do. A genuine game changer when he plays physical.”
The 6ft 6ins Bordeleau is being encouraged by Lord to play in that same hard-hitting style, starting against Dundee Stars at the IAW in Cardiff Bay on New Year’s Day (4pm).
The former NHL enforcer is a smart player who has a knack of hitting cleanly with crunching power, while he has been given the go-ahead to fight when the time is right.
Coventry’s Garrett Klutz turned down Bordeleau’s offer to drop the gloves this week, while Sheffield hard man Zak Fitzgerald has avoided several potential confrontations when the Devils man asked him to go.
Devils Coach Lord Tells Ice Warrior Bordeleau: Carry On Hitting
Posted By: Terry Phillipson: December 28, 2016In: Dai Puck, Sports
Cardiff Devils tough guy Patrick Bordeleau heads into the new year aiming to wreak physical havoc on opposing Elite League teams.
Big ‘Bordy’ rocked Coventry Blaze at Ice Arena Wales in midweek with big, clean hits to the body which changed the game.
He smashed two Blaze players into the boards, fired up the atmosphere among around 3,000 home fans and Devils fought back from behind to win by scoring four final period goals.
“Patrick was excellent,” said head coach Andrew Lord, “We saw what he can do. A genuine game changer when he plays physical.”
The 6ft 6ins Bordeleau is being encouraged by Lord to play in that same hard-hitting style, starting against Dundee Stars at the IAW in Cardiff Bay on New Year’s Day (4pm).
The former NHL enforcer is a smart player who has a knack of hitting cleanly with crunching power, while he has been given the go-ahead to fight when the time is right.
Coventry’s Garrett Klutz turned down Bordeleau’s offer to drop the gloves this week, while Sheffield hard man Zak Fitzgerald has avoided several potential confrontations when the Devils man asked him to go.