{"id":2971,"date":"2014-03-11T07:50:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T07:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2971"},"modified":"2014-03-11T07:50:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T07:50:56","slug":"kurka-to-stay-with-cardiff-devils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/11\/kurka-to-stay-with-cardiff-devils\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurka to stay with Cardiff Devils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/closeup.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1611\" alt=\"closeup\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/closeup.jpg\" width=\"1240\" height=\"930\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1611\" alt=\"closeup\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/closeup.jpg\" width=\"1240\" height=\"930\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nCardiff Devils fans finally have some positive news near the end of a disappointing season after Tomas Kurka signed a new two-year contract on Sunday to stay in South Wales.<br \/>\nKurka is the first signing of new head coach Dave Whistle, who saw his team end their six-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over Coventry Blaze later that night.<br \/>\nThe game was a scrappy affair which descended into physical violence more than once but the Devils kept their cool to come out on top.<br \/>\nThe win keeps the Devils in the eighth and final play-off spot with three games left to play, although Fife Flyers are just two points behind them with two games in hand.<br \/>\nAfter a mid-table finish and a play-off semi-final last season hopes were high going into this campaign but a series of mixed results early on put the Devils in a tricky position.<br \/>\nJust three wins from eight games in December left them struggling to improve their position and January didn\u2019t bring much positive change.<br \/>\nBut the appointment of Whistle at the start of February saw an upturn in fortunes as they won three on the bounce.<br \/>\nAnd despite more poor form which was finally ended by the Blaze victory on Sunday the Devils are hopeful of claiming the play-off title, even though they will almost certainly face Belfast Giants in their quarter-final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Devils fans finally have some positive news near the end of a disappointing season after Tomas Kurka signed a new two-year contract on Sunday to stay in South Wales. 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