{"id":7404,"date":"2015-11-10T18:46:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=7404"},"modified":"2015-11-10T18:46:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T18:46:50","slug":"canadian-ice-hockey-players-learning-trade-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/10\/canadian-ice-hockey-players-learning-trade-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian ice hockey players learning their trade in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Devils ice hockey players are working hard off the ice, as well as on it.<br \/>\nWhile the team has climbed to third in the league following a long unbeaten home run, many of the players are working hard studying for exams too.<br \/>\nJoey Martin, Joey Haddad and Leigh Salters are among the current crop of players\u00a0studying\u00a0MBAs (Master of Business Administration) as part of a\u00a0sponsorship scheme with Cardiff Metropolitan University.<br \/>\nJoey Martin, one of the top goal scorers in the\u00a0Elite Ice Hockey League, said: &#8220;Last year I played here and had an overall great experience, so the chance to do my schooling at the same time as playing was something that I couldn&#8217;t turn down.&#8221;<br \/>\nDevils coach and player Andrew Lord, a former sponsored student, said:\u00a0&#8220;I played five years in the North America minors and then went to Germany for a year.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7485\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Andrew-Lord.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7485\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Andrew-Lord.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Coach and player Andrew Lord\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7485\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Andrew-Lord.jpg\" alt=\"Devils Coach and player Andrew Lord\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Devils Coach and player Andrew Lord<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&#8220;Things were winding down and as I had a couple of bad injuries over there. I decided it was finally time to get my MBA, so I came over here.<br \/>\n&#8220;I moved over here three seasons ago. It was a rough first year with everything, but I jumped at the opportunity for a player-coaching role.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">There are 14 Canadian &#8220;imports&#8221; in the Devils,\u00a0although\u00a0this is\u00a0not a unique phenomenon in the League due to the popularity of the sport in Canada.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Devils fan, Steve Atkiles said: &#8220;With the better courses you draw in the better players.\u00a0Cardiff generally go with just Canadians.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nOver the weekend, the Devils won\u00a0two games, beating Manchester Storm 5-2 on Saturday\u00a0to achieve their 11th consecutive home win\u00a0and\u00a0then winning a\u00a06-4 away match\u00a0on Sunday against\u00a0Coventry Blaze.<br \/>\nThe\u00a0Devils are third in the League and will be moving\u00a0into the new\u00a0Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay in early January.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Devils ice hockey players are working hard off the ice, as well as on it. While the team has climbed to third in the league following a long unbeaten home run, many of the players are working hard studying for exams too. Joey Martin, Joey Haddad and Leigh Salters are among the current crop of players\u00a0studying\u00a0MBAs (Master of Business Administration) as part of a\u00a0sponsorship scheme with Cardiff Metropolitan University. 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