SIHA Junior Round-up 10th & 11th January 2015

This weekend’s SIHA Junior round up starts with Sheffield Laser U12 D1 who recorded a convincing 13-1 win over Hull to maintain their 100% win record. Hull made life difficult at times in the opening period with some good defending and an inform netminder keeping them in the game. It was Hull who actually took the lead through Oliver Peers when a clearance from their zone eluded the Sheffield netminder at the final moment as he went to block the puck to see it go under his stick and under his body. Lasers responded positively with a goal from Lewis Gibson from which they piled the pressure onto Hull but couldn’t find a way through until the final minute when Ross Macpherson & Callum Field scored to see Lasers in front 3-1 at the first period break.

Lasers notched it up another gear to see the second period out on top with four more goals with the pick being Callum Field’s nice backhanded chip across the face of the goal into the top right corner with Will Szollosy, Ross Macpherson & Luke Clare the other scorers.

Hull deserve praise for battling away but they were simply no match for Lasers in the final period with Callum Field grabbing his hat-trick to make it 8-1. Will Szollosy made it 9-1 with a lovely goal, taking his chance really well too in the process which was followed by another couple of goals for Callum Field to make it 11-1. Ross Macpherson did well to put his chance away to notch his hat-trick with Tate Shudra on hand to pick up on a rebound to score what was to be the final goal of the game to see Lasers win 13-1 to consolidate their position at the top of the table.

After a frustrating midweek 2-2 draw against Sutton who had come back from 2-0 down after Tyler Nixon & Tom Palmer had put them in front, Stormers U14 D1 were keen to get back to winning ways against Hull. They got off to a great start with Tyler Nixon & Tom Palmer once again on the score sheet with Sam Colton adding a third in what was a competitive game against hard working opponents.

Hull fought their way back into the game with a couple of goals and it became a little scrappy as both teams tried to assert themselves but frustrations boiled over which wasn’t helped at all by some inconsistent officiating. However Stormers gained the upper hand when Alex Ibrahim made it 4-2 at the end of the second.

Tempers flared in the final period which was an overspill of the previous period with the officials at times struggling to keep control but hockey did break out to see Stormers finish the much stronger of the two teams which saw Tyler Nixon add two more with another for Alex Ibrahim to make it 7-2. Sam Colton grabbed his second of the game with a well taken powerplay goal to see Stormers bag what was in the end a deserved 8-2 win which now sees them sit at the top of their league table.

Scorpions U18 D2 travelled to Grimsby but came unstuck 5-2 in what was a competitive game but one in which Grimsby were the better team and were worthy of their 4-0 lead. Sheffield battled to get back into the game and an Ethan Hardy goal gave them a little hope but Grimsby made it 5-1 to make sure of the win but Jack Brain did pull another back for Scorpions to make the final score 5-2 in Grimsby’s favour. Special mention for Josh Aheran who had an interesting game by accidently (we hope) firing the puck in Coach Paul Harding’s face as well as accidently sticking the referee in the lower regions and also grabbing an assist…on that note, I will conclude this weekend’s round up on the juniors!

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