SIHA Round-Up 14th & 15th February 2015

Thank you to Phillip Holden for his contribution to FSB, All Credit for this piece goes to him so any queries you can contact Phil on Twitter @PhilSlice

SIHA tasted success last Saturday with three cracking league wins which started with Lasers U12 D1 winning 22-1 in Sutton which leaves them four points clear at the top of their table but having played more games than second placed Bradford who are the closest rivals with Nottingham 8 points behind in 3rd. Stormers U14 D1 secured a great 13-0 victory over Coventry to go top of their table whilst sticking with the U14’s, Sabres D2 came from behind twice to beat rivals Nottingham 4-3 which sees them clear at the top of their table and with games in hand on the teams below them…all in all a very good day at the office for our junior teams.

On Sunday, Spartans put in a credible performance and pushed Blackburn all the way only to lose out 6-2 which saw Hawks crowned NIHL Moralee Champions. The score line gives a disjointed view of the game in which Spartans were the better team in the first period and could have been more than 1-0 up after Will Barron scored for Spartans. Into the second and Ollie Barron made it 2-0 before Adam Brittle pulled one back from nothing for Hawks. With their tails up they scored a quick fire second through Jared Owen which it’s arguable that we should have done better with. Spartans hit back and were very unfortunate not to take the lead but some superb defence kept us out before Adam Brittle scored a great goal to give Hawks the edge. A short-handed goal with 10 seconds left, a good goal too, from Dan Makriel gave Hawks a massive advantage going into the final period 4-2 up. It was a little harsh on Spartans but they continued to battle away but yet another good goal, another one for Adam Brittle basically sealed the game as Hawks played out the period well to head them towards victory. Spartans ensured they had to work for it though and deserve credit for the way they played but on the night they lacked that extra bit of class that Hawks had who pooped a late one in with 3 seconds left on the clock through Chris Arnone to make it 6-2.

It was however another good day for our junior teams with Rapiers U16 D1 who impressively beat Manchester 27-0 at Ice Sheffield. This result sees Rapiers cement their position in third just one point behind Nottingham & two points behind leaders Bradford but Rapiers have two and three games in had on their respective opponents.  Steelhawks U18 D1 got back to winning ways with a hard fought 5-3 win over Kingston to be now well clear of their opponents to sit 3^rd in their table.

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