Thank you to Phil Holden for his
contribution to FSB, All Credit for this piece goes to him so any queries you
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Spartans left it late on Saturday night in NIHL North One to claim a valuable victory over Manchester Minotaurs in their pursuit of a play-off spot. In an open & end to end first period there was very little to choose between the two teams but Spartans went into the first break 1-0 up after Ollie Barron had scored. It was harsh on Minotaurs but they hit back to take the lead through Tom Gilbert & Max Drakeley and you couldn’t argue that it was deserved. Spartans called a time out and swapped netminders with Andy Bagshaw taking over from Brandon Stones. This had the desired effect with a positive response from Spartans who were soon level with an unstoppable shot from Jonathan Kirk. Spartans enjoyed some good possession and chances, most notably from Ollie Barron and Stuart Brittle who were both unfortunate not to score. Into the third and a fumbled save from a speculative shot from Jared Dickinson put Minotaurs in front to look the more likely winners as the final period progressed but out of nothing Ollie Barron scored a nice goal after being set up by Stuart Brittle on 56.43. Things were soon to get worse for Manchester when Elliott Knell & Ollie Barron combined to set up Stuart Brittle to score an amazing goal as he fired the puck between the post and netminder Fox to put Spartans 4-3 in front timed 57.29. Spartans regained possession from the face-off to see Andy Turner make a lovely pass to Shaun Wild who exploited the space he had made for himself to show great skill to fire in an unstoppable shot for another good goal, this one timed 57.53. Minotaurs frustrations boiled over with roughing penalties against both teams along with Minotaurs netminder Fox being thrown out for 3rd man in. With no back up netminder there was a delay whilst Mikey Gilbert dressed to go in goal for the last couple of minutes with the delay taking the sting out of the game to eventually finish with a Spartans win.
Spartans left it late on Saturday night in NIHL North One to claim a valuable victory over Manchester Minotaurs in their pursuit of a play-off spot. In an open & end to end first period there was very little to choose between the two teams but Spartans went into the first break 1-0 up after Ollie Barron had scored. It was harsh on Minotaurs but they hit back to take the lead through Tom Gilbert & Max Drakeley and you couldn’t argue that it was deserved. Spartans called a time out and swapped netminders with Andy Bagshaw taking over from Brandon Stones. This had the desired effect with a positive response from Spartans who were soon level with an unstoppable shot from Jonathan Kirk. Spartans enjoyed some good possession and chances, most notably from Ollie Barron and Stuart Brittle who were both unfortunate not to score. Into the third and a fumbled save from a speculative shot from Jared Dickinson put Minotaurs in front to look the more likely winners as the final period progressed but out of nothing Ollie Barron scored a nice goal after being set up by Stuart Brittle on 56.43. Things were soon to get worse for Manchester when Elliott Knell & Ollie Barron combined to set up Stuart Brittle to score an amazing goal as he fired the puck between the post and netminder Fox to put Spartans 4-3 in front timed 57.29. Spartans regained possession from the face-off to see Andy Turner make a lovely pass to Shaun Wild who exploited the space he had made for himself to show great skill to fire in an unstoppable shot for another good goal, this one timed 57.53. Minotaurs frustrations boiled over with roughing penalties against both teams along with Minotaurs netminder Fox being thrown out for 3rd man in. With no back up netminder there was a delay whilst Mikey Gilbert dressed to go in goal for the last couple of minutes with the delay taking the sting out of the game to eventually finish with a Spartans win.
In NIHL Two
Senators travelled to Humberside on Sunday to face Hull who can be tricky
customers on home ice but a confident & competent 60 minutes from the Sens
saw them ease to an 8-1 victory. Credit to Hull though, they ensured Sens had
to be on their game which they were and in the end were simply too good for
Hull. Sergevs Jegorovs & Paul Lofthouse goals put Senators 2-0 up after the
first and their patience was further rewarded when Nathan Britton & Tom Humphries
made it 4-0 at the end of the second. Tom Humphries netted again to make it 5-0
before Hull pulled one back through Jordan Fisher. Sens found another gear from
that point and their class showed with goals from Arran Bell, Josh Gent &
Sergevs Jegorovs to ensure victory. Jamie Lewis was awarded Man of the Match
for Senators, one of many notable performances from a sound team effort.
It was a
good day on Sunday all round for our SIHA teams as Steelhawks U18 D1 enjoyed a
3-2 road win in Whitley Bay whilst Scorpions U18 D2 enjoyed success away to
Blackburn with a credible 8-1 win.
A great weekend for the academy with all our teams in action securing wins. It’s a busy weekend ahead with numerous teams in action at Ice Sheffield so keep an eye out for the forthcoming preview that will be posted sometime soon.
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