The Sheffield Knights Take On Swiss Side Chaux De Fonds

Look At The European Game That Took Place At Queens Road (Skate Central) Between The Sheffield Knights And Chaux De Fonds On Saturday.

Saturday 12th September the Knights took on Swiss side Chaux De Fonds in a game that promised to be challenging for the players of both the Knights and the Lancers in which was a mixed squad announced by Head Coach David Grant.

I wont be going too much into the game because it would take forever. The game ended in a 21-0 defeat for the Sheffield Knights but lots of positives were taken out of the game by the Knights. David Grant has already said that the result was irrelevant because we knew we was going to lose it was about us getting some massively valuable experience. Chaux De Fonds didn't take their foot of the gas all nights and kept coming with everything they've got for the full 45 minutes but the Knights didn't give up they played until the final buzzer, didn't let their heads drops and gave it their all. The Score line may look bad from the outside but in our camp we have took so much out of that game which we will look to implement into our game to make us a better team.

You don't get any better by just playing teams at your level to improve you need to play the best available teams and that was certainly what we did and what we will also look to do in the future with further European trips. The knights want to become the best club possible and by doing that we do need to play these sort of teams more often.

19th September the G Casino Cup takes place at Simply Skate in Rotherham where the Knights have two teams taking part as well as Shaw Millionaires who are entering two teams and then the North East Dekstars who are coming down from Gateshead. There may be more teams involved but I'm not sure myself. If anyone would like to come down the tournament is schedule 9am till 5pm but will probably finish before, it is also free entry and after the Sheffield Steelers take on the Coventry Blaze at the Arena at 7pm if you wanted to hang about.

Last Saturday against Chaux De Fonds really was a learning curve and a great experience and really hope to be able to do it again in the future against them or other European teams. Every time I pull on the Knights jersey it is a proud moment for myself and I know the same can be said for all of my team mates. I was so proud how everyone played despite the score line because like I've already said the score line was irrelevant.

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Lancers Secure Their First Ever Victory Against Hoods

The Sheffield Lancers were going into their second season after losing all of their fixtures last season and after a change in the coach staff and a new bundle of players it was set to be a promising start for the Knights development team.

The lancers took a two goal lead early in the 1st period courtesy off Adam Cooper who went top shelf within 59 second and Jaret Rose who scored his 1st of three goals after just five minutes on the power play. Nottingham Hoods did pull a goal back to go into the 1st period break down 2-1 and that was scored by Francois Gallant timed at 11.59.

After conceding with a second left on the clock in the 1st period the Lancers put heir foot back on the gas early in the second period with quick goals coming from debutant Aiden Paget who scored his 1st of the game from the high slot and then just a minute later Jaret Rose scored his second of the game after receiving a pass from debutant Wayne Newman from in front of his own goal and Rose timed his finish to perfection to give the Lancers a 4-1 Lead. James Duffy pulled a second goal back for the Hoods scoring his first of the game at 17:54 firing a snap shot through the pads of Daniel Croskell. A third debutant Michael Henderson took his first penalty of his Lancers career and Aiden Paget went on to score short handing for his 2nd of the game an in quick succession Aaron Bowler fired a shot over the block of the Hoods netminders to make it 6-2 and then Jaret Rose completed his hat-trick in the final minute of the 2nd period to give the Lancers a 7-2 lead going into the third period.

Hoods wasn't going to give up in the third period though when they tried to mount a come back and at 29:14 James Duffy was fed in for his second off the game and placed his shot high over the blocker off Croskell to make it 7-4. Sebastian Turek made it 7-5 at the 30:25 mark when he fired a big slap shot past Croskell who didn't have a clue till the Hoods player were celebrating. The home side finished of the scoring when again Sebastian Turek fired a second slap shot to make it 7-5 at 34:31 and that prompted Lancers head coach David Grant to call a time out as his players were look nervous but the visitors hung on to secure their first victory of the season 7-5.

FINAL SCORE: Nottingham Hoods 5-7 Sheffield Lancers

A cracking start to the season for the Lancers who really did look like a new team and you can tell that by the faces of the players at the end of the game. Next up for the club is a European friendly on Saturday 12th September when the Knights take on La Chaux-de-Fonds from Switzerland at Queens Road (Skate Central) in Sheffield just next to the G Casino and we hope to see as many people there as possible.

Shots Count:- 45-42

Points:-
Hoods:
#17 James Duffy (2+1)
#44 Francois Gallant (1+0)
#46 Tom Clark (0+1)
#60 Daniel Pylypiw (0+1)
#84 Sebastian Turek (2+1)
#90 Rhys Brown (0+1)
 

Lancers:
#33 Wayne Newman (0+1)

#41 Aaron Bowler (1+1)

#55 Jaret Rose (3+2)

#63 Adam Cooper (1+0)

#95 Michael Henderson (0+1)

#98 Aiden Paget (2+0)

PIM:-

Hoods:
#84 Sebastian Turek 2 Minutes For Slashing
#9 2 Minutes For Delay of the Game

Lancers:

#63 Adam Cooper 2 Minutes For Delay of the Game

#86 Richard Cartwright 2 Minutes For Tripping

#95 Michael Henderson 2 Minutes For Checking

 

MoM:
Hoods: #12 Sebastian Turek

Lancers: #1 Daniel Croskell
 

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