No Laughing Matter

The Statesmen took on an old foe and recent Swindon Tournament adversary, the Basingstoke Hyenas on Sunday. In what was a fast and furious first period the Statesmen wrapped up the first period 6-0, with a brace from James and debutant Dan Shreim. The Hyenas then came out of the blocks a lot harder in the second and it was more of a close affair with the period being 4-2 to the Statesmen. Though generally a friendly game as it always has been between the 2 teams it did get a bit chippy in the third though I think this more to the battling nature of the Hyenas than anything.
The game finished out 12-6 to the Statesmen, well done to us though I think we could be a bit more consistent and well done to the Hyenas for battling hard and not giving up. Well done to Dan Shreim for scoring on his official debut and has now learnt the value of crashing the net. MOTM Freddy, though after looking at my skate yesterday and realising that one of my blades has snapped in half, I think for the first time in my life I will be asking one of the D to keep the puck 'up'. For info my skates are fine and well and getting some much needed TLC down the Rom Valley Way.

Swindon Tournament

The Statesmen finished a very respectable 3rd place at the Swindon tournament, winning the Bronze in a penalty shootout of all things. Well done to Benny who saved all 3 shots and Ritchie for scoring the loan goal and shoving it up the 'frenchies'.
Well done to everyone who went and everyone had a very good time, it looks like there will be another tournament next year as well to look forward to. Still waiting for the official stats and they will be put up when received.

Blizzard at Streatham

The Statesmen welcomed the Bracknell Blizzard to Streatham at the first meeting of the 2 clubs on 8th July. The Statesmen won 18-0, despite the scoreline the Blizzard kept playing hard against us and kept going till the end and never lost it and earned the respect of our team. Well done to everyone involved.