Win v Swindon

Saturday night saw the Statesmen play our old friends and foes from Swindon, having not played them (unusually) in a year. In what is traditionally a good close contest saw the Knights score first after 10mins on a breakaway goal from Geoff Collins. The Statesmen then levelled off a nice goal from James (100th point & 400th for Ty) after 18mins to end the period.
The second period was scoreless but there were a lot of chances for both sides to take the lead. The Statesmen finally took the lead with a goal from Ty the Statesmen to go up in the game with 7mins to go and held off a Knights surge in the end to claim the well deserved victory with the Statesmen showed some real consistency and good transistional play lacking in previous games.
MOTM Ty

James hits a Ton

Congratulations to James who notched his 100th and 101st points for the Statesmen on Saturday fittingly against Swindon in a very impressive 36 games.

WC - Loss v Eagles

The second WC game was a strange affair, the Statesmen took the lead in the 1st period with a goal from Ty, but that was the only time in the game, with at least 3 breakaway goals going to the Eagles and finishing them well the first rounded out 5-2 to Eagles.
The 2nd period was very similar with the Statesmen getting a goal from John Leslie only for the Eagles to finish the period 9-4. The Final scoreline was 11-5, with James and Ty getting a brace each.
MOTM James

WC- First game loss v Legion

The first game of the WC saw the Statesmen playing the Legion, in what is historically becoming a very close game didnt disappoint. This time saw the Legion go up 2-0 only for the Statesmen to get the score back to 2-2, though the Legion took the lead and the momentum to 3-2 and a last minute goal saw the score end 4-2.