Win v Swindon

In what was another closely contested game between the old foes saw the Statesmen come out 7-5 winners. With 2 lines and borrowing Froudy, things could have started better for the Statesmen, but with Wednesday's game to get out of the system the Statesmen got the opening goal from Jamie O'Dell (first of a natural hat trick) after 8 mins, the Knights got back in the fray with a goal the 15min mark, but to the Statesmens credit no-one panicked and we got a goal either side of the 2nd period to lead 3-1.
The Knights were quickly back into it with a couple of goals 2mins apart to tie the game and took the lead a min into the 3rd period. The Statesmen then took the lead after 32mins only for the Knights to come back into it again and even it up a min into the 3rd period. The goals reflected the play and their were some good chances for either side to take lead, with the Statesmen finally able to do it with some very nice goals from James and another natural hat trick, with only their linemate struggling to keep up with the scoring:) The Knights finished off with a goal on the death but the Statesmen held on for the win. We look forward to playing again in the summer at a more reasonable time when some light refreshments can be had after.
MOTM James (though it should have been Jamie..)

April fools?

Wednesday 1st April saw the Statemsen play the Eagles in a WC game, normal service resumed and the Eagles won 15-0, with the highlight being their 'fans' playing and singing 'We are the Champions' during the game, nice.

John gets 100

Congratulations to John who got his 100th assist against Swindon last Friday.

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.