Thursday, 31 January 2008
Legion 30th Nov
Last nights game against the legion saw it played out to a 3-3 draw. First game of the season and it showed, cant believe all that turkey is still hanging around. A fun and sometimes entertaining game, with the legion tying it up in the dying minutes. Well done to Jean on scoring the first goal, the others coming from Ty and Nigel. WOTM Jean
Monday, 10 December 2007
Return Leg v Swindon
Sunday night saw the return leg against Swindon at sunny Streatham. The game started off with another tense and cagey first 2 periods, the Statesmen had 3 lines and couldnt really get off to the start we had on the Friday night. the scoring was opened by James (1st of 4 for the night) and a powerplay goal to boot (1 of 2 which is highly unusual) after 10 mins, only for the Knights to score a minute later with Robin Littlewoods 1st of a natural hat trick which wrapped up the scoring for the 1st period.
The second started off much the same with the Knights scoring after 4 mins only for the Statesmen to get 1 back a minute later, then the Knights scored again after a couple of mins only for the Statesmen to score the second PP goal scored by Ty a couple of mins later, that wrapped up the 2nd period with the scores tied at 3-3.
Like last Friday the Statesmen started the 3rd a lot livelier and a goal from Lukas after 7 mins, only for the Knights to even it up again a couple of mins later. Then the Statesmen seemed to pick it up and scored 3 goals in 1min 10 secs of the 3rd to take a commanding lead and with a late goal from James and 1 in the last minute from the Knights Geoff Collins that wrapped up the game and see the Statesmen win 8-5.
MOTM Paddy (Blimey!)
The second started off much the same with the Knights scoring after 4 mins only for the Statesmen to get 1 back a minute later, then the Knights scored again after a couple of mins only for the Statesmen to score the second PP goal scored by Ty a couple of mins later, that wrapped up the 2nd period with the scores tied at 3-3.
Like last Friday the Statesmen started the 3rd a lot livelier and a goal from Lukas after 7 mins, only for the Knights to even it up again a couple of mins later. Then the Statesmen seemed to pick it up and scored 3 goals in 1min 10 secs of the 3rd to take a commanding lead and with a late goal from James and 1 in the last minute from the Knights Geoff Collins that wrapped up the game and see the Statesmen win 8-5.
MOTM Paddy (Blimey!)
Monday, 3 December 2007
Friday Night at Swindon
Friday night saw the Statesmen travel to our old friends and adversaries the Nationwide Knights, with confidence at a high after the last couple of games we were looking for something not done in a long while at Swindon, which was a win.
The game started off at a nice tempo but first blood went to the Knights at 4 mins of the 1st, in a cagey first period this wasn't tied up until the 12th min by Lukas, 2 mins later the Statesmen struck again with a goal from Mark Fenwick (congrats on his 1st for the club) and this rounded out the first period scoring.
The 2nd was a completely different matter with Ty scoring in 30 secs of the restart and the first of four for the night off a nice feed from Lukas (I like). This started off a scoring spree with 4 unanswered goals 1 from James (hat trick on the night), 2 from Ty and 1 from Isaac, this is where the game got interesting and with the Statesmen 7-1 up the Knights started their comeback with a goal with 30 secs to go in the 2nd.
Starting off the 3rd the Statesmen were 7-2 up and with a natural hat trick from the Knights Shaun Littlewood the game started to get interesting and the Statesmen were flustered, then the Knights scored their 6th goal and a time out was needed. This seemed to get our heads back into it and a goal from Ty off a feed from the corner from James straight after the time out steadied the ship and got us back into it, another 2 goals with only 1 reply from the Knights and a final goal from James late on, on a spectacular solo effort saw the Statesmen come out 11-7 winners in the most exciting 3rd period played in a long while. Looking forward to the rematch on Sunday.
MOTM Lukas (this is getting boring now)
The game started off at a nice tempo but first blood went to the Knights at 4 mins of the 1st, in a cagey first period this wasn't tied up until the 12th min by Lukas, 2 mins later the Statesmen struck again with a goal from Mark Fenwick (congrats on his 1st for the club) and this rounded out the first period scoring.
The 2nd was a completely different matter with Ty scoring in 30 secs of the restart and the first of four for the night off a nice feed from Lukas (I like). This started off a scoring spree with 4 unanswered goals 1 from James (hat trick on the night), 2 from Ty and 1 from Isaac, this is where the game got interesting and with the Statesmen 7-1 up the Knights started their comeback with a goal with 30 secs to go in the 2nd.
Starting off the 3rd the Statesmen were 7-2 up and with a natural hat trick from the Knights Shaun Littlewood the game started to get interesting and the Statesmen were flustered, then the Knights scored their 6th goal and a time out was needed. This seemed to get our heads back into it and a goal from Ty off a feed from the corner from James straight after the time out steadied the ship and got us back into it, another 2 goals with only 1 reply from the Knights and a final goal from James late on, on a spectacular solo effort saw the Statesmen come out 11-7 winners in the most exciting 3rd period played in a long while. Looking forward to the rematch on Sunday.
MOTM Lukas (this is getting boring now)
Game v Legion 21st Nov
With the Statesmen buoyed by the come from behind draw against Invicta went into the Legion game full of confidence and it payed off. For the first time in a long time we played all 3 periods at the same pace and didnt let off for a minute for a resounding 8-1 victory.
The Statesmen in full control and never looked like losing , only a bit of handbags with the tour de farce of the legion team did it look like getting out of control, a conselation late on for the legion halted the hopes of the shutout, didnt really matter as the game was won. Well done to all involved.
MOTM (cant remember but I bet it was Lukas).
The Statesmen in full control and never looked like losing , only a bit of handbags with the tour de farce of the legion team did it look like getting out of control, a conselation late on for the legion halted the hopes of the shutout, didnt really matter as the game was won. Well done to all involved.
MOTM (cant remember but I bet it was Lukas).
Monday, 12 November 2007
Draw at Streatham
Last night saw the Invicta Knights visit Streatham for the return leg, the game started with what seemed to be the complete opposite of the game a couple of weeks ago and while the Statesmen just couldnt seem to find any rythm, the Knights raced away to a 3 goal lead and a short-handed one to finish off the period in the last minute.
The Knights carried that momentum into the second and scored just after 5 mins to take a commanding 4-0 lead, it seemed like it was going to be one of those nights (pardon the pun) until Ty scored just a couple of mins later from a nice feed from Lukas. This sparked off tit for tat goals in the second with the Knights scoring 4 mins after then Milan 2 mins later the Knights 2 mins after that and Ty 1 min after to finish off the period at 3-6.
The Statesmen had renewed confidence in the 3rd and with James and Lukas linking up well they went on a roll of 4 unanswered goals between them for the Statesmen to take the lead, in between was some slight handbags seeing 2 Statesmen ejected and 1 Knights player. Unfortunately the lead lasted only a couple of mins and the Knights equalised with 4 mins to go, a tie game and an enjoyable one.
MOTM Lukas (can he do no wrong?)
The Knights carried that momentum into the second and scored just after 5 mins to take a commanding 4-0 lead, it seemed like it was going to be one of those nights (pardon the pun) until Ty scored just a couple of mins later from a nice feed from Lukas. This sparked off tit for tat goals in the second with the Knights scoring 4 mins after then Milan 2 mins later the Knights 2 mins after that and Ty 1 min after to finish off the period at 3-6.
The Statesmen had renewed confidence in the 3rd and with James and Lukas linking up well they went on a roll of 4 unanswered goals between them for the Statesmen to take the lead, in between was some slight handbags seeing 2 Statesmen ejected and 1 Knights player. Unfortunately the lead lasted only a couple of mins and the Knights equalised with 4 mins to go, a tie game and an enjoyable one.
MOTM Lukas (can he do no wrong?)
Monday, 29 October 2007
Loss in Invicta
In a closely fought contest at Invicta on Saturday night the Statesmen ended up 7-9 losers. The Statesmen raced to a 3-0 lead by 13 mins in the first with goals by Lukas (2 of 4 for the night) and Nigel, the Knights then ended the period with a goal to bring it back to 3-1.
The Statesmen then seemed to relax in the 2nd who appeared to have thought the game won and would be able to cruise for 2 periods only to see the Knights with 4 unanswered goals in the first 10 mins of the 2nd, a quick couple of goals by Lukas and Ty seemed to spur the Statesmen on only for the Knights to answer back with 2 of their own just after and take the wind out of the Statesmen sails.
The final period ended up 2-2 with 2 late goals by Lukas and Ty in the last 2 mins but the game was out of reach. An enjoyable game and look forward to the re-match on the 11th Nov.
MOTM was a well deserved Lukas.
The Statesmen then seemed to relax in the 2nd who appeared to have thought the game won and would be able to cruise for 2 periods only to see the Knights with 4 unanswered goals in the first 10 mins of the 2nd, a quick couple of goals by Lukas and Ty seemed to spur the Statesmen on only for the Knights to answer back with 2 of their own just after and take the wind out of the Statesmen sails.
The final period ended up 2-2 with 2 late goals by Lukas and Ty in the last 2 mins but the game was out of reach. An enjoyable game and look forward to the re-match on the 11th Nov.
MOTM was a well deserved Lukas.
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