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Post by humbucker on Nov 15, 2021 23:25:47 GMT
Good to see two ex Nottingham juniors and Lions among the points in Manchester Storm’s win against the Nottingham Panthers last weekend. Both Joe and Archie Hazeldine got an assist in this game. The younger brother, Archie, is presently playing for Leeds Knights in the National League whilst Joe is a Manchester Storm player.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Nov 16, 2021 10:39:52 GMT
Good to see two ex Nottingham juniors and Lions among the points in Manchester Storm’s win against the Nottingham Panthers last weekend. Both Joe and Archie Hazeldine got an assist in this game. The younger brother, Archie, is presently playing for Leeds Knights in the National League whilst Joe is a Manchester Storm player. I've watched a few Storm games this season and Joe has really settled in there well. He's going to do just fine
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Post by humbucker on Nov 16, 2021 17:52:30 GMT
The hope is that both these guys will continue to improve and maybe, just maybe we might see them back here in Nottingham wearing the Panthers shirt.
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Post by humbucker on Nov 19, 2021 18:53:26 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Sunday 21.11.21
Solihull Barons v Billingham Stars
Blackburn Hawks v Nottingham Lions
The Lions are on the road to face the Hawks on Sunday hoping to improve on their last showing here in Nottingham. Although scoring their greatest number of goals in this home game this season they went down 6-10. Going into the final period only 6-5 down the Lions were definitely in a great position to capitalise but the game slipped away with the Hawks taking the final period 1-4. For the first two periods the Hawks were under pressure but their greater experience began to tell as they wore the Lions down and finally with the two points the Hawks returned to tBlackburn.
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Post by humbucker on Nov 21, 2021 22:33:09 GMT
Tonights Results
Solihull Barons 5 Billingham Stars 4
Blackburn Hawks 6 Nottingham Lions 5 (O/T)
The Lions now have two hard earned points in the NIHL Div 1 after a game where they really went for the win and had it not been for the penalty against the Lions in O/T and with the Hawks now having the extra player it might have been a different story but 4 on 3 was an advantage too far for our guys to pull back. This game got rather fiesty with several players hitting the showers earlier that anticipated with the Lions losing two and the Hawks losing three.
The Lions really held their own in this game and outshot the home team 50-52 with Luca Sheldon having a good night in the Lions net turning aside 44 shots. Period Scores: 3-2/1-2/1-1 (O/T 1-0) 6-5 result
Scorers: Andrew Louie Newell 3+2, Zachary Yokoyama 1+1, Alexander Cleves 1+0, Kieran Gibbs 0+1, Thomas Dermott 0+1, Matthew Brown 0+1
Andrew Louie Newell has had a great weekend as he played in the National League with the Sheffield Steeldogs on Saturday and scored a goal in their 4-0 beating of Peterborough Phantoms. Regular ice time with the Lions does pay off and with a decent two way deal thus ensuring the chance to play at a higher level but with obviously less ice time on offer. Players that leave the Lions expecting masses of ice time in the National League often face major disappointment but on a good two way deal they have at least the regular ice time they require to aid development and with the opportunity to gain experience at a higher level. The players that leave obviously also have to travel to play therefore all of their games are away from home including training. Players really do need to get their heads around this situation and listen to their coaching team because here in Nottingham the players are not held back because if they have the ability to carve out career at a higher level the Lions do support players that wish to move on, but only when ready for that all important permanent move to another team. There are players that have moved on and remain playing at the same level but what that achieves for them is hard to add up because Nottingham provides an excellent springboard to up and coming players so what moving on in these circumstances achieves is difficult to comprehend.
The Lions lost 9 players before this season commenced but the youngsters drafted in are filling those gaps and developing at a quite rapid rate with tonight's game an indicator of how far these youngsters have developed.
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Post by humbucker on Nov 27, 2021 12:20:09 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 27.11.21
Solway Sharks v Billingham Stars
Sheffield Scimitars v Nottingham Lions (Face off 7.30pm)
Sunday 28.11..21
Whitley Warriors v Sheffield Scimitars
Widnes Wild v Solway Sharks
Solihull Barons v Blackburn Hawks
Looks like a short but stormy drive up the M1 for the Lions to meet what might be an equally stormy welcome up at Ice Sheffield. The rivalry between our two cities on the ice continues and with a fair number of ex Nottingham players in the Scimitar’s squad there are sometimes a few old niggles that play out in games between these two so a few fireworks might be lit in this game. Games in the past have, in the main, gone Sheffield’s way but pre season the Scimitars were in a better position financially to find recruitment far easier but possibly to the detriment of their younger players regarding quality ice time. Here in Nottingham all of our young guys are given a real opportunity with plenty of game experience on offer should they put in the effort in training and games. It is expected, as with every game, that the Lions will give it their best shot certainly looking to get a few more points on the board.
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Post by humbucker on Nov 27, 2021 22:46:10 GMT
Tonight’s Results
Solway Sharks 8 Billingham Stars 4
Sheffield Scimitars 5 Nottingham Lions 1
Period Scores: 1-0/3-1/1-0
The Scimitars made the most of home advantage against the Lions tonight but for our guys another game where scoring was hard to come by but a game where they again kept the score against in single figures. Louie Newell kept up his scoring with the Lions only goal assisted by Zachary Yokoyama and Jack Crowston.
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Post by humbucker on Nov 28, 2021 22:37:32 GMT
Tonight’s results:
Whitley Warriors 5 Sheffield Scimitars 3
Widnes Wild 5 Solway Sharks 6 (Penalty shots)
Solihull Barons 12 Blackburn Hawks 5
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Post by humbucker on Dec 3, 2021 18:37:08 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 04.12.21
Solway Sharks v Blackburn Hawks
Sunday 05.12.21
Blackburn Hawks v Solihull Barons
Widnes Wild v Nottingham Lions (Face off 5.30pm)
The Lions will be facing the Wild for the second time this season having played them at the NIC in September just two games into the 21/22 season with the Lions losing out in a 2-7 game. The Wild moved up from Div 2 to Div 1 this season having dominated Div 2 for a number of seasons. This Div 1 move has,I believe, required a hefty amount of readies to ensure that they could compete at the higher level and to be honest they haven't done that badly. They are presently one place above the Lions with 7 points from 8 games but have a couple of games in hand on the two teams above them and enough in the tank ,on their night, to move to 5th in the division. The Wild have a good following and although they are not yet getting the sort of results they were used to when they played in the lower division the fans appear to have remained loyal and the game tickets look to be selling very well. The Wild have been playing in the cup games as well as the league and have made it to the semi finals so some good results and they just missed out on toppling the league leaders Solway Sharks when they only lost that one in a penalty shoot out. A bit of a mountain to climb for our boys but there again that is what we have come to expect with the Lions player merry go round occurring at the end or just before commencement of each season and the almost total rebuild that has to take place. The new guys are settling in well and 'the few' meaning the older ones are grinding out another season with all new line mates but that is the way it is and will remain as things stand. Hanging on to players when they are in demand elsewhere is what the coaches and management are used to but the opportunities that open up for players within probably the best junior set up is second to none when you take a look at experienced players they are up against everytime the Lions take to the ice. That is why, in the end, the Nottingham Lions stay and battle it out in Division 1 rather than lower the level of competition to basically take over from where the Widnes Wild remained top dog for so long. Congratulations to the Nottingham Lions 2 team who nothched up their first win last weekend.
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Post by humbucker on Dec 4, 2021 22:15:45 GMT
Tonight's result
Solway Sharks 8 Blackburn Hawks 2
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Post by humbucker on Dec 5, 2021 23:08:54 GMT
Tonight's results
Blackburn Hawks 8 Solihull Barons 7 (O/T win)
Widnes Wild 7 Nottingham Lions 2
A bit of deja vu as the result mirrored the previous result here in Nottingham in September. The only difference is that the Lions improved their sog with 38 against 39 from Widnes. The penalty toll was also much improved as at the NIC their were 56 pen mins for each team whereas tonight the Lions picked up only 2 mins against the Wild's 16.
Period scores: 2-1/2-1/3-0
Scorers: Andrew Louie Newell 1+1, Ellis Ricci 1+0, Zachary Yokoyama 0+1.
The Lions have a welcome weekend without a game before meeting the Solihull Barons at the NIC on 19.12.21 and this will be the last Lions game before Christmas.
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Post by humbucker on Dec 11, 2021 21:48:18 GMT
Just the one game this weekend in NIHL 1 as the Billingham Stars welcome their near neighbours the Whitley Warriors on Sunday.
The first leg of the first Moralee Cup Semi Final took place tonight with league leaders the Solway Sharks away at second to bottom of the league the Widnes Wild. A great result for the Wild as they held the Sharks in a 3-3 tied game. All still to play for for these two up at Solway,
Solihull Barons are due to play the Dundee Comets in the other Semi Final games.
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Post by humbucker on Dec 12, 2021 23:05:22 GMT
Tonight’s results:
NIHL 1 Billingham Stars 0 Whitley Warriors 3
Congratulations to the Widnes Wild who are into the final of the Moralee Cup after an 8-7 aggregate win over the league leading Solway Sharks. A real David v Goliath result given the Wild’s second to bottom position in the league.
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Post by humbucker on Dec 17, 2021 23:49:30 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 18.12.21
Solihull Barons v Widnes Wild Sheffield Scimitars v Blackburn Hawks
Sunday 19.12.21
Whitley Warriors v Billingham Stars Widnes Wild v Sheffield Scimitars
Nottingham Lions v Solihull Barons (Face off 7.00pm)
The last time these two met was in Solihull in the Lions first league game of the season with the Lions missing out in a 6-4 game. The Lions did manage to win the final period and overall put in a good performance for a virtually reformed Lions squad with a number of juniors having moved up to the seniors. The Solihull team had picked up a couple of Nottingham Lions players with Ashley Calvert and Bailey Martin Challans having moved across prior to the 2022 season with Calvert picking up a couple of assists in the above mentioned game.
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Post by humbucker on Dec 19, 2021 11:50:56 GMT
Last night’s results in NIHL 1
Sheffield Scimitars 7 Blackburn Hawks 1
Solihull Barons 4 Widnes Wild 5
The Barons head to Nottingham after suffering a home defeat to the Wild and eager to grab at least a couple of points this weekend so the Lions must be prepared for an opponent wanting to bury that reversal with an impressive response this evening. The Lions are once again missing out with a number of players carrying niggling injuries and some unavailable. Given the number of young players available within the junior system the coaching team have drafted in players to fill the gaps. Some valuable ice time for these guys to show how ready they are to make that step up now, or how close they are to making that more permanent step in the future.
Last Lions game before Christmas. (Face off 7.00pm)
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Post by humbucker on Dec 20, 2021 0:57:54 GMT
Tonight's results:
Whitley Warriors 9 Billingham Stars 0
Widnes Wild 3 Sheffield Scimitars 2 (O/T Win)
Nottingham Lions 5 Solihull Barons 3
An absolutely tremendous result and the first win in 3 years for the Lions and the team thoroughly deserved this hard won 2 points. The Lions were missing so many players that some teams would have been looking to not play this game but with so many youngsters willing to play up the game went ahead. In the first period the Barons really struggled to live with the speed of the young Lions who forechecked the heck out of the opposition and deservedly finished the first period with a 2-0 lead. The Barons regrouped for the second period and dominated for the majority of it making their experience tell and putting the Lions definitely on the back foot, but they dogged kept to the task and although losing that period 0-2 they showed that they were definitely still at the races in this game. In the third the Barons applied their physical game but the Lions were not intimidated and stuck to the task with greater determination which frustrated the opposing team and led to the opportunities appearing which the Lions took full advantage of winning that period 3-1. A number of teams will be relieved that it was not them that finally fell to this Lions development team but someone had to and tonight it was the Solihull Barons. Some outstanding performances out there tonight and picking MOM must have proved somewhat of a tall order but with 2+1 Zachary Yokoyama got the nod but I must admit there were too many from Matthew Bloor in the nets to a strong defensive unit and an effective offensive unit with players all deserving of the MOM in my humble opinion.
Period Scores: 2-0/0-2/3-1
Zachary Yokoyama 2+1, Luke Thomas 1+1, Thomas Dermott 1+0, Kieran Gibbs 1+0, Ellis Ricci 0+3, Jack Matthew Crowston 0+2
That's it hockey wise for 2021 so have as good a Christmas as possible under the present circumstances and a hopefully better new year for us all, and of course a couple of wins for the Lions added before the end of the 2021/22 season.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Dec 20, 2021 1:20:44 GMT
Well done the Lions 👍
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Post by Wolves 66 on Dec 21, 2021 11:27:19 GMT
Highlights are here:
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Post by humbucker on Dec 27, 2021 19:07:37 GMT
Gary Moran
Very sad news as we say goodbye to one of the stalwarts of ice hockey here in Nottingham. Gary Moran passed away this morning following a short illness and with his passing an era covering around 40 years comes to an end. Having had contact with Gary over a number of years particularly during the time Paul, Gary's son, was coming through the Nottingham Junior Ice Hockey System. On a personal note it might be true to say that Gary and I shared differing views on a number of occasions but in the main we managed to sort out troubling issues and get along. As Gary moved on with more involvement with the Panthers my contact with him lessened to the point where we very rareley met or spoke. I moved on and concentrated on junior hockey particularly the Nottingham Lions whilst Gary became more fully immersed in the Panthers organisation. I have never doubted throughout these many years that Gary was most definitely at the very heart of ice hockey and he will be sorely missed by all involved within the ice hockey fraternity. I along with the Nottingham Lions send our heartfelt condolences to the Moran family at this painfully sad time.
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Post by humbucker on Jan 7, 2022 17:11:56 GMT
Happy New Year
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Sunday 09.01.22
Whitley Warriors v Solway Sharks
Solihull Barons v Sheffield Scimitars
Blackburn Hawks v Widnes Wild
Billingham Stars v Nottingham Lions (Face off 5.30pm)
There was one game in NIHL 1 on 02.01.22 with the Blackburn Hawks losing out at home against the Sheffield Scimitars by 6 goals to 9.
The Lions travel to Billingham hoping to add to their recent win against the Solihull Barons with a positive result up in the north east. In their two previous meetings the Stars have the advantage with a 1-5 win here in Nottingham and a closely fought O/T win 2-1 at home. Not sure on player availability for this one but one thing is certain Matt Bradbury and Paul Glossop will ensure that they ice a Lions team, however makeshift, as they did here in Nottingham where they achieved that historic win over the Barons in the final game of 2021.
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Post by humbucker on Jan 9, 2022 22:43:03 GMT
Tonight’s Results
Whitley Warriors 0 Solway Sharks 9
Solihull Barons 4 Sheffield Scimitars 1
Blackburn Hawks 5 Widnes Wild 4
Billingham Stars 7 Nottingham Lions 1
The Lions bolstered once again by a contingent from the juniors looked to be heading for a double digit loss as by the end of the second period they were trailing 7 - 0. The shut out for the Stars goalie was ended in the third period as the Lions held back the tide and took the period with a single goal. In this game the Lions were only 4 shots behind the Stars shooting 40 against the Stars 44. On reading the preview on the Stars website it was stated that with a three week break following their win against Solihull Barons that the Lions might suffer whereas having played three games just prior to Christmas the Stars welcomed a well earned break and that appears to have proved the case in tonight’s game particularly in the second period.
Period scores: 2-0/5-0/0-1 Scorer: Zachary Yokoyama 1+0, Ellis Ricci 0+1, Luke Thomas 0+1
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Post by humbucker on Jan 15, 2022 9:22:35 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
The Nottingham Lions do not have a game until Sunday 23.01.22 away to Widnes Wild.
Sunday 16.01.22
Whitley Warriors v Solihull Barons Widnes Wild v Blackburn Hawks
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Post by humbucker on Jan 17, 2022 0:14:16 GMT
Tonight’s results
Whitley Warriors 3 Solihull Barons 0
Widnes Wild 3 Blackburn Hawks 4
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Post by humbucker on Jan 22, 2022 11:54:33 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 22.01.22
Sheffield Scimitars v Widnes Wi
Sunday 23.01.22
Sheffield Scimitars v Solihull Barons Billingham Stars v Solway Sharks Blackburn Hawks v Whitley Warriors
Widnes Wild v Nottingham Lions (Face off: 5.30pm)
The Lions have had a two week break since their first game of 2022 and will be on the road again this time to face the Widnes Wild this Sunday. Against their on the road opposition up at Billingham on the 9th January it might have appeared to look as if the team had gone somewhat off the boil since their incredible before Christmas win over the Solihull Barons but when I spoke with Matt Bradbury he said that the Lions played well and put a great deal of pressure on the Stars but the pressure did not lead to goals. Their goalie played well with the Lions putting 40 shots on his net but converting only one goal in the game. The Lions defence managed to close the door on the Stars as they rallied to take the third period with their only goal of the game. The Lions take their third on the road game on Saturday 29th January as they take the long trip up to Scotland to play top of the table Solway Sharks who recently took out the second placed Whitley Warriors on their home ice 0-9. It does not get much tougher than that road trip but the Lions youngsters appear to be seldom fazed by the opposition and just add these games to their often steep learning curve. On the Sunday 30th January the Lions play their first home game of 2022 against the Sheffield Scimitars so not much of a break for the boys following their 7.00pm face off up in Scotland the night before.
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Post by humbucker on Jan 23, 2022 0:18:13 GMT
Tonight’s results
Sheffield Scimitars 2 Widnes Wild 1
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