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Post by humbucker on Jan 23, 2022 21:37:14 GMT
Tonight's Results
Sheffield Scimitars 3 Solihull Barons 5 Billingham Stars 3 Solway Sharks 8 Blackburn Hawks 2 Whitley Warriors 4
Widnes Wild 8 Nottingham Lions 5
Quite a game up at Widnes tonight with the Lions making a real fight of it but coming away pointless. In the first 11 mins of play the Wild probably thought they were going to be in for a comfortable night as they secured a 2 goal lead but late on in the period the Lions scored their first goal of the evening. In the second the Lions put the Wild under strong pressure and that paid off as the Lions took the period with both teams entering the third tied at 4-4. In the third the Wild scored their go ahead goal only for the Lions to pull the score back to 5-5 before the Wild took the lead again at 57 mins. The Lions pulled the netminder at 58.41 and the Wild scored the ENG. Risking all the netminder was pulled once more at 58.54 but again losing out once again as the 8th Wild goal was into the empty net. The Lions put up a real battle tonight and made the Wild really work hard for the win. Up to Scotland next Saturday to play the league leaders and then at home on Sunday 30th January to play the Sheffield Scimitars. A busy and tiring weekend ahead and that's for sure.
Period Scores: 2-1/2-3/4-1 (2 Empty net goals)
Scorers: Toby Fisher 2+2, Zachary Yokoyama 2+2, Kieran Gibbs 1+0, Ellis Ricci 0+3, Joshua Kelly 0+1, Alexander Cleves 0+1, Luke Thomas 0+1
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Post by humbucker on Jan 28, 2022 10:30:08 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 29.01.22
Sheffield Scimitars v Whitley Warriors
Solway Sharks v Nottingham Lions
Sunday 30.01.22
Whitley Warriors v Blackburn Hawks
Widnes Wild v Solway Sharks
Billingham Stars v Solihull Barons
Nottingham Lions v Sheffield Scimitars (Face off: 7.00pm)
The Lions face not only the long trip to Scotland to play a solid top of the league Solway Sharks but the tiring trip back home to prepare for yet another tough battle against the Sheffield Scimitars on home ice. Travelling by coach to Scotland is also an expensive trip for the players as they have to contribute to the costs as well as paying to play and that to me is true dedication to this sport. Lessons to learned elsewhere me thinks.
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Post by humbucker on Jan 30, 2022 0:50:00 GMT
Tonight’s Results
Sheffield Scimitars 1 Whitley Warriors 3
Solway Sharks 8 Nottingham Lions 2
To be honest I was expecting top of the table Sharks to give our boys a very hard night but looking at the stats this was not all one way traffic. The Lions defence managed to keep the shots on goal to a respectable 28 whilst putting 22 on the Sharks net. A long trip home before preparing to play the home game against the Scimitars on Sunday. Period scores: 2-0/4-1/2-1
Scorers: Toby Fisher 2+0, Louie Newell 0+1, Ellis Ricci 0+1
Toby Fisher has hit a bit of a purple patch regarding hitting the net with 2+2 last weekend and bagging another couple tonight.
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Post by humbucker on Jan 30, 2022 23:49:50 GMT
Tonight’s Results:
Whitley Warriors v Blackburn Hawks (Postponed)
Widnes Wild 2 Solway Sharks 5
Billingham Stars 2 Solihull Barons 4
Nottingham Lions 3 Sheffield Scimitars 0
A momentous night of ice hockey here in Nottingham as the Lions manage to achieve not only their first two game win in a season but their first shut out in five years. It would be true to say that goal tending has proved a problematic area as the Lions lost all of their senior netminders to other teams leaving the younger more inexperienced players such as Luca Sheldon and Matthew Bloor to take on this vital role. For Matthew the first win of the season against the Solihull Barons saw him put up a magnificent performance but tonight Luca held his own in an equally tough encounter as he also achieved a solid performance with a 43 shot shut out to boot. A strong performance from the whole squad earned the Lions this tremendous victory against a quite formidable Scimitars team and a shut out was certainly not in the reckoning before this game, but it happened.
Period Scores: 1-0/2-0/0-0
Scorers: Zachary Yokoyama 1+2, Louie Newell 1+1, Toby Fisher 1+1
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Post by Wolves 66 on Jan 31, 2022 9:12:39 GMT
I wish I could have been there for this one. (I was in Hull with the Under 18s). I'll certainly be watching it on Youtube!
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Post by Wolves 66 on Feb 2, 2022 9:50:35 GMT
Highlights of the Lions v Scimitars game are here:
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Post by humbucker on Feb 5, 2022 12:20:35 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 05.02.22
Solway Sharks v Solihull Barons Sheffield Scimitars v Billingham Stars
Sunday 06.02.22
Billingham Stars v Sheffield Scimitars Blackburn Hawks v Solihull Barons
Nottingham Lions v Widnes Wild (Face off 5.00pm)
THe Lions are looking to add to their two recent home wins against Solihull Barons and last Sunday gainst the Sheffield Scimitars. Tomorrow night the Lions face the Widnes Wild a team they have played three times this season without gaining a point. They did push Widnes hard in their last away game but still came away with a 8-5 loss. In this game at 6-5 late in the game two attempts at removing the netminder led to two further goals to end the game. I did take a quick look at the Widnes website for their preview of this game and to my mind I felt the writer of the piece appeared fairly dismissive of this Lions team but did acknowledge their recent result against the Scimitars. To be fair the Wild are an ambitious organisation and have recruited and prepared a formidable squad with great depth of experience whilst always on the look out to add more to the team in all on ice departments. This game will be yet another massive challenge for the Lions who will certainly need to put in a full 60 mins as they did in their last outings against both the Barons and the Scimitars because their league table climbing opponents will definitely be piling on the pressure throughout this game looking to achieve the whitewash against the Lions this season. On another subject it has been noted that, once again, Lions players are being pencilled in by teams for next season and on occasions there have been unwelcome approaches to players to move during the present season.
An early face off, (5-00pm), in this game so bring the family along for a full game of ice hockey at a very reasonable cost.
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Post by humbucker on Feb 5, 2022 22:03:43 GMT
Tonight's results:
Sheffield Scimitars 7 Billingham Stars 3
Solway Sharks 5 Solihull Barons 4 (O/T win)
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Post by humbucker on Feb 6, 2022 21:41:58 GMT
Tonight's Results:
Billingham Stars 4 Sheffield Scimitars 3 (Pen Shots) Blackburn Hawks 2 Solihull Barons 10
Nottingham Lions 3 Widnes Wild 4
The Wild scored all of their goals in the first 24 mins of tonight's game but were outshot 50-36 with the Lions working hard with little reward. In the second half of the game the Lions were well on top but getting the vital goals was just beyond them. The Lions did take the third period and continued to battle for the elusive game tying goal that just did not occur. The Wild slowed the game and the Lions found it somewhat difficult to increase the momentum as the Wild appeared to somewhat dictate by playing at a pace that the home team struggled to come to terms with. This Lions team are still giving the top teams a challenge and improving so hopefully a few more points to be had before the season's end. I think this Lions team, following a major rebuild, is one of the best bunch of players I have seen for some years. I just hope we can hang onto a good number for the next couple of seasons.
SOG: 50-36
Period Scores: 1-3/01/2-0
Scorers: Zachary Yokoyama 2+0, Toby Fisher !+0, Louie Newell 0+2, Luke Thomas 0+1
The Lions are at home once again as the Blackburn Hawks are the visitors next Sunday.
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Post by humbucker on Feb 11, 2022 12:03:35 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
(No Saturday league game)
Sunday 13.02.22
Widnes Wild v Solihull Barons
Billingham Stars v Wnitley Warriors
Nottingham Lions v Blackburn Hawks (Face Off: 5.30pm)
The Lions will be icing this Sunday against a Hawks team eager to consign their last game to history as in that game at home they faced the Solihull Barons in front of in excess of a thousand supporters with the Barons putting the Hawks to the sword running out 2-10 winners. Up to date this season the Lions have faced Blackburn twice home and away with the Hawks taking both games 6-10 here in Nottingham and a 6-5 O/T win up in Blackburn. THe Lions have shown that they have the ablity with enough in the tank to win games but in this one the Hawks Head Coach will be expecting his team to reverse last Sunday's poor showing with a good win on the Lions home ice.
Once again an early face off and a cheap night of ice hockey on offer, bring the kids along and make it a family night out.
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Feb 13, 2022 23:15:47 GMT
Looking forward to seeing tonight's highlights !
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Post by humbucker on Feb 13, 2022 23:20:39 GMT
Tonight’s Results
Widnes Wild 6 Solihull Barons 4
Billingham Stars 1 Whitley Warriors 3
Nottingham Lions 9 Blackburn Hawks 8
Tonight was a tough outing and a battle royal as these two teams certainly went head to head metaphorically and actually with the Hawks in desperate need of the win and the Lions looking to put in a shift and achieve their third victory of the season. A first period lead for the Lions and a tied second leading to the battle that was the third period. In the game.the Lions racked up 89 penalty mins with the Hawks taking 143 mins so a good indicator of what at times almost became all out war with the game being suspended to cool the players tempers. The Hawks desperation possibly led to the ugly scenes played out on the ice as they physically intended to upset the Lions rhythm to gain the advantage but fortunately this plan failed, but only just as the Hawks narrowly took the third period. I think the guys will be carrying a few battle scars after this one and there just might be another physical encounter in a few weeks as the Lions are due to travel to Blackburn for their last meeting of this season against the Hawks.
Congrats to Toby Fisher on his first three goal haul.
Period Scores: 3-1/4-4/2-3
Sog: 53-33
Scorers: Toby Fisher 3+2, Zachary Yokoyama 2+3, Louie Newell 1+6, Thomas Dermott 1+1, James Daffid Shaw 1+0, Maxim Hirst 1+0, Alexander Cleves 0+1, Benjamin Marples 0+1, Kieran Gibbs 0+1
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Post by humbucker on Feb 18, 2022 16:17:25 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
No Saturday games in NIHL 1
Sunday 20.02.22
Whitley Warriors v Sheffield Scimitars
Solihull Barons v Solway Sharks
Nottingham Lions v Billingham Stars (Face Off: 5.00pm)
Should be an early face off but I think we have yet to witness a game starting on time but a 5.00pm start is projected for this game so one can just hope I suppose. Last Sunday's game commenced 20+ minutes late and due to a number of stoppages the game dragged on way over the scheduled time. A rather explosive encounter, but entertaining, against the Blackburn Hawks led to a number of players taking an early bath with three from the Hawks and one from the Lions.
From my own standpoint, and attempting to overcome my bias, I have to say that I felt the Lions first line, came in for some extremely close attention bordering on what I would term as brutal and uncalled for even in an obviously well known contact sport. The Lions speed and passing certainly put the Hawks on the back foot and with a 3-1 lead in the first period the frustration from some of the Hawks players and the bench, putting mildly, began to show as the temperatures started rise and the physicality increased in intensity.
By the third period and with the Lions still ahead by a couple of goals the penalties started to stack up but the Lions stuck to their task trying to close the game and take the points. It was during this final period that the pressure cooker lid blew and the game deteriorated with the officials trying desperately to keep the game under control. To be fair the officials did, to my mind, a good job given the circumstances although at a later stage in the game I thought we were possibly going to witness a bench clearance, fortunately this did not occur, but it was close.
Well that one is now history and we move on to the visit of the Billingham Stars this Sunday who have played the Lions three times this season and bagged 6 points. The Lions did in one game give the Stars a bit of a scare as in the third period up at Billingham as our guys were 0-1 until Patriks Grigors tied the game in the 46th minute. THe Lions lost this game in O/T as the Stars scored their second at 60.43. Statistics predict a relatively comfortable win for the Stars but of late statistics haven't meant much as the Lions have proved that when they fire in all departments for the full 60 mins they can be a difficult team to beat.
Lets hope for another sterling effort from our guys as two points are there for whoever turns up willing to give 100% on the night
Again a potentially early face off so come along and support the Lions.
In any team game one can say that 'Commitment is not everything, it is the only thing'. I plagerised this quote from somewhere but can't for the life of me think where from, maybe it was to do with winning being the only thing. Help required on that one.
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Post by Wolves 66 on Feb 19, 2022 10:07:01 GMT
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Feb 19, 2022 12:05:25 GMT
And there are people on Twitter saying the 'players' have been hard done by, games gone soft, nobody wants to watch etc. Priceless.
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Post by humbucker on Feb 19, 2022 12:46:46 GMT
The day of the enforcer within a hockey team have been, in the main, consigned to the historical waste bin and a good job to as far as I am concerned. Chippiness yes, and a degree of physicality has remained within any contact sport but at a level that to a degree is tolerated and that is accepted,but there is a point that really should not be crossed and that line I believe line was breached on a number of occasions.
What I observed, in my opinion, was a number of players, particularly the Lions first attacking line being targeted with two players at least who do not have a record of physical confrontation or penalty taking coming in for close attention during this game.
I was not aware of the decisions by the EIHA until Wolves 66 posted the results earlier today and it is not for me to make comment on the decisions against the players or Head Coach of the Hawks other than some form of disciplinary had to follow from what I observed on the night of the game.
One thing I will say is people defending what occurred as just part of the game are living in the past and I would rather see talented players playing the game rather than supporting the more ugly side of the game.
I am looking forward to the Billingham Stars visiting the NIC on Sunday and hoping for a better showing than that observed by me and no doubt others last Sunday.
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Post by humbucker on Feb 20, 2022 21:43:18 GMT
Tonight's Results
Whitley Warriors 3 Sheffield Scimitars 1
Solihull Barons 8 Solway Sharks 9
Nottingham Lions 1 Billingham Stars 5
The Stars make it a clean sweep for the season winning all four games against the Lions but the guys did make the Stars sweat a bit until the third period saw the points head up to the north east.
The first period was close to it's end when at 17.51 the Stars took the lead and the period. In the second at 33.41 the Lions hit back to tie the game with a goal from Zachary Yokoyama assisted by Louie Newell, and Toby Fisher.
Into the third and the Stars opened up a good lead hitting back with four unanswered goals to bag the points.
On a positive note the Lions continue to improve overall as this season teams come to the NIC knowing this team will not just hand them the game and for two periods the Lions held their own against a good team with plenty of experience and some useful youngsters.
The guys have surpassed by a good mile what might have been expected and personally I did not see this team with eight points on the board beating three teams and taking two to requiring O/T to collect the win. Hopefully a few more points and getting to double figures would be a cracking season for a team that required a rebuild before this season commenced.
A nice little run of home games with 3 wins, a 3-4 loss, and a 1-5 loss tonight.
Luca Sheldon in the nets is showing a marked improvement with some nice saves. He handed over net minding duties to young Matthew Bloor and he saw out the final eight minutes of the game.
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Post by humbucker on Feb 25, 2022 15:49:09 GMT
The Nottingham Lions take a trip up to play the Blackburn Hawks on Saturday probably knowing that a warm welcome might not occur given the events of their team's last visit to Nottingham. A potentially good game, on paper,turned into a real battle as the Hawks, desperate for a win became increasingly hot under the collar as the Lions kept their noses in front in this game. A niggly game at times turned quite unpleasant particularly in the third period as the penalties and dismissals mounted. Following reports and a look at the evidence by the EIHA Disciplinary Panel some of the most severest penalties were handed to three Hawks players and the Head Coach that I have witnessed for some time. At this Hawks home game long serving ex player Bobby Haig's number 22 shirt will be retired and a good sized crowd is expected so a noisy rather negative reception might be in store for the Lions, but hopefully a cleaner game?
The lesson from last week's game against the Billingham Stars has hopefully sunk in as the Lions were really putting pressure on the visiting team for 40 mins and had they gone the full 60 and had the intensity exhibited in those two periods of play continued we could have witnessed a win rather than a 1-5 loss. Going into the third at 1-1 this game was there for whoever put in the time and on this occasion in the final 20 it was the Stars that turned up to take the points.
On Sunday we have our top of the table friends from north of the border the Solway Sharks visiting our fair city once again. Sitting with a relatively commfortable 4 point lead over the Whitley Warriors and having only lost one league game all season their confidence will be sky high. Head Coach Martin Grubb has formed a healthy respect for the Nottingham Lions stating that our young guys can certainly be difficult to beat, on their night, therefore there will be no sign of the Sharks taking their collective foot off the pedal in this one. They are the most formidable team and a very professional outfit with a winning mentality so there will be no quarter given or expected on the part of the Lions. Our guys will have to definitely turn up and do the minutes to gain anything from this game.
Yet another hopefully early face off and with the Panthers being away it would be good to see some of their hockey stalwarts coming along to have a look at what's on offer from the youngsters, obviously supported by a number of older heads. Cheap night of hockey with a very good visiting team.
Finally congratulations to the Widnes Wild who are the newly crowned NIHL Moralee Cup winners having defeated the Dundee Comets 7-6 over the two legs last weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2022 15:59:29 GMT
To add to Humbucker's post above, the Lions are running an online 50/50 raffle for Sunday's game. As most know, the Lions are a 'pay to play' hockey team, so any extra funds that are generated go towards those costs and wider junior development in Nottingham. Tickets are £1 each and over 100 tickets have been sold already. The link to buy tickets is below, please consider buying a few tickets if you can. raffall.com/291314/enter-raffle-to-win-5050-tickets-hosted-by-nottingham-ice-hockey-club
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Post by humbucker on Feb 26, 2022 22:23:30 GMT
Tonight's Results:
Sheffield Scimitars 2 Solway Sharks 9
Blackburn Hawks 5 Nottingham Lions 9
An amazing on the road win and a full 60 put in by our guys tonight to take the points.
I believe the last on the road win was in the NIHL 2 back in 1918 although the Lions did beat Hull in 2016 again in the lower division. The Lions achieved yet another first tonight as it is the first time they have achieved double figures in this league whilst also beating a team on points 5 to 4 over the season with two wins and an O/T loss against tonight's opponents the Hawks who have gained just the two wins against Nottingham. Not a great deal more to add other than cogratulations to Matt Bradbury, Paul Glossop, and Simon Hopkins and of course the guys that did the job out on the ice the Nottingham Lions.
Period Scores: 1-2/2-5/2-2
Scorers: Louie Newell 3+2, Jack Crowston 2+2, James Daffid Shaw 2+0, Zachary Yokoyama 1+3, Alexander Cleves 1+0, Kieran Gibbs 0+2, Luke Thomas 0+1, Jacob Race 0+1, Toby Fisher 0+1, Thomas Dermott 0+1, Maxim Hirst 0+1, Reaghan Manheim Taylor 0+1
SOG: 23-40
Nice 3 goal haul for Louie and good to see such as Jack Crowston, James Daffid Shaw, and Alexander Cleves adding to tonight's total. Zachary Yokoyama kept up is scoring record and a nice spread af assists coming from other members of the team.
Matthew Bloor got the nod tonight and played the full game in the Lions net.
An excellent Team performance.
Back to home ice tomorrow to play top of the shop the Solway Sharks who tonight up at Sheffield put in a really top notch performance against the Scimitars putting them firmly in their place with a 2-9 win.
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Post by humbucker on Feb 27, 2022 0:56:45 GMT
Slight error as I got carried away. The Lions last away win prior to last night was 2018 not 1918.
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Post by humbucker on Feb 27, 2022 22:50:51 GMT
Tonight's Results
Widnes Wild 3 Whitley Warriors 4 (Pen Shots)
Solihull Barons 4 Sheffield Scimitars 5
Billingham Stars 6 Blackburn Hawks 5
Nottingham Lions 8 Solway Sharks 7 (O/T Win)
I thought that a night like tonight would never occur and that I would, at my great age, be sitting at my keyboard saying what I am about to say. The Lions have for the first time in the NIHL 1 a FOUR POINT WEEKEND and achieved by beating top of the table the Solway Sharks. The Lions are only the second team this season to beat the Sharks.
It was a real barnstormer of a game as the Lions really put the Sharks on the back foot with the speed of their attacks and quickly raced into a three goal lead and adding another one with the Sharks replying with a couple of goals before the end of the first period. After the third Lions goal the Sharks netminder Euan Simpson was replaced and Callum Hepburn took over in the nets. In the second the Lions continued there assault on the Sharks and at the end of the second held a three goal lead. The third period, probably after a possibly heated locker room encounter, the Sharks came out fighting and took the third thus wiping out the Lions lead with a game tying goal with only a minute left in the game.
The Game went into overtime and at 63.57 Zachary Yokoyama got the Lions winning goal and that precious four point weekend. A truly great and historical game of ice hockey here on home ice.
Once again a good spread of points through the team but with standout performances, goal wise, from Zachary Yokoyama with a 5 goal haul, Louie Newell adding 2 and Kieran Gibbs joining in with a single goal.
Luca Sheldon had an outstanding game in the nets keeping our guys in this game on a number of occasions.
I would think that as well as the Lions the coaching team will be seeking out a darkened room and perhaps a couple of well earned post game beers, if they are old enough, of course?
Period Scores: 4-2/3-2/0-3
SOG: 24 - 49
Scorers: Zachary Yokoyama 5+0, Louie Newell 2+1, Kieran Gibbs 1+0, Toby Fisher 0+4, Luke Thomas 0+2, Jordan Wright 0+1, Maxim Hirst 0+1, Thomas Dermott 0+1, James Daffid Shaw 0+1
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Post by Wolves 66 on Feb 28, 2022 8:42:32 GMT
Slight error as I got carried away. The Lions last away win prior to last night was 2018 not 1918. Ha ha! I did wonder!
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Post by humbucker on Feb 28, 2022 10:59:58 GMT
Wolves 66. I think I was feeling as if I had just climbed out of a slit trench after a four year wait.
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Post by Wolves 66 on Feb 28, 2022 11:52:11 GMT
Wolves 66. I think I was feeling as if I had just climbed out of a slit trench after a four year wait. I wonder if Luke Thomas was playing in 1918!
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