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Post by humbucker on Feb 28, 2022 12:23:13 GMT
Luke is the old warhorse of the team but even I doubt he served in the trenches, but given the state of some of the rinks he will have played in over the years he probably, at times, felt entrenched.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 4, 2022 14:52:53 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 05.03.22
Solihull Barons v Widnes Wild
Solway Sharks v Blackburn Hawks
Sunday 06.03.22
Whitley Warriors v Widnes Wild
Blackburn Hawks v Sheffield Scimitars
Nottingham Lions v Solihull Barons (Face Off: 7.00pm)
The Lions after toppling, in an exciting encounter, the top of the league Solway Sharks last Sunday take on the f0urth placed Solihull Barons a team seeking to put the young guys from Nottingham firmly in their place following being the first team to fall victim on the Lions home ice in December. Having lost their last three games including two on home ice the Barons will be definitely up for this one to break this sequence of losses and what better way than to take down the Lions who amazingly have hit a real purple patch of late. In their last meeting the Lions took the points in a tight 5-3 game that could certainly have gone the way of the visitors had the Lions lost concentration in the last third of the game. As against the Sharks a full 60 mins of determined hockey against the Barons will be required if the Lions hope to come through with the points on the board. The Barons currently have the top scorer in the league as Niklas Ottosson has collected 46 points whilst the Lions have Louie Newell and Zachary Yokoyama respectively in 3rd and 4th place with 42 points apiece. Has the makings of a cracking game so get along for this one and give our guys some support as a number of the Barons fans will be here to cheer on their team in order to hopefully break this recent unusually poor run.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 5, 2022 23:06:35 GMT
Tonight’s Results:
Solihull Barons 2 Widnes Wild 6
Solway Sharks 7 Blackburn Hawks 1
The Baron’s come to Nottingham on Sunday even more determined to achieve a win in order to break their recent pattern of losses following their fourth.defeat on the run with tonight’s 2-6 result against the Widnes Wild..
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Post by humbucker on Mar 6, 2022 22:27:07 GMT
Tonight's Results:
Whitley Warriors 8 Widnes Wild 2
Blackburn Hawks 6 Sheffield Scimitars 5 (O/T Win)
Nottingham Lions 0 Solihull Barons 4
The Lions came up against a determined Barons who have been struggling to perform to their usual standard but tonight with their goalie on top form and firmly closing the door to earn his shut out and MOM. Luca Sheldon in the Lions goal also put in a sterling performance stopping over 90% of the sog and fully deserved his MOM. The 4 goals were scored by two of the Barons old boys who spent some of their earlier hockey career here in Nottingham before moving on to play for a number of teams around the leagues. The Lions pulled the keeper but lost out with the 4th goal scored into the empty net.
Period Scores: 0-2/0-0/0-2 (1 eng)
Sog: 32-39
The Lions next home game is on 20.03.22 when their opponent will be this season's high flying Whitley Warriors who are only 5 points adrift of the Solway Sharks with a game in hand. Yet another very tough outing for the Lions as the Warriors will be looking to keep the pressure on the top team.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 11, 2022 19:47:25 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 12.03.22
Solway Sharks v Widnes Wild
Sunday 13.03.22
Whitley Warriors v Solway Sharks
Widnes Wild v Solihull Barons
Blackburn Hawks v Billingham Stars
Sheffield Scimitars v Nottingham Lions (Face Off: 5.10pm)
The Scimitars were the second team to fall to the Lions here in Nottingham going down to a 3-0 scoreline and handing the Lions their first ever shut out in the NIHL 1 league.Prior to this win the Scimitars had beaten the Lions in their first two meetings of the 21/22 season 4-7 at the NIC, and 5-1 up in Sheffield so it is to be expected that our guys are going to be in for a real battle on Sunday. The Scimitars have been having a bit of an up and down period of late latterly losing out in O/T against the Hawks up at Blackburn so taking the two points is a must for them to maintain some contact with those teams at the top end of the league. Following the recent reversal for the Lions against the Solihull Barons with a 0-4 result our guys will need to up their game to bring home the points in this one, for certain.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 13, 2022 10:36:22 GMT
Last night’s results:
Solway Sharks 9 Widnes Wild 3
Solway strengthen their lead at the top of the NIHL 1 with this convincing home win.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 13, 2022 22:00:27 GMT
Tonight's Results:
Whitley Warriors 4 Solway Sharks 5
Widnes Wild 8 Solihull Barons 3
Blackburn Hawks 3 Billingham Stars 8
Sheffield Scimitars 3 Nottingham Lions 7
Solway Sharks took down the second placed Whitley Warriors tonight to further consolidate their lead.
A magnificent road trip for the Lions as they achieved their second win against the Sheffield Scimitars at Ice Sheffield. It's quite a while since our guys have been in a position to challenge the Scimitars on their home ice and this win must have proved very tasty and most welcome. A number of ex Lions players took the trip up north to join the Sheffield team believing they had more to offer and initially that was the case as the Scimitars took the first two games of the season. The Lions have put those first two setbacks behind them with two very strong winning performances against a team with depth and two solid ex Nottingham netminders in Hadfield and Hovell who were both used tonight. Luca Sheldon put in another good performance tonight and appears to be growing in confidence with each game supported by a solid performance from the defence. Well done guys on the win.
Unable to pick up the full stats as the game sheets are now passed to the EIHA electronically and the site is down at the moment. Contacted Matt Bradbury for period scores which are as follows: 1-1/1-2/1-4.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 14, 2022 12:02:25 GMT
Player stats from last night’s 3-7 win against the Sheffield Scimitars:
Zachary Yokohama 2+3 Louie Newell 2+1 Toby Fisher 1+1 James Daffid Shaw 1+1 Alexander Cleves 1+0 Thomas Dermott 0+2 Luke Thomas 0+1 Matthew Crowston 0+1 Kieran Gibbs 0.1
Luca Sheldon 91.18% sav
Next and final home game against second to top of the NIHL 1 league the Whitley Warriors this coming Sunday 20.03.22 with a 5.00pm scheduled face off.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 16, 2022 15:52:40 GMT
It is with great sadness to report the death of Vernon Neil. Those with memories of the old barn will remember with fondness Vern who was the rink manager. He later moved up north working with the Planet Ice organisation. His son James Neil came up through the Nottingham Junior Ice Hockey Club and later continued his hockey career mainly in the North spending some seasons with the Blackburn Hawks. James did return to play for the Lions during the pre season cup games. Condolences from all involved with the Nottingham Lions to Vern’s family.
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Post by Wolves 66 on Mar 18, 2022 9:57:31 GMT
Panthers coach Dave Whistle was at the Lions' training last night putting the lads through their paces. Huge respect to Dave for giving up his own time to give a different coaching perspective to the team
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Post by humbucker on Mar 18, 2022 16:52:16 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend:
Saturday 19.03.22
Whitley Warriors v Blackburn Hawks
Sunday 20.03.22
Solihull Barons v Billingham Stars
Blackburn Hawks v Widnes Wild
Nottingham Lions v Whitley Warriors (Face Off: 5.00pm)
Whitley Warriors have still a very slim chance of taking the league but that would come pretty well within the realms of a miracle if they manage to overhaul a rampant Solway Sharks. The Warriors have 6 games left with a potential 48 points providing they win all of their remaining games including one further outing against the Sharks. The Sharks are sitting on 45 points with four games to play three of which are on home ice and requiring just two wins to ensure the championship. The Warriors have three home games and three away from home including the game here in Nottingham on Sunday therefore a win is a necessity in order to keep their championship hopes alive. A loss against the Lions will most certainly end all hope of league honours. The Lions have yet to take a point from the Warriors having lost both at home and away this season and it would be reasonable to think that the Lions, although with one more away game against the Warriors, will definitely need to use the home advantage if they are to get anything against a determined Whitley team. Potentially a real cracker as so much is at stake for the visitors who will not wish to join the list of teams who lost out this season to the Nottingham Lions.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 20, 2022 0:02:25 GMT
Tonight’s results:
Whitley Warriors 8 Blackburn Hawks 9
Whitley Warriors have probably seen their season of promise coming to nothing as Blackburn Hawks took both points home from Hillheads tonight. The Warriors headed into the third period with a 7-4 lead and appearing to be coasting to a comfortable win but a 1-5 final period sealed the game for the Hawks. Whitley will be looking to maintain a strong second place to the Solway Sharks finishing the weekend with a positive result here in Nottingham on Sunday. Panthers are away tomorrow so why not get down to the NIC and support the Nottingham Lions in their last home league game of the 21/22 season, face off 5.00pm.
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Mar 20, 2022 9:08:20 GMT
Tonight’s results: Whitley Warriors 8 Blackburn Hawks 9 Whitley Warriors have probably seen their season of promise coming to nothing as Blackburn Hawks took both points home from Hillheads tonight. The Warriors headed into the third period with a 7-4 lead and appearing to be coasting to a comfortable win but a 1-5 final period sealed the game for the Hawks. Whitley will be looking to maintain a strong second place to the Solway Sharks finishing the weekend with a positive result here in Nottingham on Sunday. Panthers are away tomorrow so why not get down to the NIC and support the Nottingham Lions in their last home league game of the 21/22 season, face off 5.00pm. They signed Farmer possibly in the hope that he would be a major contributor but he's only played 3 games.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 20, 2022 23:33:59 GMT
Tonight’s results:
Solihull Barons 2 Billingham Stars 6
Blackburn Hawks 3 Widnes Wild 8
Nottingham Lions 3 Whitley Warriors 2
The Nottingham Lions sealed Solway Sharks NIHL 1 league title with this hard earned win against a dogged, well drilled, short benched Whitley Warriors. Throughout the game the Warriors worked hard with a very controlled grip on the game and Luca Sheldon had a busy night in the Lions net withstanding a tremendous amount of pressure. The Warriors slowed the game down which appeared to neutralise the normally fast paced game that the Lions relish and this strategy worked for much of the game. The Lions took the lead in the first period only to see the Warriors hit back scoring two goals and a narrow lead that was held by the visitors until the commencement of the third period. In the third period the Lions hit back scoring two goals and took the points. The Lions did have a perfectly good goal ruled out in the second period as the net was off it’s moorings but the goal judge gave the goal claiming the puck was in the net before it was moved. Someone behind the net recorded the goal and confirmed what the goal judge stated. Good to see both Josh Crane and Dean Bowater (netminders) back in Nottingham although, of course, now in the Warrior colours.
Period scores: 1-2/0-0/2-0
Scorers: Louie Newell 1+1, Zachary Yokoyama 1+1, Kieran Gibbs 1+0, Reaghan Manheim Taylor 0+1
Luca Sheldon 94.74% sav
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Post by humbucker on Mar 25, 2022 16:02:41 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 26.03.22
Widnes Wild v Blackburn Hawks
Solway Sharks v Sheffield Scimitars
Sunday 27.03.22
Solihull Barons v Whitley Warriors
Widnes Wild v Billingham Stars
Sheffield Scimitars v Billingham Stars
No Nottingham Lions games this weekend.
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Post by humbucker on Mar 26, 2022 22:36:31 GMT
Tonight’s results:
Widnes Wild 5 Blackburn Hawks 2
Solway Sharks 9 Sheffield Scimitars 1
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Post by humbucker on Mar 27, 2022 20:29:32 GMT
Tonight's results:
Solihull Barons 2 Whitley Warriors 4
Widnes Wild 5 Billingham Stars 2
Sheffield Scimitars 12 Blackburn Hawks 3
Congratulations to Solway Sharks on winning the NIHL 1 League Title 2021/22. Whitley Warriors are runners up with Widnes Wild finishing in a strong third place.
The Nottingham Lions have two away games to finish their record breaking season playing Whitley Warriors on 3rd April and the Solihull Barons on 10th April.
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Post by humbucker on Apr 1, 2022 20:46:14 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend
Saturday 02.04.22
Solway Sharks v Billingham Stars
Sunday 03.04.22
Billingham Stars Widnes Wild
Solihull Barons v Blackburn Hawks
Whitley Warriors v Nottingham Lions
Whitley may still be rather upset following the loss in Nottingham as that game put the final nail in their coffin regarding their hopes of challenging for the NIHL 1 championship. This one will prove a tough outing for the Lions up at Hillheads. This is the Lions penultimate league game with only the Solihull Barons to play on 10.04.22 to end the Nottingham’s best ever league season.
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Post by humbucker on Apr 2, 2022 21:52:00 GMT
Tonight’s results:
Solway Sharks 6 Billingham Stars 3
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Post by humbucker on Apr 3, 2022 20:43:30 GMT
Tonight’s results:
Billingham Stars 2 Widnes Wild 4
Solihull Barons 14 Blackburn Hawks 2
Whitley Warriors 9 Nottingham Lions 0
The Warriors made the Lions pay for that loss here in Nottingham as they achieved, for them, a satisfactory revenge. The Lions were massively outshot with the Warriors putting 67 shots on the Lions net. After two periods the probably shellshocked Luca Sheldon stepped aside for Matthew Bloor who took over to see out the game. Period scores: 3-0/3-0/3-0. The Solihull Barons absolutely destroyed a hapless Blackburn Hawks at the Hobs Moat tonight. The Nottingham Lions head to Solihull next Sunday for their last league game this season.
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Post by humbucker on Apr 9, 2022 10:09:16 GMT
NIHL 1 Games this weekend:
Saturday 09.04.22
Solway Sharks v Whitley Warriors
Sunday 10.04.21
Whitley Warriors v Billingham Stars
Widnes Wild v Sheffield Scimitars
Blackburn Hawks v Solway Sharks
Solihull Barons v Nottingham Lions (Face off: 5.30pm)
Last league game of the season for the Lions against the Barons at the Hobs Moat rink. The Barons having achieved their revenge here in Nottingham for the loss just before the Christmas break with a 0-5 result they will no doubt be looking to continuing the onslaught on home ice. Last Sunday the Lions met a full Whitley Warriors team up at Hillheads and lost out 9-0 but having spoken tho Matt Bradbury he did put that game into perspective. The Warriors were back to their best and at full strength and the Lions held the Warriors for long periods in that game including an 18 min spell in the first period. Both goalies achieved in excess of 85% save rate in that game and a lot of experience was gained by the whole team as they battled hard to contain the Warriors. Whilst the Lions were up at Whitley the Barons were hosting and putting to the sword the Blackburn Hawks scoring a 14-2 victory. The Barons will be looking to give the home fans a similar drubbing to the Lions on Sunday and will hit them with all of the available resources so our guys will have to be right on top of this one to avoid a similar fate to the rather hapless Hawks in last Sunday's game. The Hobs Moat has always had that element of intimidation and a vociferous fan base that can prove quite unsettling to visiting teams but the Lions have sufficient in the tank to make this game damned hard work for the Barons if they maintain their composure and put in a full 60 mins. No doubt that certain Lions players have been identified as targets and will be expecting some fairly close attention on the night. Whatever the outcome the Lions have achieved more than many would have anticipated at the start of this season with a large number of players having exhibited abilities way above that what might have been expected as that first puck hit the ice.
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Post by humbucker on Apr 9, 2022 22:16:41 GMT
Tonight’s result:
Solway Sharks 4 Whitley Warriors 2
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Post by humbucker on Apr 10, 2022 20:32:20 GMT
Tonight's results:
Whitley Warriors 5 Billingham Stars 3
Widnes Wild 9 Sheffield Scimitars 3
Blackburn Hawks 6 Solway Sharks 7
Solihull Barons 10 Nottingham Lions 1
Not the result we wanted but the Barons put on a game for the local fans and that's for sure. A quick look at the penalties says a great deal as our guys racked up 53 mins to the Barons 11 mins with our netminders coming in for the majority as Matthew Bloor received a match penalty for fighting and even Luca took a 10 min misconduct in the game. Not being there and not having spoken with Matt Bradbury I am assuming the Lions netminders came in for some close and unwanted attention. Period scores: 4-0/4-0/2-1
Scorers: Zachary Yokoyama 1+0, Louie Newell 0+1
Well that's it, league season done and dusted and what a great season it was as the Lions certainly made their mark and received some respect from all of the other teams and management. It would have been nice to have been finally off bottom spot but given the vast difference in experience and firepower of the teams in NIHL 1 with budgets to match it was always going to be a big stretch for the Lions, but in fact they were only 2 points away from achieving that goal. It has always been a real pleasure to follow the Lions over the years and this season has really been the most exciting to date helped by the commitment of the whole team and coaches in every game. The support from the fans and the Lions very active and hard working media team has proved a massive bonus.Thanks and well done guys. Whatever next?
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Post by humbucker on Apr 15, 2022 9:22:38 GMT
NIHL 1 Play Off Games this weekend
Saturday 16.04.22
Blackburn Hawks v Whitley Warriors
Sheffield Scimitars v Solihull Barons
Billingham Stars v Widnes Wild
Solway Sharks v Nottingham Lions
Sunday 17.04.22
Whitley Warriors v Blackburn Hawks
Solihull Barons v Sheffield Scimitars
Widnes Wild v Billingham Stars
Nottingham Lions v Solway Sharks (Face Off 7.00pm)
The Lions have, in some ways, drawn the short straw as they have the most expensive trip up to Scotland to face the NIHL 1 League champions. Solway are a formidable force in the Moralee Div and had been for some years prior to the National Div being formed. After the formation of the National Div (a reformed EPL in reality) the Solway Sharks became once again the dominant team in the NIHL and took this season 10 points ahead of runners up the Whitley Warriors. The Sharks lost only two games in the league one of which was the memorable 8-7 nail biter here in Nottingham in February. A tough call for the Lions but they will turn up, unlike one team this season who refused a Dundee cup game journey, and play this one to the best of their ability. The team are carrying a few bruises from last weeks encounter at the Hobs Moat rink, hopefully, Louie Newell who suffered a broken nose in that game will be fit enough to travel? These two games, should. Solway be victorious, will bring an end to a memorable season for our Nottingham Lions.
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Post by humbucker on Apr 15, 2022 9:34:45 GMT
To clarify Solway were dominant in the NIHL 1 until the EPL folded and those teams were invited to join NIHL 1 and, this altered the balance within the league in favour of the EPL teams who took the league quite comfortably. At that time Solway Sharks still topped the the old NIHL grouping within that league and became dominant once the National League came into being in effect resurrecting the old EPL. and the old NIHL 1 returning to almost as before.
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