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| There was a minute's silence and playing of the French national anthem prior to the game between Widnes Wild and Altrincham Aces on Sunday night in memory of the victims of the recent atrocities in Paris |
Nottingham Lions’ 5-3 win over Hull Jets means they are
still two points clear of Deeside Dragons at the top of the table, although
they have played two games more. The
Dragons beat Bradford Bulldogs 12-1 on Saturday with fit-again import Adrian Palak
scoring 4 goals.
Widnes Wild make hard work of seeing off an ever improving
Altrincham Aces side, coasting into a 3-0 lead before being pegged back to 3-2
by the first break. It was a very rough
and tumble local derby and while the home side were just ahead throughout, the
result was very up open to question until the dying seconds. 7-5 down going into the last 2 minutes, the
Aces gamefully removed their netminder twice while going forward in the hope of
forcing a breakthrough. The ploy did not pay off, however, and the
Wild made sure of the win with an empty net goal in the dying seconds.
Blackburn Eagles are in fourth place – level on points with
Widnes – after their 4th win in a row – a 7-3 home win over bottom
team Coventry Blaze.
