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| Photo by James Birtwistle |
Sheffield Ice Tigers 1 – Riverside Raiders (Widnes) 5
Period Scores: 0-2, 0-2, 1-1
Penalties In Minutes: Tigers 14 – Raiders 8
Raiders Scoring: Anthony
Hughes 2+0, Gez Lewis 2+1, Sam Plant 1+0, Charlie Perry (nm), Peter O’Mahony,
Jordan Birtwistle, Owen Tennant all 0+1
The Widnes based
Riverside Raiders got their Puckstop Summer Classic campaign off to a winning
start with a 1-5 win away to Sheffield Ice Tigers in the Steel City on Saturday
night.
Because the game was arranged for the same day that the
iceSheffield venue was staging 4 semi-final games in the NIHL North play offs,
the Raiders’ game didn’t face off until 10.30pm and finished well after
midnight.
The Raiders scored the first goal of the game after 11
minutes through Anthony Hughes – who was playing his first ever game – assisted
by Jordan Birtwistle, and that goal remained the difference between the two
teams at the first break.
Two more goals for the Raiders in the second period – by Gez
Lewis (31.04 – assist Charlie Perry) and Hughes again (34.10 – assist Peter
O’Mahony) – pretty much put the game beyond the reach of their hosts and a
fourth goal from Lewis – his second of the game - at 45.19 (asst Owen Tennant)
looked to have killed the game off.
The Ice Tigers scored a consolation goal at 51.21 while the
Raiders were shorthanded on a roughing penalty but the 4-goal advantage was
restored at 54.48 when Sam Plant scored ,assisted by Lewis, to round off the
scoring for the night.
The Riverside Raiders
are in home action next Sunday 16th April when they face the
Blackburn-based Wyre Seagulls in their next Summer Classic game at Silver
Blades Widnes. Face off is 4.30pm and
admission is free.
