Widnes Wildcats 5 – Whitley Bay Islanders 8
Period Scores: 1-3, 3-3, 1-2
Penalties In Minutes: Widnes 37 – Whitley 49
Widnes Scoring:
Lubomir Felber 2+0, Dalibor
Rakoczy 1+1,Andrejs Tenbergs & Phil Hamer both 1+0, Jake Berry, Lindsey
Perry, Martin Dietrich & Neil Herring all 0+1
Match Report by Paul
Breeze (www.icehockeyreview.co.uk)
The Widnes Wildcats
suffered defat in their first Summer Cup game of the 2017 competition as they were
beaten 5-8 at home by the Whitley Bay Islanders at Silver Blades Widnes on
Sunday.
The game started well for the Wildcats and they took the
lead as early as the 2d minute with a great solo goal by Lubomir Felber. The visitors soon got into their stride after
the long journey from the North East , equalising after 12 minutes and then
scoring two further goal later on in the period to take a 1-3 lead into the
first break.
Two more goals early in the second period looked to have the
game almost sewn up for the visitors but then things began to get rather
lively. A Whitley player picked up a 2
minute penalty for roughing at 28.51 and within 20 seconds, Andrejs Tenbergs pulled
a goal back for the Wildcats on the resulting powerplay. This sparked an incident
that saw two Whitley players banished from the game and Tenbergs himself pick
up a 2 +match penalty.
In the aftermath of these penalties, the Wildcats scored two
more goals – through Phil Hamer on 32 minutes and Dalibor Rakoczy 3 minutes later –
to bring the score back to 4-5 but any hopes of a Widnes rally were dashed as
the Islanders picked up another goal in the very last second of the period.
A 7th goal for the visitors midway through the third
period looked to have settled the game although a second goal of the evening from
Felber with some 6 minutes left on the clock did give the Widnes camp some
cause for optimism. A Whitley powerplay goal in the very last minute of the
game rounded off the action for a final score of 5-8.
The Wildcats are at
home in cup action again next Sunday 14th May when they take on the
Blackburn Falcons at Silver Blades Widnes.
The game faces off at 4.30pm and admission is free.
