Friday 26 January 2018

Flintshire Phantoms (Deeside) Announce Summer Classic Fixtures





The Deeside-based Flintshire Phantoms will be taking part in the Ice Hockey Summer Classic competition for 2018 and play their first game - albeit on the distinctly un-summerish date - of Sunday 25th February when they entertain the Wyre Seagulls at Deeside Leisure Centre in an 8pm face off.  

The Summer Classic features six teams from across the country who play each other home and away in a qualifying group, with the top teams then meeting again in semi finals and final.

Alongside the Phantoms, the other teams involved in the 2018 competition are: the Riverside Raiders from Widnes (who were last year’s play off winners), the Wyre Seagulls from Blackburn, Kingston City Knights from Hull and two iceSheffield based teams in the shape of the Steel City Hawks and the Sheffield Ice Tigers.

A full list of the Flintshire Phantoms home and away fixtures will be announced in due course.

Before then, they have a home game against the Blackburn Buccaneers THIS SUNDAY 28th January. It follows straight after the Dragons’ NIHL Moralee Division match against the Billingham Stars – 8pm face off, so if any fans would like to stay behind for a second helping of hockey action, it should be great to watch.  


Riverside Raiders (Widnes) Ice Hockey Summer Classic Fixtures Announced


Once the current NIHL season is done and dusted, there will be no need to wait around until September for your next competitive ice hockey fix as the Widnes-based Riverside Raiders team will be in action in the Ice Hockey Summer Classic, hoping to defend the Play Off title that they won in last summer’s competition.

The Summer Classic features six teams from across the country who play each other home and away in a qualifying group, with the top teams then meeting again in semi finals and final.

Alongside the Raiders, the other teams involved in the 2018 competition are: the Flintshire Phantoms from Deeside, the Wyre Seagulls from Blackburn, Kingston City Knights from Hull and two iceSheffield based teams in the shape of the Steel City Hawks and the Sheffield Ice Tigers.

The Riverside Raiders’ games are as follows:

Saturday 10th March: away @ RAF Cosford Stars (challenge match at Telford) 22.15 face off

Summer Classic Cup Games:
Sunday 1st April: home v Steel City Hawks (Sheffield)Saturday 21st April: away @ Wyre Seagulls (at Blackburn) - 6.15 face off
Sunday 6th May: home v Flintshire Phantoms
Sunday 27th May: home v Sheffield Ice Tigers
Sunday 17th June: home v Wyre Seagulls

Sunday 24th June: away @ Steel City Hawks (Sheffield) - 4.15pm face off
Sunday 1st July: away @ Sheffield Ice Tigers - 4.15pm face off
Sunday 29th July: home v Kingston City Knights

(More away fixtures to be confirmed)

All home games face off at 4.30pm at Silver Blades / Planet Ice Widnes and admission is free.


Wednesday 24 January 2018

Halton Huskies and Kingston City Knights in 10-Goal Thriller


Sunday 21st January 2018 – Challenge Match
Halton Huskies 4 – Kingston City Knights 6
Period Scores: 0-3, 2-3, 2-0
Penalties In Minutes: Huskies 27 – Knights 69

Huskies Scoring: James Kelly 2+0, Edward Ridding 1+1, Jeff Chapman-Watson 1+0

Knights Scoring: Scott Hayward 4+1, Liam Jackson 1+1, Ross Naylor 1+0, Toby Hazel 0+3, Ashley Corbett, Nathan Otley, Jordan Braithwaite all 0+1.

Match Officials: Chris Wells – Referee, Ray Ormes & Richard Wang – Linesmen

The Widnes-based Halton Huskies recreational team played out an entertaining challenge game against the Hull-based Kingston City Knights at Silver Blades Widnes on Sunday night.


The game finished 4 –6 to the visitors and, despite the two teams racking up a whopping total of 96 penalty minutes between them, was played in fine spirit throughout and was a good all-round advert for recreational ice hockey.

Kingston took the lead with a goal from captain Scott Hayward after just 55 seconds and built up a 0-3 lead by the end of the first period with a second strike from Hayward and a goal from Ross Naylor.

The Huskies scored their first goal after 24 minutes with a fine solo effort by James Kelly. A hat trick goal for the Kingston’s Hayward restored the three-goal cushion but it only lasted a matter of seconds before Edward Ridding pulled a goal back for the Huskies.

The game livened up somewhat after this quick exchange of goals and the majority of the penalties for both sides were handed out from a single incident at 31.36 where Kingston’s Grant Cook was given 2+10 for checking from behind plus a match penalty for fighting with Halton’s Stephen Hay, who also got a match penalty.

Two more goals late in the period – from Liam Jackson and a short handed goal by Scott Hayward - gave the Knights a 2-6 lead heading into the second break and third period goals from Kelly, again, and Jeff Chapman-Watson for Halton gave the score a more respectable look.


Full Line Ups:
Halton Huskies: Anna Barnett, Connor Cooper, David Simonds, Edward Ridding, James Kelly, James Behan, Jeff Chapman-Watson, John Carter, Kevin Ashcombe, Michael Parkin, Nathan Hewitt, Paul Barratt, Richard Evans, Stephen Burns (nm), Stephen Hay, Thomas Jenkins

Kingston City Knights: Arren Gray, Ashley Corbett, Daniel Wise, Danny Sims, David Adamson, Grant Cook, Nathan Otley, Philip Curtis (nm) , Ross Naylor, Scott Hayward (capt), Toby Hazel, James Wilcockson, Jordan Braithwaite, Kevin Leak, Liam Jackson.




The Huskies have more games announced:

Saturday 3rd Feb: away @ Grimsby Stormers – face off 6.30pm
Sunday 18th Feb: home v Whitley Bay Sharks – face off 8.30pm
Sunday 25th Feb: home v Sheffield Ice Tigers – face off 8.30pm
Sunday 18th Mar: home v Coventry Spitfires – face off 8.30pm
Saturday 7th April: away @ Whitley Bay Sharks – face off 12.15pm
Sunday 22nd April: away @ Solihull Grizzlies – face off 7.15pm
Saturday 28th April: away @ Blackburn Buccaneers - face off 6.15pm
Sunday 17th June: home v Blackburn Buccaneers - face off 8.30pm




Home games are played at the Silver Blades / Planet Ice rink at Widnes and admission is free!