They got off to a flying start and were leading 3-0 after just 8 minutes with an early brace from Jon Le Galloudec and a strike from Tyler Christopher. A goal-less second period gave the visitors some hope but a 4th goal for Cardiff on 38 minutes – from Paul Furber - and then a hat-trick strike from Le Galloudec ensured that the Huskies took the points.
Peterborough did manage
a consolation goal from Gary Farmer but the result means that Cardiff leapfrog the
Phantoms to take over at the top of the table.
This sets up a
fascinating finale to the regular season as it leaves the top three teams in
the table all on 8 points after Sheffield Steelkings beat their rinkmates, the
Steelstings, 7-0 at iceSheffield, also on Saturday.
The Steelkings made pretty easy work of their development team counterparts and took a 0-4 lead into the first interval with goals from Connor Grocock, Paul Brown, Bill Hardy and Jake Oakley.
Second period strikes
from Oakley and Hardy and a third period goal from Rachel Paget rounded off the
scoring and Kings netminder Matt Davis recorded a 6-shot shut out.
The outcome of the
Sheffield derby means that the Steelstings are no longer able to catch
Manchester Mayhem in 4th place in the league table and will miss out
on the end of season play offs.
Next weekend sees two
games of huge importance to the league title race with Peterborough Phantoms at
home to the Sheffield Steelkings on Saturday 27th July – face off
4.25pm - and Manchester Mayhem entertaining Cardiff Huskies on Sunday – also
4.25pm face off.
You can see up-to-date league standings, player statistics and match summary sheets for the 2024 sledge hockey season on our unofficial stats website at: https://www.mystatsonline.com/PBStats
It
has been announced that the end of season play offs will be held at the
National Ice Centre in Nottingham over the weekend of 14th and 15th
September. This is a new venue for the competition and, unlike previous seasons,
offers the added advantage that it will not be a home rink for any of the
participating teams.
The top four teams in the final league table will qualify for the play off weekend and, assuming that it is the same format as in previous years,
There will be 4 games played over the two
days. The two semi-finals will be played on the Saturday with the winners going
through to the final on Sunday, to be preceded by a 3rd place play
off match.
