Sledge Hockey Weekend Round-Up – 3rd August 2024

League leaders Cardiff Huskies gave their title hopes a huge boost with a 4-2 win over Manchester Mayhem in the Welsh capital on Saturday, courtesy of three goals from Tyler Christopher and one from Jon Le Galloudec.

Karl Nicholson scored the two Mayhem goals.

Also on Saturday, the Steelkings beat the Steelstings quite convincingly 12-0 in the Sheffield derby game, with all 8 outfield players getting on the scoresheet.

Connor Grocock led the goal rush with 4 goals, Ray Buckle scored a hat-trick, Jake Oakley a brace and Daniel Clarke, John Plummer and Paul Brown all got one each. Rachel Paget completed the set with an assist on the last goal.

Overworked Stings netminder Bryan Hackworth faced an incredible 47 shots over the 45 minute game, of which he kept an impressive 35 out.

The weekend results mean that Cardiff are now 2 points clear at the top of the league table with 12 points from their 7 games to date.

Sheffield Steelkings are second with 10 points after their 12-0 “rink derby” win over their second team Steelstings and Peterborough Phantoms also have 10 points but are in third place by virtue of their results against the Kings. 

The destination of the 2024 BPIHL crown will be decided on Saturday 10^th August when the Phantoms host the Huskies in the very last match of the league season.

Both teams are still in with a chance of winning the title but the Huskies are very much in the driving seat. In order to overtake them at the top of the table, the Phantoms would need to beat Cardiff by 5 goals or more – to overturn their 5-1 defeat in the Welsh capital back in July.

A 5-1 win for Peterborough on Saturday would mean that the two teams were level on points and on “games between” and the title would then be decided on overall goal difference, in which case Peterborough would come out on top.

Any other scenario would see Cardiff lift the league trophy for the third time in a row.

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 HERE.