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Ducks MVP against Altrincham Dan Fadejevs – presented by Junior
Dragons Jacob and Frankie Shelly (Photo by Maxine Roscoe)
Sunday 5th January 2025 – NIHL Laidler Division: Deeside Ducks 2 – Altrincham Aces 4
With widespread snowfall across the north of England overnight on Saturday – and severe weather warnings remaining in place from the Met Office for all day Sunday - a number of NIHL games were called off as teams decided not to risk travelling.
Luckily,
Sunday’s visitors to the “Pond” – the Altrincham Aces - had an easier journey than most and that game went ahead as scheduled.
After a very tense opening, the
Aces eventually opened the scoring on 18 minutes and took a 0-1 lead into the first break - but a Cody Ogden goal in the 25th minute saw the Ducks draw level.
The Aces retook the lead 4 minutes later and then a penalty shot for a tripping call with just 80 seconds left on the clock made it 1-3 at the second interval. Deeside hopes were raised, however, by a Dan Fadejevs strike 76 seconds into the third period that narrowed the deficit to just one goal to set up a barnstorming finale.
Unfortunately
the Ducks were unable to build on this and an Altrincham powerplay goal on 51 minutes saw the Aces
end up with a 2-4 victory.
