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| Netminder Harry Campbell was the Wild MVP away at Whitley (Photo by Charlie Mood) |
Saturday 15th March 2025 – NIHL Moralee Division: Whitley Warriors 3 - Widnes Wild 1
Sunday 16th March 2025 – NIHL Moralee Division: Hull Jets 7 - Widnes Wild 5
The Widnes Wild NIHL team put in two battling performances on the road at the weekend, narrowly losing out 3-1 away to Whitley Bay on Saturday and 7-5 at Hull on Sunday.
The game on Saturday in the north east was especially close and remained goal-less at the first period break. Whitley took a single goal lead into the second interval and two more goals in the third period game handed them the victory, although a consolation strike from Flynn Massie kept the Wild in contention right up to the final buzzer.
Widnes got off to a slow start in the game on Humberside on Sunday. The Jets raced to a 4 goal lead before Mikey Gilbert pulled one back for the Wild - but former Widnes player Adam Jascecko fired in to give the hosts a 5-1 lead at the first interval.
The second period was closer and two goals from Matty Barlow and one from Andrew Hopkins saw the score standing at 7-4 with one period left to play. The only goal of the third period fell to the Wild’s Luke Alston but Widnes were unable to build any further on this and the game ended up at 7-5 to Hull.
Despite the two weekend defeats, Widnes still have an outside chance of reaching the end of season play offs. They are currently 2 points behind Leeds Knights – who occupy the coveted 8th spot in the league table - but they absolutely have to win their last game of the season, at home to Nottingham Lions on Saturday (and in regulation time...), for there to be any hope of overtaking them.
Leeds have two games left – away at Sheffield on Saturday and at home to Nottingham on Sunday - and just a single point from either of those games would mean that they could not be caught and would take the final play off spot.
The Widnes Wild NIHL team play their last game of the regular season this Saturday 22nd March when they take on Nottingham Lions at Planet Ice Widnes, 7pm face off.
