The 2025 British Para Ice Hockey League rounded off its regular season schedule with a cracking game at Peterborough that saw the Manchester Mayhem come away with a 6-9 victory at the Phantoms’ expense on Saturday.
The previous game had to be cancelled due to a technical
problem at the Mayhem’s home Widnes rink so this was the only meeting between
the two teams this season and, as such, it was a bit of an unknown quantity for
both sides.
The game was very fiercely contested – with lots of
goals - and was highly entertaining When the score stood at a finely balanced
6-6 midway through the third period, the result could easily have gone either
way, before the Mayhem pulled away in the latter stages to make sure of the
win.
Most of the damage was inflicted by the Mayhem’s GB
international player Karl Nicholson, who scored 6 goals in the game to bring
his total for the season to an impressive 18 - and the others were scored by
Anton Tomlinson, Peggy Assinck and Tom Kimm.
Gary Farmer scored 5 for Peterborough with the other one going to Stacey Quirk
Despite the result, the Phantoms finish the league
season as runners up in the table with 10 points from their 8 games – 5 points
behind champions Sheffield Steelkings.
Last year’s champions Cardiff Huskies finish in 3rd
place, following a disappointing season by their own high standards. They have
the same number of points as the Phantoms but take the lower table position due
to an inferior goal difference overall and an inferior playing record in games
between the two teams.
The Mayhem finish in 4th place in the
final standings for the second year in a row with 6 points from 8 games - two
more than last season – and the Sheffield Steelstings development team prop up
the rest of the table.
Attention now turns to the Great Britain Women’s
Para team who will be taking part in the first ever official World
Championships in Slovakia at the end of this month.
The 2025 BPIHL season will finish off with the Play
Offs, which will be held at Lee Valley Ice Centre over the weekend of 13th
and 14th September.
