The first period saw the teams taking turns to enjoy a
dominant spell without finding a breakthrough, with Niks Trapans and Dan Lane
looking solid in their respective nets. Finally in the latter stages of the
period, the Racers ran into some penalty trouble. With two Haringey players in
the box, the slick Peterborough power-play got to work – Craig Wallis shooting
through traffic to open the scoring with nine seconds remaining.
Thirty seconds into the second period and still on the
power-play, the Islanders repeated the trick – Conor Pollard firing past a
screened Trapans. Another Racers penalty soon followed accompanied by a third
Peterborough goal from the lively James Pentecost. Later in the period, Josh
Ealey-Newman set up Dan Clayton to pull a goal back and give Haringey some hope
going into the final session.
However, Peterborough put the game out of reach in the
middle of the third period. More penalty trouble for Haringey saw Pollard
complete his hat-trick with two more power-play goals either side of an even
handed effort from Dave Jowett. Racers goals from Clayton and Conor Sheehan
towards the end of the game kept the score respectable.
The season’s remaining games between these two teams should be well worth watching, but on this evidence the Racers will need to stay out of the penalty box.
Next Home Game: Saturday 21st November vs. Chelmsford
Warriors (5:30pm).
Racers scoring: Daniel Clayton 2+0, Conor Sheehan 1+0, Josh
Ealey-Newman 0+2, Drew Campbell 0+1, Lee Mercer 0+1
Islanders scoring: Conor Pollard 3+0, James Pentecost 1+1,
Craig Wallis 1+0, Dave Jowett 1+0, Alexander Cleves 0+2, Shaun Yardley
0+2, James White 0+1, Connor Stokes 0+1,
Kenny Bavin 0+1, Clint Herring 0+1.
Shots on Goal:
44 on Niks Trapans (Racers)34 on Daniel Lane (Islanders)
Racers Man of the Match: Daniel Clayton
Islanders Man of the Match: Conor Pollard
Reporter: Tim Stuart
