Honours are pretty much even
between the two teams thus far in the competition with both having beaten all
the other teams and, intriguingly enough, each having won on each other’s ice
pad during the group stage.
The Raiders inflicted Grimsby’s
only defeat home or away with an 8-10 win on the East Coast back in May before
losing 5-6 at home in a game that they had led 3-0 at the end of the first
period.
Both teams finished up with
an identical playing record of “won 5, lost 1” but Grimsby topped the group on
goal difference after a couple of landslide victories over short-benched
visiting teams on their difficult home rink.
The top two sailed through
the semi-finals - beating Blackburn Buccaneers and Wyre Seagulls respectively –
and now meet in a one off game at a neutral venue to decide the winners of the
play-off trophy.
Photo: match action from the Riverside
Raiders v Grimsby Stormers group match at Silver Blades Widnes on 21st
May. Credit: David Law Photography – see more great photos HERE
