The Sheffield Steelkings rounded off their BPIHL title winning league campaign with a hard fought 4-5 win away to Manchester Mayhem on Saturday.
They
raced to a 0-2 lead after just 70 seconds but found the going harder after that
as the Mayhem fought back and scored as many goals against them as they had conceded
in all of their previous 7 games.
Daniel
Clarke and Ben O’Brien each scored a brace for the Steelkings with Jake Oakley
adding the other one.
The
Mayhem goals came from Karl Nicholson (3) and Anthony Booth.
Peterborough
Phantoms secured the runners up spot without having to hit a puck after receiving
a 0-5 forfeit win from their away game against Manchester Mayhem.
The game had been scheduled for 19th July
but had to be cancelled due to technical problems at the Widnes rink.
Both teams have players who are going to represent Great
Britain at the Women’s World Championships later in the month and there were no
suitable dates before then for the game to be re-arranged.
In the meantime, the Mayhem travel down to Peterborough
this Saturday 9th August to play the Phantoms in what will be the
last league game for both teams – and, indeed, the final game overall of the
BPIHL regular schedule for 2025.
