Saturday
7th November – NIHL Laidler Cup: Deeside D2 Dragons 0 – Coventry Blaze
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D2 Dragons MVP Charlie Spridgeon
(Photo by Maxine Roscoe)
Sunday 8th November – NIHL Laidler Cup: Sutton Sting 7 – Deeside D2 Dragons 2
The
Deeside D2 Dragons had another frustrating weekend, losing 0-4 at home to
Coventry Blaze on Saturday and then 7-2 away to league leaders Sutton Sting on
Sunday.
Saturday’s
home game was a lot closer then the final scoreline suggests and Deeside
weren’t outplayed by any means. They
gave as good as they got but were left lacking in front of goal, while Coventry
took full advantage of their chances.
The
Dragons had an early 5 on 3 powerplay opportunity but were unable to make it
count and Coventry eventually took the lead on a powerplay of their own on 14
minutes.
The
score stood at a very close 0-1 at the first period break and the game was
still wide open.
Unfortunately,
the Dragons were their own worst enemies when it came to picking up unnecessary
penalties and they conceded another powerplay goal on 30 minutes. A third Coventry goal followed with just 39
seconds left in the period, leaving the score at 0-3 with 20 minutes left to
play.
The
Dragons continued to push forward but were unable to get past the stubborn
Blaze defence and Coventry scored their 4th and final goal of the
evening – yet another powerplay strike - on 56 minutes effectively killing the
game off.
Charlie
Spridgeon was named MVP for the Dragons while Ben Roscoe was voted hardest
worker by his fellow players.
In
the away game on Sunday – contrary to current league form - Deeside rushed to a
two goal lead with goals from Charlie Spridgeon and James Parsons before Sutton
eventually got into their stride.
The league leaders then hit
back with seven unanswered goals to take the win. Netminder Mike Rogers was named
MVP for the Dragons and Mark Norman was voted hardest worker.
The D2 Dragons are back at home this Sunday 15th November when they take on the Hull-based Kingston Sharks at Deeside Leisure Centre, 5.15pm face off.
