The Lee Valley Lions Vs Haringey Racers match lived up to its London derby reputation, Both teams left nothing in the locker in Saturdays 1st of 4 encounters. The 1st 10 minutes of the game was close, not many shots for either team. At 12:22 the deadlock was broken with a goal for the Racers, Jenner scores with a assist from former Lion Romanas Fedotovas. The Lions managed to keep the Racers at bay for the rest of the 1st period. End of period : Lions 0 - 1 Racers. The Racers were 1st to score in the 2nd period with a goal at 25:47 Osbourne the scorer and Whitlock with the assist. Lee Vally Lions hit back at the Racers just before the end of the 2nd period at 38:43 Berry found net for the Lions with an absolute screamer for the 1st goal of the season with 2 well executed passes from Day and Robinson. End of period : Lions 1 - 2 Racers. The Racers started the 3rd period the same as the 2nd and at 44:22 Webster scored with a assist from Cooper. Before the Lions had a chance to settle the Racers scored again at 45:38 Vesrse with the goal and Park with the assist. At 50:37 Robinson hits back for the Lions against his former club with a short handed goal with an assist from Caves, giving the home team something to shout about. Berry was up to his tracks again just moments later and scored his 2nd of the evening at 51:52 captain Hepburn was the provider. At 53:16 The pumped up Lions used that energy and momentum to score and bring the game level at 4 - 4 with Robinson netting his second goal of the evening, Drake with the assist. The Racers knew they had a game on there hands for the last 7 minutes. But it took only 30 seconds for the Racers to edge into the lead at 53:45 Mills scoring from Jenner and Osbourne. A Minute later former Lion Romanas Fedotovas netted what seemed to be the nail in the coffin at 54:37 with a assist from Webster. But the Lions showed real heart and hit back at the Racers almost instantly at 54:51 Fox scores his 1st of the season from team mate Alley both teams went in to the last 5 minutes knowing anything could happen, both teams was now fired up. The game finished with some big hits and penalties for both teams in a edgy final 5 minutes. Final score : Lions 5 - 6 Racers MOM Racers # 18 Robbie Vearse MOM Lions # 15 Joseph Berry point scorers are as follows : Robinson 2+1, Berry 2+0, Fox 1+0, Hepburn 0+1, Day 0+1, Drake 0+1, Alley 0+1 and Caves 0+1 After the game we spoke to Joe Weare in his 1st game of hockey in over 2 years. He said Well what can I say... ? It was great to be involved in a game like today, both teams were hungry from the 1st drop of the puck. We worked as a team out there today not quitting on each other and always believing in ourselves. For me this is a benchmark for us and we will look to get stronger as the season progresses. We will take this result into training and make sure we are ready for our away trip next week to Invicta next week, another derby game.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:23:50 +0000
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