Every week or fortnight at least @ SportTrades Report, Pete Lewis brings you the latest news to do with the Chelmsford Chieftains. Here is his update for this week where he reviews how last weekend went for the Chieftains..
Last Saturday night saw the Chieftains return to the rink they opened their season at, Planet Ice rink in Milton Keyens. The Chieftains started off brightly and hit 3 early goals through Aaron Connolly, Jerry Pavlus and Ross Brears. They all benefited from poor keeping from MK’s goalie Mark Woolf. A late period goal from Thunder's Tom Roles saw the sides go into the first break at a 1-3 scoreline.
The second period was 10 seconds old when it was 2-3 as Roles thanks to some scored again past Ben Clements. This perked the Chieftains back into life and three unanswered goals from Richard Whiting and Sean Easton and a second of the night for Brears saw the second period break begin with the Chieftains 4 goals to the good at 6-2.
Thunder weren't finished yet and hit back in the third period with goals from Mike Knights and Jamie Holland to make the result a respectable 4-6 to the Essex side. Things did heat up towards the end of the game and a handbags session at mid-ice ensued after Matt Roberts took out Darren Brown with a vicious knee on knee hit which tough defenseman Reece Covington took exception to and battled with Roberts. Roberts then hit back at Covington with a stick to the face which fired up Covington but before things got out of hand the officials stepped in and cooled things down.
After the game Chieftains coach Dean Birrell had this to say "Some of the players went into this game believing it to be an easy 2 points and as MK have shown us before they give up and made us work a lot harder than we should have had to. It wasn't one of our best performances by a long shot, but I think it shows character that we could play that badly and still pick up the win."
Sunday night was a lot harder for the Chieftains as they welcomed Cardiff ENL Devils to the Riverside in what many were predicting to be a bad tempered affair. As it turned out, the Devils played a fairly gentle game by their standards and were able to control large chunks of the game through frustrating the Chieftains and their attacks. The Devils took a deserved lead on 7:29 when Dan Bowers scored past Andy Moffat in the Chieftains net. Chelmsford then took a long time to get recover and many a chance went begging as they just couldn't find their form in front of goal. That was until Hammond notched a goal at the 37:17 mark to tie the game at 1-1 heading into the third period.
Things did get scrappy in the final third and the Chieftains began to take advantage of the tiring Devils players but it was the Welsh side that took the lead again on the 47:30 mark when Moffat foolishly went after a loose puck only to be beaten by David James who slotted home into net. Less than a minute elapsed and it was back at a tied game when Hammond picked up his second of the night on a powerplay chance. Referee Matt Thompson had a fairly easy game of it in the end and dealt with the little flair ups well and kept a lid on simmering tensions.
The last few minutes had most of the large crowd on their feet willing the Chieftains to find that extra goal, but alas the game ended with a 2-2 draw, which on balance was probably fair. It may not have been a classic game by any means, but it showed the 'never say die' attitude these youngsters have and as such end the weekend 2nd in the table a point behind Invicta Dynamos. The Chieftains return to action on Saturday as they take the trip up to M11 to face bottom of the table Peterborough Islanders.
Last Saturday night saw the Chieftains return to the rink they opened their season at, Planet Ice rink in Milton Keyens. The Chieftains started off brightly and hit 3 early goals through Aaron Connolly, Jerry Pavlus and Ross Brears. They all benefited from poor keeping from MK’s goalie Mark Woolf. A late period goal from Thunder's Tom Roles saw the sides go into the first break at a 1-3 scoreline.
The second period was 10 seconds old when it was 2-3 as Roles thanks to some scored again past Ben Clements. This perked the Chieftains back into life and three unanswered goals from Richard Whiting and Sean Easton and a second of the night for Brears saw the second period break begin with the Chieftains 4 goals to the good at 6-2.
Thunder weren't finished yet and hit back in the third period with goals from Mike Knights and Jamie Holland to make the result a respectable 4-6 to the Essex side. Things did heat up towards the end of the game and a handbags session at mid-ice ensued after Matt Roberts took out Darren Brown with a vicious knee on knee hit which tough defenseman Reece Covington took exception to and battled with Roberts. Roberts then hit back at Covington with a stick to the face which fired up Covington but before things got out of hand the officials stepped in and cooled things down.
After the game Chieftains coach Dean Birrell had this to say "Some of the players went into this game believing it to be an easy 2 points and as MK have shown us before they give up and made us work a lot harder than we should have had to. It wasn't one of our best performances by a long shot, but I think it shows character that we could play that badly and still pick up the win."
Sunday night was a lot harder for the Chieftains as they welcomed Cardiff ENL Devils to the Riverside in what many were predicting to be a bad tempered affair. As it turned out, the Devils played a fairly gentle game by their standards and were able to control large chunks of the game through frustrating the Chieftains and their attacks. The Devils took a deserved lead on 7:29 when Dan Bowers scored past Andy Moffat in the Chieftains net. Chelmsford then took a long time to get recover and many a chance went begging as they just couldn't find their form in front of goal. That was until Hammond notched a goal at the 37:17 mark to tie the game at 1-1 heading into the third period.
Things did get scrappy in the final third and the Chieftains began to take advantage of the tiring Devils players but it was the Welsh side that took the lead again on the 47:30 mark when Moffat foolishly went after a loose puck only to be beaten by David James who slotted home into net. Less than a minute elapsed and it was back at a tied game when Hammond picked up his second of the night on a powerplay chance. Referee Matt Thompson had a fairly easy game of it in the end and dealt with the little flair ups well and kept a lid on simmering tensions.
The last few minutes had most of the large crowd on their feet willing the Chieftains to find that extra goal, but alas the game ended with a 2-2 draw, which on balance was probably fair. It may not have been a classic game by any means, but it showed the 'never say die' attitude these youngsters have and as such end the weekend 2nd in the table a point behind Invicta Dynamos. The Chieftains return to action on Saturday as they take the trip up to M11 to face bottom of the table Peterborough Islanders.
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