Back in the 1970’s a certain Elton John once sung about why Saturday’s are great! This was certainly the case this past Saturday for the Chelmsford Chieftains as they romped to a 13-1 win at the Peterborough Islanders. It was a great win for the Chieftains who kept up their unbeaten run this season after this game. SportTrades Pete Lewis reports on the action for us.
Chelmsford lined up for this game without key players such as Rudi Dzurko and Alex Green who were ill and on holiday respectively. Making his debut for the team was Adam Copland - who shouldn’t be confused with the WWE’s wrestler Adam Copeland (aka Edge) – who got a deal with the team after impressing in a tryout recently.
The Chieftains withstood abit of pressure in the opening moments, however once the first goal went in for Dean Birrell’s men the floodgates well and truly opened and it was very much one-way traffic after that.
First to get on the score sheet was Ross Brears on a good shorthanded effort at 10.57. Exactly Eighteen seconds later and Jerry Pavlus doubled the lead also shorthanded. Pavlus notched a second minutes later. There were 3 more goals in the first period with goals from BT Williams, Danny Wright and Richie Whiting making the score 6-0. Game over essentially with two periods of the game left!
Chelmsford didn’t stop there and scored five goals in the second period to really push the margin of victory home. Pavlus scored the first of those goals to round of his hatrick, whilst Whiting and Brears doubled their tally for the day. Ayling and Copland rounded of the scoring going into the final break in play.
The third period was abit of a shock as it took Chelmsford a staggering ten minutes to get a goal, with the twelfth goal of the night for the visitors going to Blaho Novak. Peterborough got a consolation goal moments later through Ross MacKintosh but it was too little too late. To round of a memorable night for the visitors Pavlus notched his fourth of the net with seconds left on the clock.
Coach Birrel was immensely proud of his team’s performance: ‘The boys dominated the game for long periods, we had a job to do tonight and we did it in fine style. We can take alot of positives into our next game which will be a difficult trip to Cardiff to play the Devils’. The Cheiftains travel to Cardiff next week and will be looking for a win against opponents who will be challenging for the league this year.
Chelmsford lined up for this game without key players such as Rudi Dzurko and Alex Green who were ill and on holiday respectively. Making his debut for the team was Adam Copland - who shouldn’t be confused with the WWE’s wrestler Adam Copeland (aka Edge) – who got a deal with the team after impressing in a tryout recently.
The Chieftains withstood abit of pressure in the opening moments, however once the first goal went in for Dean Birrell’s men the floodgates well and truly opened and it was very much one-way traffic after that.
First to get on the score sheet was Ross Brears on a good shorthanded effort at 10.57. Exactly Eighteen seconds later and Jerry Pavlus doubled the lead also shorthanded. Pavlus notched a second minutes later. There were 3 more goals in the first period with goals from BT Williams, Danny Wright and Richie Whiting making the score 6-0. Game over essentially with two periods of the game left!
Chelmsford didn’t stop there and scored five goals in the second period to really push the margin of victory home. Pavlus scored the first of those goals to round of his hatrick, whilst Whiting and Brears doubled their tally for the day. Ayling and Copland rounded of the scoring going into the final break in play.
The third period was abit of a shock as it took Chelmsford a staggering ten minutes to get a goal, with the twelfth goal of the night for the visitors going to Blaho Novak. Peterborough got a consolation goal moments later through Ross MacKintosh but it was too little too late. To round of a memorable night for the visitors Pavlus notched his fourth of the net with seconds left on the clock.
Coach Birrel was immensely proud of his team’s performance: ‘The boys dominated the game for long periods, we had a job to do tonight and we did it in fine style. We can take alot of positives into our next game which will be a difficult trip to Cardiff to play the Devils’. The Cheiftains travel to Cardiff next week and will be looking for a win against opponents who will be challenging for the league this year.
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