UPDATES FROM THE ICE MAN

Ice Man Updates by Pete Lewis

With the Chieftains not in action this weekend, it was left to their second side the Warriors to take centre stage, and centre stage they did indeed take. Travelling to the Isle of Wight is never easy for any side as the small home ice advantage catches out most teams that visit there. The Wightlink Tigers are a tough side to beat and this game was no exception.
Less than 5minutes were on the clock when Daniel Staples took a hard hit into the boards and play was suspended while Staples was prone on the ice and awaiting an ambulance. It has later been confirmed that all is well and he is just taken a bit of a knock and will be a bit sore for a couple of weeks. Roughly half an hour later play resumed and the Warriors were determined to win for their fallen comrade. Ben Osborne took the lead on 6 and a half minutes for the Warriors. Less than a minute later and it was 1-1 when veteran Tony Blaize responded for the Tigers.
Jason Coles had put the Tigers in front before the end of the period, but the Warriors took control of the second period scoring 4 unanswered goals thanks to Adrian Woodyard, Ricky Mills, Max Bennett and man of the match Lee Hounslow. Hounslow went on to score again in the final period, along with Dan Raven.

The Chelmsford Warriors return to action on Saturday night at home against the Cardiff ENL Devils, facing off at 5:30pm.

Meanwhile the senior side, Chieftains, return to the ice on Saturday 26th at “The Hive” in Bracknell against the Hornets. The Chieftains will be looking to put in a more convincing display than when they met last weekend and had to come from behind to gain a point in a tough 2-2 draw. The Chieftains should welcome back tough guy BT Williams who will no doubt beef up the team’s physical abilities. On Sunday the Chieftains are at home to the Peterborough Islanders, with the game facing off at the usual time of 6:30pm.

Chieftains coach Dean Birrell said “We know what Bracknell will bring to the game and how they will want to play it. It’s up to us to prove we are a better team than the Hornets, but we’re not expecting it to be easy at all. Of course we’re wanting 2 wins this weekend and I am confident we have it within ourselves to get those wins”.