Big Puck Reports, thanks to Pete Lewis and our friends at britishicekockey.com, for the report on the Chieftains weekend.A superb double victory over the weekend saw the Chieftains rise back to the top of the English National League (South) after wins over Slough and local rivals and title challengers Romford Raiders.
A struggle to get going in the first two periods on Saturday night saw the team 5-2 ahead in an unconvincing performance with the goals coming from James Ayling, Alan Green, Danny Cox, Darren Elliott and man of the match Jakub Klima. In the third it was a different story altogether as Ross Brears, Danny Wright and Klima with his second rounded out a fine performance with the team seemingly having one eye on Sunday's top of the table clash at Rom Valley Way.
Onto Sunday and it was a tale of two teams as the Chieftains took advantage of the indisciplined Raiders side in a dominating performance which saw the Chelmsford side outplay the Raiders on every part of the ice. Chelmsford, having not won in the league at Romford for 8 years, took the game by the scruff of the neck early on and Romford seemed unable to cope with the pressure heaped on them and resorted to physicality which saw a procession of players head to the penalty box. Having said that, Glenn Jackson in the Romford net had a solid game and allowed just 2 goals in the first period of play from player coach Gary Clarke and Danny Hammond, who would go on to net again in the second and pick up the man of the match beers. A large scuffle broke out at the end of the first period as the teams were leaving the ice when Shaun Wallis clashed with Klima and both sets of players piled in to support their team-mates, but it was Danny Cox and Billy Phillips who dropped the gloves with Chelmsford's Cox taking a decisive win. In the second the Chieftains continued their domination and ran in another unanswered goal from Hammond and the large travelling contingent of fans were outsinging the home fans as their team led 3-0 with 20mins to play. 9 minutes into the final session and Anthony Leone netted for the home side, before Tom Long notched his 24th goal of the season. The Chieftains held on and in doing so took themselves back to the top of the league, ahead of next Sunday's clash at the Riverside when the two sides go head-to-head again in the final league clash between the two sides this season.
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