vs ALTRINCHAMACES
Saturday 14th September vs
SOLWAYSHARKS
Sunday 15th September
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO INTERVIEW
with Tom Watkins and Louie Newell.
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Good evening and welcome to the opening weekend of competitive hockey with our first National League fixture of the season against the Solway Sharks.
It's the start of another long season and hopefully we are able to get off to a good start.
We've been dealt a blow this week with the news that Ross Connolly will receive a Tier 2 5 game suspension. Lots of noise coming into the season that we will see a new/different DOPS this season
Well in my eyes it certainly feels the same. I feel for Ross in this situation, he delivered a perfect mid ice body check, closed space, got low, tucked his arms and hands in tight and stood his ground. Of course we don't want to see anyone get hurt but if you skate with your head down playing a contact sport you put yourself at risk I would love to know what or how we are supposed to teach our players in these situations? If Ross stood still and did nothing the player would have skated straight into him with the same outcome
Last weekend we played well, we take a lot of heart from those performances, outshooting them both nights. We looked much more accomplished and comfortable
Enjoy the game.
As the National Ice Hockey League opens its first competitive weekend, Telford Tigers face Solway Sharks in what promises to be a thrilling encounter Last season, both teams delivered intense clashes, with each game fiercely contested and full of drama The Sharks proved to be tough competitors, but Tigers showed resilience and determination, claiming crucial victories when it mattered most With the rivalry reigniting this weekend, fans can expect another action-packed showdown as both teams look to start the new season on a high note
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OPENERAFTERPRE-SEASONSUCCESS
After an impressive pre-season performance, where Telford Tigers 2 secured back-to-back victories against Moralee North 1 side Widnes Wild, they now enter their opening league fixture against Altrincham Aces with a surge of confidence. Those hard-fought wins have not only boosted morale but also showcased the team’s resilience and potential. With momentum on their side, Tigers 2 are eager to start their competitive campaign on a high this weekend
SATURDAY14THSEPTEMBER|5:30PM
SUNDAY1STSEPTEMBER|6PM
KENTAGGART
This week, England Ice Hockey are mourning the loss of one of our family members Ken Taggart at the age of 77.
Ken has been involved in British Ice Hockey for over 40 years, as a player, official, Chair of English Ice Hockey Association as well as Director of Ice Hockey UK.
Ken has been instrumental in developing our sport, from juniors, Woman's, Para as well as senior hockey and leaves a legacy for our sport.
Ken will never be forgotten, and we kindly ask that you're able to stand and join us in a two minutes applause ahead of each of our home fixtures this weekend.
RIP Ken Taggart
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For those of you who may wish to make a contribution, Ken's family have asked the community to consider donating to the National Brain Tumour Society.
https://braintumor.org/take-action/give/
Telford Tigers vs Peterborough Phantoms
Saturday 7th September
Autocraft Telford Tigers played their final home challenge game of the pre-season against Peterborough on Saturday night. Tigers came into the game having lost both games the previous weekend against Swindon Wildcats and only managed to score one goal in the two games
Tigers were boosted by the addition of Zachary Yokoyama who missed both the games against Swindon and Joe Aston was also added to the line up after his return to the club was confirmed last week
Tigers made a disastrous start to the game and found themselves behind in the opening minute of the contest as Scott Robson scored for the visitors, batting the puck into the net from close range
MATCH REPORT
Midway through the first period the Phantoms doubled their lead Luke Ferrara shooting low to Brad Day’s left after being set up by Nathan Salem
Tigers started the second period in better form and were unlucky a couple of times not to score But the team persevered and five minutes from the break, finally got on the score sheet. Louie Newell set up last season’s top scorer Vladimir Luka to halve the deficit
An even third period saw both teams trade chances and with eight minutes of the game left the home side were level With Peterborough’s Austin Mitchell-King in the penalty box the Tigers’ power play unit drew the scores level Scott McKenzie setting up Yokoyama for his first goal for the club
With the game seemingly heading towards overtime, there was a sting in the tail for Telford when the visitors took the lead with just over a minute of the game left Janne Laakkonen scoring for the Phantoms. With time ticking away Day was pulled from goal to give Telford an extra attacker but this just allowed Peterborough to seal the game with an empty net goal from Cam Hough
Tigers fall to their third straight pre-season defeat despite a much improved performance
Autocraft Telford Tigers 2 Peterborough Phantoms 4.
Scorers: Vladimir Luka and Zachary Yokoyama Man of the match: Louie Newell.
After the game Head Coach Tom Watkins, commented, “That was a much improved performance We focused on a few key areas in practice this week and wanted to be stronger in our face offs, our defensive zone coverage and neutral zone forechecking Those areas were where we were pretty solid tonight I thought the first period saw Peterborough start faster than us but we found our legs and in the second and third periods we moved the puck well, had plenty of offensive zone time and created chances We have plenty to build on and can take that into the next game.”
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Listen to our latest audio inerviews with Tom Watkins and Louie Newell after last Saturday’s defeat against Peterborough Phantoms.
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