Lee Valley Lions -v- Streatham Redskins
10/11/07 (Lose 2-8)
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Lee Valley Lions |
Streatham Redskins |
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Justin Grant Joe Berry Nick Alley Scott Beeson Scott Pollak (C) Stas Prokofiev Richard Smith Romanas Fedotovas (A) James Hatfull Alastair Band Michael Ranby Michael Jacobs Andrew Holdaway James Scott-Joseph George Alley (G) Theo Abban Andrew Boot (G) |
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Jonathan Silvester (G) Shane Walsh (A) Casimir Madren-Britton Josh Allam Rupert Quiney Chris Rasmussen Fred Carnegy (A) Joe Johnston (C) Steve Paris Milan Sotak Liam Rasmussen Sean Easton Stefan Nubert (G) Jaroslav Pavlus Ed Koral André Ward Perry Richardson |
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Goals |
Penalties |
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Lions
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Redskins
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Lions
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Redskins
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| Period 1: |
1
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1
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4
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2
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| Period 2: |
0
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5
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20
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4
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| Period 3: |
1
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2
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0
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4
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| MATCH TOTALS: |
2
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8
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24
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10
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Shots on Goal
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Lee Valley Lions
(shots on Boot/Alley) |
Streatham Redskins
(shots on Nubert) |
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| Period 1: |
18 (on Boot)
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8
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| Period 2: |
17 (on Boot)
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3
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| Period 3: |
12 (on Alley)
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12
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| MATCH TOTALS: |
47
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23
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Lee Valley Lions |
Streatham Redskins |
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| Highest Scorer in Match: |
Michael Ranby (2+0)/Nick Alley (0+2)
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Joe Johnston (4+2)
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| Man of the Match Winner: |
Theo Abban
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Milan Sotak
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Additional Comments: Lee Valley Lions welcomed the Streatham Redskins on Saturday afternoon, together with their very vocal fans who have mastered the Indian drumming beat that is associated with those Western movies we all used to love. It was quite strange to hear Indian war cries coming from one corner of the rink, but I doubt that I could blame the Lions’ performance on this strange phenomenon. The Redskins took the game to the Lions from the whistle and for a large part of the game it seemed that they were like a wagon train, in a defensive circle unable to break out or clear their zone. The first period remained scoreless for the first ten minutes or so, but most of the pressure came from Streatham, as they continually probed the Lions’ defenses. The breakthrough came at 11:20 when Joe Johnston scored his first of four goals, the shot catching Lions’ young goaltender, Andrew Boot’s stick, and bobbling up, over and into the net. Lee Valley broke out almost immediately to equalise as captain Scott Pollak put a pass onto the stick of Michael Ranby who shot home. For the remainder of the session the Redskins were camped in the Lions’ zone and the fans were relieved when the period was over. The team had been forced to defend a five-on-three situation for over a minute and the shots had rained in like arrows at the Lions’ first-time starting netminder, who made some excellent saves. This period saw the Lee Valley team outshot 18 to 8. The second session was probably the worst that the team have had this season to date. Failure to clear the puck from their zone and taking a high number of penalties always had the team on the back foot. On the first goal of the period, the Lions had three chances to clear the puck, but the inability to do so led to the first of three goals for import Milan Sotak. Sotak scored a second goal just over four minutes later when the Lions’ defence took another holiday, then when killing a penalty, Streatham’s Joe Johnston was allowed to skate in alone to fire past Boot. In all Streatham scored five unanswered goals as the Lions only managed 3 shots on goal all period. Lions’ coach Sergey Smolenko put George Alley in goal for the final period, but Streatham scored in under two minutes to take a commanding 7–1 lead. The team from South London cruised to victory, and although Michael Ranby scored a late consolation goal for the Lions, this was immediately upstaged as the Redskins finished off the rout with an eighth goal just thirteen seconds from the final whistle. Thanks to Tony Boot for writing this match report. |
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