Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Season 2017/18 - January 20th - 21st

(Thunder and Phantoms getting ready for their NIHL South One (Britton) showdown at the weekend, thanks to Andrew Day for the photo)

Saturday 20th January
NIHL South One (Britton) results
London Raiders 6-3 Brackell Bees
Invicta Dynamos 5-1 Cardiff Fire
Basingstoke Bison 2-1 Swindon Wildcats (PSO)
Milton Keynes Thunder 1-6 Peterborough Phantoms

National Cup Quarter Finals South Group
Telford Tigers 4-4 Streatham

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson) results
Solent Devils 5-0 Basingstoke Buffalo
Peterborough Phantoms 2 8-1 Invicta Mustangs
Slough Jets 6-4 Chelmsford Chieftains
Swindon Wildcats 2 2-9 Oxford City Stars
Cardiff Fire 2 3-5 Guildford Phoenix

Sunday 21st January
NIHL South One (Britton) results
Peterborough Phantoms 4-2 Invicta Dynamos
Bracknell Bees 3-2 Milton Keynes Thunder (PSO)
Swindon Wildcats 4-2 Basingstoke Bison
Streatham 1-2 London Raiders

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson) results
Lee Valley Lions 2-3 Slough Jets (OT)
Bristol Pitbulls 3-1 Cardiff Fire 2
Chelmsford Chieftains 11-3 Swindon Wildcats 2

Tables
NIHL South One (Britton)
1. Peterborough Phantoms Played 21 Won 17 Pts 36
2. Basingstoke Bison Played 20 Won 17 Pts 34
3. Swindon Wildcats Played 19 Won 13 Pts 29
4. London Raiders Played 19 Won 12 Pts 24
5. Bracknell Bees Played 20 Won 11 Pts 23
6. Milton Keynes Thunder Played 23 Won 7 Pts 20
7. Streatham Played 21 Won 9 Pts 19
8. Invicta Dynamos Played 20 Won 6 Pts 15
9. Cardiff Fire Played 21 Won 0 Pts 0

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
1. Oxford City Stars Played 18 Won 16 Pts 32
2. Bracknell Hornets Played 15 Won 14 Pts 28
3. Solent Devils Played 15 Won 13 Pts 27
4. Peterborough Phantoms 2 Played 17 Won 11 Pts 22
5. Guildford Phoenix Played 16 Won 10 Pts 21
6. Chelmsford Chieftains Played 13 Won 9 Pts 18
7. Slough Jets Played 19 Won 8 Pts 16
8. Haringey Huskies Played 17 Won 8 Pts 16
9. Cardiff Fire 2 Played 13 Won 6 Pts 12
10. Invicta Mustangs Played 19 Won 5 Pts 11
11. Bristol Pitbulls Played 14 Won 5 Pts 11
12. Basingstoke Buffalo Played 15 Won 4 Pts 10
13. Swindon Wildcats 2 Played 15 Won 2 Pts 5
14. Lee Valley Lions Played 16 Won 0 Pts 3

Well in South One (Britton) we saw Phantoms go two points clear of second placed Bison after the Peterborough side scored two wins, against Dynamos and Thunder, whilst Bison defeated Wildcats in a Penalty Shoot Out before losing to the same side the next day, meaning the Swindon side are now five points off second with a game in hand.  The Raiders had a terrific weekend and broke into the top four after defeating the Bees and then local rivals Streatham, the Bees did bounce back to beat Thunder on penalties whilst Streatham had held Telford Tigers on the road in their National Cup Quarter Final South Group clash the night before, which is a very good result indeed, so the Raiders defeat would of hurt.  And Fire are now pointless from 21 games after they suffered another heavy defeat, this time round at the hands of Dynamos in Kent.   

Onto South Two (Wilkinson) and Stars continue to dominate the league after they trashed Swindon Wildcats 2 on the road to open up a four point lead, whilst third placed Devils netted a shutout win over Buffalo on Saturday evening to put five points between them and fourth placed Phantoms 2, who themselves thrashed Mustangs at the weekend.  Most surprising result of the weekend saw Jets beat Chieftains meaning the Slough side are up into the playoff places after they scraped past bottom side Lions after overtime on Sunday to make it a weekend double.  Chieftains did bounce back to hit double figtures at home to Wildcats 2 at Riverside, meaning they hold onto sixth spot, whilst fifth placed Phoenix won in Cardiff against Fire 2, meaning the Cardiff second string had a poor weekend after they also lost to Pitbulls in Bristol the following day.

Here are the weekend's fixtures
Saturday 27th January
NIHL South One (Britton)
London Raiders vs Basingstoke Bison
Swindon Wildcats vs Milton Keynes Thunder
Peterborough Phantoms vs Cardiff Fire

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Solent Devils vs Cardiff Fire 2
Guildford Phoenix vs Slough Jets
Basingstoke Buffalo vs Swindon Wildcats 2

Sunday 28th January
NIHL South One (Britton)
Invicta Dynamos vs London Raiders
Bracknell Bees vs Streatham
Cardiff Fire vs Peterborough Phantoms
Milton Keynes Thunder vs Swindon Wildcats

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Peterborough Phantoms 2 vs Haringey Huskies
Oxford City Stars vs Chelmsford Chieftains

Solent Devils vs Bristol Pitbulls

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