Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Season 2017/18 - February 24th - 25th

(action from Oxford City Stars win over Swindon Wildcats 2 on Sunday evening in South Two, thanks to @pfozz19 for the photo)

Saturday 24th February
NIHL South One (Britton)
London Raiders 1-6 Peterborough Phantoms
Streatham 10-2 Cardiff Fire
Basingstoke Bison 4-0 Swindon Wildcats
Milton Keynes Thunder 2-3 Bracknell Bees

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Invicta Mustangs 0-6 Oxford City Stars
Guildford Phoenix 2-7 Chelmsford Chieftains
Haringey Huskies 3-2 Bristol Pitbulls
Slough Jets 4-1 Peterborough Phantoms 2
Swindon Wildcats 2 1-5 Bracknell Hornets
Cardiff Fire 2 6-3 Basingstoke Buffalo

Sunday 25th February
NIHL South One (Britton)
Invicta Dynamos 3-4 Milton Keynes Thunder (OTW)
Bracknell Bees 4-8 Basingstoke Bison
Swindon Wildcats 3-2 London Raiders

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Oxford City Stars 8-6 Swindon Wildcats 2
Chelmsford Chieftains 11-1 Haringey Huskies

NIHL South One (Britton) Standings
1. Basingstoke Bison Played 29 Won 26 Pts 52
2. Peterborough Phantoms Played 29 Won 24 Pts 50
3. Swindon Wildcats Played 30 Won 20 Pts 44
4. Bracknell Bees Played 29 Won 15 Pts 32
5. London Raiders Played 28 Won 16 Pts 32
6. Streatham Played 29 Won 14 Pts 29
7. Milton Keynes Thunder Played 29 Won 9 Pts 24
8. Invicta Dynamos Played 29 Won 7 Pts 18
9. Cardiff Fire Played 30 Won 0 Pts 2

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson) Standings
1. Oxford City Stars (Q) Played 23 Won 21 Pts 42
2. Solent Devils (Q) Played 20 Won 18 Pts 37
3. Bracknell Hornets (Q) Played 18 Won 17 Pts 34
4. Chelmsford Chieftains (Q) Played 19 Won 14 Pts 28
5. Peterborough Phantoms (Q) Played 21 Won 14 Pts 28
6. Guildford Phoenix Played 21 Won 12 Pts 25
7. Slough Jets Played 22 Won 9 Pts 18
8. Haringey Huskies Played 22 Won 9 Pts 18
9. Cardiff Fire 2 Played 19 Won 8 Pts 16
10. Bristol Pitbulls Played 19 Won 7 Pts 15
11. Basingstoke Buffalo Played 21 Won 5 Pts 13
12. Invicta Mustangs Played 22 Won 6 Pts 13
13. Swindon Wildcats 2 Played 20 Won 3 Pts 7
14. Lee Valley Lions Played 19 Won 0 Pts 3

In NIHL South One the top two continue to churn out wins, Basingstoke Bison netted another two with wins over third placed Swindon Wildcats and then fourth placed Bracknell Bees to go two clear at the top.  Peterborough Phantoms remain second after they thrashed London Raiders in Romford, and the Raiders fell to fifth after they also lost on the road to Wildcats.  Streatham are only three points off fourth now after they thrashed bottom side Cardiff Fire in South East London, whilst down at the bottom Milton Keynes Thunder lost to Bees before bouncing back to defeat second bottom Invicta Dynamos after overtime in Kent, meaning their is now a six point gap between them now.  It's looking likely that the top three (Bison, Phantoms and Wildcats) will end up finishing in the top three, as third placed Wildcats hold a twelve point lead over fourth placed Bees.

Into NIHL South Two and Oxford City Stars opened up a five point lead at the top after picking up two wins at the weekend and taking advantage of a gameless Solent Devils.  Stars shut out Invicta Mustangs on the road before defeating Swindon Wildcats 2 in a high scoring contest in Oxford.  Third placed Bracknell Hornets had beaten Wildcats 2 the previous night and are a further three points back behind Devils, whilst Chelmsford Chieftains recorded another double this weekend, moving up to fourth after they netted another eighteen goals in the two games against Guildford Phoenix and Haringey Huskies, which also saw the Riverside outfit qualify for the post season playoffs.  They replaced Peterborough Phantoms 2 in fourth after the Phantoms lost at Slough Jets, who themselves remained seventh, whilst the Huskies are in eighth after they beat Bristol Pitbulls although they were destroyed in Chelmsford by the Chieftains the following night.  Cardiff Fire 2 beat Basingstoke Buffalo to settle in ninth, just two points behind the playoff positions, however the top six are looking likely to stay their meaning a battle between possibly three/four more teams for the remaining playoff positions.

Here are this weekend's fixtures
Friday March 2nd 
NIHL Autumn Cup Final First Leg
Basingstoke Bison vs Swindon Wildcats

Saturday 3rd March
NIHL South One (Britton)
Swindon Wildcats vs Bracknell Bees
Milton Keynes Thunder vs Cardiff Fire
Peterborough Phantoms vs London Raiders

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Haringey Huskies vs Slough Jets
Lee Valley Lions vs Chelmsford Chieftains
Bracknell Hornets vs Solent Devils
Cardiff Fire 2 vs Swindon Wildcats 2
Basingstoke Buffalo vs Guildford Phoenix

Sunday 4th March
NIHL South One (Britton)
Invicta Dynamos vs Streatham
Peterborough Phantoms vs Basingstoke Bison
Bracknell Bees vs London Raiders

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Chelmsford Chieftains vs Lee Valley Lions
Swindon Wildcats 2 vs Bristol Pitbulls


This weekend sees the first final get underway on Friday evening as Bison host Wildcats in the First Leg of the Autumn Cup Finale.  Also on Sunday evening the top two in NIHL South One meet in Peterborough as Phantoms host Bison.  Also third placed Wildcats host fourth placed Bees on Saturday evening and then on Sunday Bees and Raiders face off in Bracknell.  And in South Two third plays second as Hornets host Devils, so plenty of big games to look forward to this weekend!!!

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