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Lions Narrowly Beaten By Spartans

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Nottingham Lions 3 Sheffield Spartans 5

The Nottingham Lions’ hopes of avoiding the final relegation play-off spot took a blow at the NIC on Sunday night as the Sheffield Spartans took the two points.

Goals from Michael Rose (2) and Jack Clarkson were not enough to give the Lions a much needed victory, as the Spartans all-but ensured their place in the ENL Division 1 North next season.

"Two Goals" - Michael Rose.

Nick Manning got the Spartans off to a flying start with two goals in the first eight minutes before Rose pulled one back for the Lions.

Oliver Barron grabbed Sheffield’s third on the half-hour before Clarkson kept Nottingham in the hunt with forty seconds left in the second.

Rose looked like he had swung the game in the Lions’ favour with an equalising goal with less than a minute gone in the third but Luke Unwin got the Spartans back in front, before a uncharacteristic goalkeeping howler from Alan Levers gave Andy Turner a short-handed goal from his own defensive zone, to wrap-up the points for Sheffield.

Nottingham’s superior head-to-head record over the Coventry ENL Blaze currently sees them sitting one place above the relegation play-off spot despite being locked on points and games-played with their Midlands rivals.

The Lions now have three games remaining to avoid a play-off scenario, starting with their last away trip of the season, at Trafford Metros this Saturday (5.15pm Face-Off).

Don’t forget you can watch post-game interviews with Lions and Spartans’ players and staff on LionsTV – our very own online TV channel.

Game Stats:

Michael Rose 2+1, Jack Clarkson 1+1, Jack Baveystock 0+1.

Period Scores: 1st 1-2, 2nd 1-1, 3rd 1-2.

Shots: 1st 14-12, 2nd 17-15, 3rd 11-12. Total 42-39.

Pen. Minutes: 1st 6-8, 2nd 4-4, 3rd 2-2. Total 12-14.

Lions MOTM: Michael Rose.

Lions Pick Up a Well Earned Point On The Road

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Last Sunday the Nottingham Lions made the long trip to Whitley Bay to face last year’s league and play off champions. After the match Lions Head Coach Matt Bradbury said “We realised that we would have to really dig deep and grind out points up there, having said that the pressure was firmly on Whitley as they have high expectations and had got beaten 7-3 by Coventry the night before”.

“We kept chipping away, played a battling game and at last we got a couple lucky bounces! (which made a welcome change). We should have come away with both of the points being 3-1 up going into the last twenty minutes however we had to settle for 1 point as Whitley rallied their troops in the final third”.

“I am really pleased with the players as individuals and as a team by the way that they have responded to the recent challenging times. We have remained focus and well aware of the job in hand so far this season.”

This Sunday the Lions face the Telford Titans which is normally a gritty and feisty affair. Face off at the National Ice Centre is 7.15pm.

Scorers vs Whitley Bay:- Joe Wightman 2 Goals & Gareth O’Flaherty 1 Goal. Assists Quinn, Wood, Whyatt & Rose 0+1

Nottingham Lions 5 Sheffield Spartans 3 (04/09/11)

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This was the second game of a double header weekend having been closely edged out on the road in Trafford the night before.  However the camp were positive and the game the night before really gave us the jump we needed to get back down to business.

We battled hard matching Sheffield in every department however we just couldn’t get the finish we needed and a couple of minor errors were costly as Sheffield finished their chances getting the go ahead goals 3 times in the first two periods.

Going into the 3rd period 2-3 down – it was a case of shuffling the pack and trying something a little different with the line combinations which I am always prepared to do.  This appeared to kick start a few things into action as we ran out 3-0 in the final third.

Special mention must go out to Michael Rose, Gareth O’Flaherty and Chris Colegate, it made it tough to pick the man of the match award – however the honours went to Captain Colegate.

We had excellent support from the home crowd all evening and it was a record breaking night for the opening game for a Lions game at home for a number of years.

It is now imperative that we keep the spirits high in the locker room, keep everyone focused and pull together maintaining consistency within our performances.