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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.

Sheffield (H) Preview

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The next chapter in the Nottingham Lions’ battle to avoid the relegation places takes places at the National Ice Centre this Sunday (26th February – 7.15pm Face-Off).

They take-on fellow strugglers; Sheffield Spartans who sit one place and two points ahead of the Lions in the ENL Division 1 North standings.

Lions taking on the Spartans at the NIC back in September.

Nottingham, who already have the head-to-head advantage over fellow relegation rivals Coventry and Solihull will be looking to make it a triple, with a victory over a Spartans side who, like the Lions, have struggled for consistancy throughout the season.

Nottingham started their home campaign with a 5-3 win over Sheffield back in September before the Spartans claimed a 5-2 home victory in October. November saw the Lions leave Ice Sheffield triumphant with a 6-4  final score, having scored four unanswered goals in the final period.

Sheffield have the bonus of two games in hand over the Lions (one of which is away to Trafford on Saturday), so Matt Bradbury’s side will be giving it their all for a positive outcome.

Nicky Balchin should return after the knock which kept him out of the 2-0 win over Trafford Metros two weeks ago, whilst Gareth O’Flahtery, Ben Wood and Max Bennett should be in good form after Trent Uni’s win in the big Varsity game last Monday.

Matt Bradbury also faces a selection headache between the pipes with Richard Griffiths, Sam Gospel and Alan Levers all vying for a place and with the later two both claiming shut-outs in their last home appearances, it is hard to say who’ll get the nod this time around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, don’t forget about our special student discount offer (see poster above) which starts this Sunday – bring a friend or two and get down to the NIC and JOIN THE ROAR!!!

Matchday Ticket Prices:

Adults: £5.00

Children (under 16) & OAP’s: £3.00

Students (with NUS card): £2.50 (Special Offer!!)

Panthers Season Ticket Holders (Must Show Panthers Season Ticket): £3.00

All tickets are available on match nights only, from the Box Office which opens at 6:45pm.

Injury Hit Lions Have Difficult Weekend

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The Nottingham Lions sick and injury list is getting on the verge of an epidemic, last weekends games saw the largest list of players unable to dress for the Lions in recent memory, some of the players missing were:

Alan Levers (Injured Knee)

Elliott Perrin (Broken Arm)

Matt Greaves (Dislocated Shoulder)

Mark Corfield (Food Poisoning)

Gareth O’Flaherty (Fractured Foot)

Ciaran Quinn (Suspected Broken Wrist)

Also Ben Wood has received a severe facial injury in the game in Solihull on Sunday night.

Chris Colegate and Max Bennett were both unavailable due to family commitments, and on Sunday the 18s were unavailable as they were playing Sheffield back at the National Ice Centre.

Last weekend saw the Lions lose 5-2 at Sheffield on Saturday against a full strength Spartans team and on Sunday a very short benched Lions (12 Players) lost 4-3 against a 22 man Solihull team.

This weekend sees the Lions take on the Solihull Barons on Sunday (30th October) Faceoff  7:15pm. The Lions should have some players back from injury, so will be looking for some payback!!!

COME AND JOIN THE ROAR!!!

Matchday Ticket Prices:

Adults – £5.00

Children (under 16) & OAP’s - £3.00

Students (with NUS card) – £4.00

Panthers Season Ticket Holders (Must show Panthers Season Ticket) - £3.00

All tickets are available on match nights only, from the Box Office.

Box office opens at 6:45pm.

 

Nottingham Lions 2 Telford Titans 7 (16/10/11)

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Two goals and a man of the match performance from Nick Whyatt weren’t enough for the Nottingham Lions as they went down 7-2 at the National Ice Centre last Sunday night.

Head Coach Matt Bradbury commented “As a team we switch off at key moments and a lot of that is down to inexperience and that’s when teams like Telford capitalise and take their chances. At times during the game we had Telford on the back foot and outshot them 33-30, whilst we didn’t pick up points it’s key that we keep that fighting spirit. ”

“Telford are a good outfit and should be challenging for honours this season – they are well drilled and have many years of experience”

We face difficult back to back away games this weekend facing Sheffield Spartans (Saturday) and Solihull Barons (Sunday).

“It’s vital that we pick up points this weekend as we are too close to the bottom of the league for comfort. We need players to stop feeling sorry for themselves get their heads down, roll up their sleeves and get on with it.”

Lions netminder Alan Levers will be out for two weeks with an injured knee after a collision with a Telford player during the Lions 7-2 defeat to Telford.