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Lions Maul Metros

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Trafford Metros 2 Nottingham Lions 5

Four goals from Joe Wightman and one from Gareth O’Flaherty helped the Lions to a deserved 5-2 victory over the Trafford Metros at Altrincham Ice Dome on Saturday evening.

In one of their best performances of the season, Nottingham dominated the game with some controlled passing and decisive finishing, whilst Trafford spurned the majority of chances that did fall their way.

Wightman grabbed his first after six minutes, combining well with Nick Whyatt to fire past Metros goalie Dave Clancy.

Trafford found Lions netminder Richard Griffiths in fine form from the off, as he tipped a Jamie Rogerson shot onto the post six minutes later, but he couldn’t prevent Max Drakeley equalising with seven remaining in the first period.

four goal hero - Joe Wightman

Wightman put Nottingham back in front within three minutes of the start of the second period before Michael Rose got a good few more punches in than his opponent John Murray after the pair dropped their gloves on the half-hour mark.

A prolonged Lions attack on Clancy’s goal then followed, Gareth O’Flaherty finally slotting home with twenty seconds left to give Nottingham a two goal cushion going into the third.

Wightman completed his hat-trick after three minutes of the restart before getting his fourth of the night ten minutes later.

Metros’ Sean Day scored what was only ever going to be a consolation goal with six minutes remaining before referee Dave Emmerson was kept busy, dishing out a plethora of penalties after a line brawl in the dying seconds of the game.

Post-game interviews with Man of the Match Joe Wightman and Head Coach Matt Bradbury are available to watch on LionsTV – the Lions’ online TV channel.

Nottingham now have two more games left to pick-up more points in the hope of avoiding the uncertainty of a relegation play-off against the runners-up in Division 2. Both games are at home against the Blackburn Hawks and the first is this Sunday (11th March) with a 7.15pm face-off at the National Ice Centre.

Game Stats:

Joe Wightman 4+1, Gareth O’Flaherty 1+0, Jack Clarkson 0+3, Nick Whyatt 0+2.

Period Scores: 1st 1-1, 2nd 0-2, 3rd 1-2.

Shots: 1st 12-6, 2nd 11-13, 3rd 12-11. Total 35-30.

Penalty Mins: 1st 0-0, 2nd 4-6, 3rd 40-12. Total 44-18.

Lions MOTM: Joe Wightman.

Telford (A) & Trafford (H) Preview

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The Nottingham Lions last two-game-weekend of the regular season sees them travel to Telford on Saturday to take on the Titans at Telford Ice Rink (5.30pm Face-Off) before returning home to entertain the Trafford Metros at the National Ice Centre on the Sunday (12th February – 7.15pm).

The Lions will be looking to build on last weekend’s impressive 4-0 win over Coventry and move further away from the relegation places in the ENL Division 1 North, while their respective opposition both sit in mid-table and are currently chasing a play-off position.

Lions taking on the Metros back in September

The Lions have had mixed fortunes against the Titans this season, losing both home ties, however they will gain confidence from their valuable 3-2 victory in Telford back in December .

Nottingham have yet to beat Trafford this season with the Metros coming out on top so far in both meetings. But the two sides have not met since back in September and with the Lions adding a number of new players to their ranks over the festive period they should prove to be a different proposition this time around.

Head Coach Matt Bradbury had a quick chat to LionsTV last weekend about this weekend’s games, saying;

“They’re both sold teams and solid units, it’s going to be tough.”

“We didn’t expect anything last time we went to Telford and we came out of that one with a victory – It just shows you anything can happen on any given night – I think that’s the great thing about the league this year.”

“If we work as hard as we can, pull together and put a bit of a run together we might not even be talking relegation – we might be talking playoffs!”

“Everyone’s enjoying themselves and eveyone’s battling away hard for the team.”

Home 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 only available on match nights from the Box Office which opens at 6:45pm.

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Nottingham Lions 2 Trafford Metros 7 (18/09/11)

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Lions went down 7-2 to Trafford Metros at the National Ice Centre with a well below par performance.

Whilst we have had a great start to the season with victories over Sheffield and Coventry, we do have some inexperienced players and some with more experience we cannot just turn up and roll over against the opposition. Performances like this will not be tolerated.  We have a lot of work to do over the forthcoming weeks.

Man of the Match netminder Alan Levers stood on his head and whilst conceding 7 goals, it could have been a lot worse, however he was the most determined player on the ice.

Trafford Metros 5 Nottingham Lions 3 (03/09/11)

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The Lions entered the Trafford game with a fresh squad that had been together for a short period of time.  Lions head coach Matt Bradbury said after the match ”we would find a lot out about our team on the opening night of the season and this was definitely the case”

Going down to a very early goal in the first minute didn’t help the cause however a positive response to take us into the first break 1-1 was just what the doctor ordered with Chris Colegate deflecting a shot from the point.

In the second period the impetus swung in our favour as we shocked the home team by going up 1-3.  Tables turned once again at the midway point and the Metros pulled back to evens at the end of 40 mins (3-3).

It was then just a 20 minute game and I thought we were looking good for the point until a turning point changed the shape of the game with the Metro’s being handed a 5 on 3 powerplay out of the blue after a 5 man scuffle in the corner.  Metro’s finished with a PP and an ENG right on the buzzer.

At the end of the game I the coaching staff asked ourselves the following 3 questions:-
Did the boys worked hard – Yes
Were we unlucky – Yes
Will we improve – Most Definitely!

Man of the match Danny Rose weighed in with a tremendous performance for his age on the D and , Griffy was strong in nets making some crucial saves.