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UNITED KINGDOM – Blackburn Hawks’ road woes continued as Nottingham Lions handed them their ninth away defeat in 11 outings in all competitions this season.

The Lions capitalised on the Hawks’ ill-discipline to secure a 9-8 home win in Moralee D1 – Toby Fisher (3) and Zach Yokoyama (2) led the scoring for the Midlands outfit.

Whitley Warriors closed the gap on table-topping Solway Sharks to four points courtesy of a 3-1 victory at Billingham Stars – Jordan Barnes, Steven Chalmers and Rolands Gritans got the goals.

Vlads Vulkanovs weighed in with a hat-trick as Widnes Wild moved into the top half of the table with an impressive 6-4 home win over Solihull Barons.

Laidler D2 leaders Sheffield Titans triumphed 4-3 at home to Hull Jets but lost their unbeaten record the following day as they slipped to a 4-2 defeat at Altrincham Aces.

Filip Supa (2) and Rhys Howells (2) were on target for Telford Tigers 2 as they secured a 4-2 home win over Bradford Bulldogs.

Lawson Glasby, Jacob Frost and Nathan Frost got the goals for Sutton Sting in their hard-fought 3-2 victory at Coventry NIHL Blaze.

Conor Duncan led the way with seven goals as Paisley Pirates triumphed 12-8 at Kilmarnock Thunder in the Scottish National League.

Chad Smith and Sean Cochrane bagged hat-tricks for Kirkcaldy Kestrels in their stylish 9-2 home victory over Belfast SNL Giants.

Dundee Comets maintained their unbeaten league record with a 10-0 home win against North Ayrshire Wild – Jonathan McBean (2), Sean Beattie (2), Michael Ireland (2) were amongst the scorers.

WEEKEND RESULTS

NIHL North Moralee D1

Billingham Stars 1-3 Whitley Warriors
Nottingham Lions 9-8 Blackburn Hawks
Widnes Wild 6-4 Solihull Barons

NIHL North Laidler D2

Altrincham Aces 4-2 Sheffield Titans
Coventry NIHL Blaze 2-3 Sutton Sting
Sheffield Titans 4-3 Hull Jets
Telford Tigers 2 4-2 Bradford Bulldogs

Scottish National League

Dundee Comets 10-0 North Ayrshire Wild
Kilmarnock Thunder 8-12 Paisley Pirates
Kirkcaldy Kestrels 9-2 Belfast SNL Giants

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UNITED KINGDOM – Paisley Pirates’ Scottish National League title hopes suffered a setback as they were beaten at Belfast SNL Giants on Saturday.

Mack Stewart proved to be the difference-maker, bagging the decisive goal as the Giants secured a 4-3 shoot-out victory on home ice.

Table-topping Aberdeen Lynx took full advantage of the Pirates’ slip-up with a hard-fought 5-3 home win against Kilmarnock Thunder.

Kirkcaldy Kestrels enjoyed a four-point weekend, winning 5-1 at North Ayrshire Wild and 6-5 after overtime at home to Dundee Tigers.

Dundee Comets maintained their unbeaten league record with a 9-3 home success against the Tigers – Jonathan McBean (2), John Dolan (2) and Garry Simpson (2) topped the scoring.

In NIHL North, Solway Sharks moved six points clear at the top of Moralee D1 with a 5-4 home victory after overtime against Solihull Barons.

The Barons bounced back in style the following evening, romping to a 10-2 away win at Blackburn Hawks – Niklas Ottosson (3) and Philip Mulcahy (3) were amongst the scorers.

Sheffield Scimitars split their weekend double-header with Billingham Stars, winning 7-3 on home ice before slipping to a 4-3 defeat after a shoot-out on Teesside.

Vlads Vulkanovs (2), Jay Robinson and Matt Barlow were on target for Widnes Wild as they ran out 4-3 winners at Nottingham Lions.

Sheffield Titans moved to the top of Laidler D2 with a 6-3 home victory over Bradford Bulldogs – William Newcombe (2) topped their scoring.

Dan Hackford scored twice as Hull Jets won 4-3 at home to Telford Tigers 2, while Connor Mellett bagged a hat-trick for Coventry NIHL Blaze in their 7-2 home success over Nottingham Lions 2.

Altrincham Aces were beaten 7-4 at Bradford but had better fortunes on home ice as they defeated Sutton Sting by the same scoreline.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Scottish National League

Belfast SNL Giants 4-3 Paisley Pirates (SO)
Aberdeen Lynx 5-3 Kilmarnock Thunder
Dundee Comets 9-3 Dundee Tigers
Kirkcaldy Kestrels 6-5 Dundee Tigers (OT)
North Ayrshire Wild 1-5 Kirkcaldy Kestrels

NIHL North Moralee D1

Billingham Stars 4-3 Sheffield Scimitars
Blackburn Hawks 2-10 Solihull Barons
Nottingham Lions 3-4 Widnes Wild
Sheffield Scimitars 7-3 Billingham Stars
Solway Sharks 5-4 Solihull Barons (OT)

NIHL North Laidler D2

Altrincham Aces 7-4 Sutton Sting
Bradford Bulldogs 7-4 Altrincham Aces
Coventry NHL Blaze 7-2 Nottingham Lions 2
Hull Jets 4-3 Telford Tigers 2
Sheffield Titans 6-3 Bradford Bulldogs

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UNITED KINGDOM – Solway Sharks opened up a four-point lead at the top of Moralee D1 after recording wins against Nottingham Lions and Widnes Wild.

Iain Bowie (2) led the way in an 8-2 home victory over the Lions, while Ross Murray bagged a brace in the Sharks’ 5-2 success at Widnes Wild.

Jordan Barnes, Harry Harley and Callum Queenan were on target for Whitley Warriors in their 3-1 win at Sheffield Scimitars.

The Scimitars were also out of luck the following day as they lost 3-0 at Nottingham – Toby Fisher, Louie Newell and Zachary Yokoyama were on the scoresheet.

Solihull Barons triumphed 4-2 at Billingham Stars – Marcus Maynard, Richard Slater, Niklas Ottosson and Thomas Soar got the goals.

The top two teams in Laidler D2 maintained their respective title challenges with comfortable home victories over the weekend.

Lucas Price and Ollie Hunt weighed in with hat-tricks as Telford Tigers 2 recorded an emphatic 10-0 win against Sutton Sting.

Sheffield Titans kept up the pressure at the top of the table with a 7-2 success against Nottingham Lions 2 – William Newcombe (3) and Tate Shudra (2) topped their scoring.

Hull Jets remain nicely tucked in behind the leading teams following their 7-1 home victory over Bradford Bulldogs – Ryan Kemp (2) was amongst the scorers.

Coventry NIHL Blaze continued their recent improvement in form with an impressive 6-1 win at home to Altrincham Aces.

Aberdeen Lynx still lead the way in the Scottish National League after recording a pair of 4-2 victories over Dundee Tigers and North Ayrshire Wild.

Paisley Pirates remain second in the table following a 4-1 home win over Kirkcaldy Kestrels, while Dundee Comets triumphed 8-3 at home to Belfast SNL Giants.

The Giants enjoyed better fortunes the previous day as they secured a 10-8 victory at Kilmarnock Thunder – Carter Hamill (3) led their scoring.

WEEKEND RESULTS

NIHL North Moralee D1

Billingham Stars 2-4 Solihull Barons
Nottingham Lions 3-0 Sheffield Scimitars
Sheffield Scimitars 1-3 Whitley Warriors
Solway Sharks 8-2 Nottingham Lions
Widnes Wild 2-5 Solway Sharks

NIHL North Laidler D2

Coventry NIHL Blaze 6-1 Altrincham Aces
Hull Jets 7-1 Bradford Bulldogs
Sheffield Titans 7-2 Nottingham Lions 2
Telford Tigers 10-0 Sutton Sting

Scottish National League

Aberdeen Lynx 4-2 Dundee Tigers
Dundee Comets 8-3 Belfast SNL Giants
Kilmarnock Thunder 8-10 Belfast SNL Giants
North Ayrshire Wild 2-4 Aberdeen Lynx
Paisley Pirates 4-1 Kirkcaldy Kestrels

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UNITED KINGDOM – Hull Jets produced a thrilling comeback against Telford Tigers 2 to claim the first silverware in NIHL North this season.

The Jets lost the first leg 4-2 in Hull last weekend, but a 5-2 road victory at Telford Ice Rink helped them secure a 7-6 aggregate success.

Kieran Beach, Dan Hackford, Tom Forster, Chris Hogarth and Boris Giba were on target for the Jets.

Lawson Glasby (4) led the way for Sutton Sting as they ran out comfortable 8-1 winners at Nottingham Lions 2 in Laidler D2.

Harrison Sumner (2) topped the scoring as Coventry NIHL Blaze recorded a 6-3 home victory over Bradford Bulldogs.

Solway Sharks continued their imperious form with an 8-3 win at Billingham Stars in Moralee D1 – Struan Tonnar (3), Peter Gapa (2), Kell Beattie, Scott Henderson and Iain Bowie got the goals.

Whitley Warriors kept their title hopes alive with a 4-2 win at Blackburn Hawks – Steven Chalmers (2), Rihards Grigors and Shaun Kippin were on the scoresheet.

Sheffield Scimitars had a mixed weekend on home ice, beating Widnes Wild 2-1 on Saturday before slipping to a 5-3 defeat against Solihull Barons the following day.

Vlads Vulkanovs bagged a hat-trick as Widnes sealed a hard-fought 8-5 home win over Nottingham Lions.

WEEKEND RESULTS

NIHL North Moralee D1

Billingham Stars 3-8 Solway Sharks
Blackburn Hawks 2-4 Whitley Warriors
Sheffield Scimitars 3-5 Solihull Barons
Sheffield Scimitars 2-1 Widnes Wild
Widnes Wild 8-5 Nottingham Lions

NIHL North Laidler D2

Coventry NIHL Blaze 6-3 Bradford Bulldogs
Nottingham Lions 2 1-8 Sutton Sting

NIHL Laidler Cup

Telford Tigers 2-5 Hull Jets (agg 6-7)

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UNITED KINGDOM – Telford Tigers 2 are in pole position to win the Laidler Cup after securing an impressive 4-2 victory at Hull Jets.

Oli Hunt, Karol Jets, Filip Supa and Charlie Webb were on target as the Tigers secured a valuable two-goal advantage.

With the home leg still to play next weekend, Tigers assistant head coach Dougie Wildman was understandably delighted with the result.

“The first leg of the cup final away to Hull with a 4-2 lead is great stuff,” he said.

“We knew we wouldn’t have an easy game in their barn, but we started well and soon had a two-goal lead.

“Hull never slowed down their attacks, but we were confident in our ability to shut them down and catch them on the break.

“By the second period, we had settled and the openings started to come for us. We knew that in the third period they would throw the kitchen sink at us, and they did.

“We showed great composure and although we had to kill a few penalties, the lads never gave less than 100 percent and that’s the performance we asked for.

“This sets us up for a barnstormer of a game next weekend to see who lifts the cup.

“We also want to give a great shout out to the coach full of supporters who travelled and made more noise than the whole of the full Hull Arena home fans.

“That gave the lads such a boost, so thank you all. See you all on the 22nd.”

Elsewhere in NIHL North, Whitley Warriors bounced back from their dismal display against Solway Sharks last weekend to collect two points against Solihull Barons.

Rolands Gritans, Callum Watson and Jamie Ord got the goals as the Warriors ran out 3-0 winners in their Moralee D1 fixture.

Blackburn Hawks moved up to fifth in the table with a hard-fought 4-3 victory at Widnes Wild.

Veteran forward Aaron Davies’ second goal of the game was the winner as the Lancashire outfit defeated Wild for the second successive week.

Jacob Lutwyche and Calum Ruddick were also on the scoresheet for the Hawks.

WEEKEND RESULTS

NIHL North Moralee D1

Whitley Warriors 3-0 Solihull Barons
Widnes Wild 3-4 Blackburn Hawks

NIHL Laidler Cup

Hull Jets 2-4 Telford Tigers 2

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UNITED KINGDOM – Whitley Warriors suffered a thoroughly dismal defeat at home to Solway Sharks on Sunday.

The Moralee D1 title favourites were demolished 9-0 on an evening where the Dumfries outfit looked a class apart.

Iain Bowie (2), Callum Boyd, Richard Bentham, Struan Tonnar, Kieran Hair, Stuart Kerr, Liam Stenton and Mack Stewart were on target for the Sharks.

Callum Bowley (2) topped the scoring for Solihull Barons as they ran out 4-1 winners at home to Sheffield Scimitars.

Chris Sykes (3) and Mikey Elder (2) led the way for Billingham Stars in their 7-1 home victory over Nottingham Lions.

Blackburn Hawks needed overtime to secure a 5-4 home win over Widnes Wild – Jacob Lutwyche bagged the decisive goal.

Laidler D2 leaders Telford Tigers 2 lost their unbeaten record courtesy of a 4-2 defeat at Sutton Sting – Cameron Glasby (2) was amongst the scorers for the home team.

Altrincham Aces snapped their eight-game losing streak in all competitions with an 8-5 home victory over Coventry NIHL Blaze.

Dan Hackford weighed in with four goals as Hull Jets secured a comfortable 14-1 success at Nottingham Lions 2.

WEEKEND RESULTS

NIHL North Moralee D1

Billingham Stars 7-1 Nottingham Lions
Blackburn Hawks 5-4 Widnes Wild (OT)
Solihull Barons 4-1 Sheffield Scimitars
Whitley Warriors 0-9 Solway Sharks

NIHL North Laidler D2

Altrincham Aces 8-5 Coventry NIHL Blaze
Nottingham Lions 2 1-14 Hull Jets
Sutton Sting 4-2 Telford Tigers 2