Cardiff Junior Devils 1 - 1 Peterborough

The Cardiff Devils under 14’s started life back in the A league with a tough opening game at home to Peterborough.

The game started at a frantic pace with solid checks and big hits coming in from both teams. As the period settled down it was Peterborough who started to get a grip of the game as the Devils found it hard to control the puck. Despite chances for both teams the first period ended all tied at 0-0.

The Devils came out for the second period in a more determined manner and started to get the better of Peterborough, although again not creating clear cut scoring chances. The Devils were dealt a blow when defence-man Joe Morris collected his second 10 minute penalty and was ejected from the game. This left the Devils with only 4 defence-men but the battling qualities of all the boys saw them through to the end of the second period with the game still tied at 0-0.

With the game looking like the first team to score would win, the Devils started playing their best hockey of the game and were rewarded at 31:52 with a goal from their Captain Kieran Latchford with the assist from Giacomo Raffaelli.

The Devils were now in the driving seat and controlling the game superbly until a freak goal from Peterborough came at 38:22 to bring the game level. Still anyone’s game it was a nail-biting end as the clocked ticked down the last 5 minutes.

Despite some great power-play chances for the Devils they were unable to find a way past the Peterborough’s net-minder and the game finished tied at 1-1.

This was a great performance from all the players against one of the strongest teams in the league. If the boys continue with this spirit and determination they are in for a very successful season.

Game Stats

Goal Scorers:	Assisted by:
Kieran Latchford	Giacomo Raffaelli

Shots on Goal:	Man of the Match:	Spirit of the Game:
17 on Cardiff	James Whiting	Luke Southwood