Under 18div1 - 8th September 2007

Cardiff Celts 10 – 1 Basinstoke

After our game and result against Bracknell last week it was the first home game of the season and we were still only icing 13 players, but we were looking for another solid performance and positive result.

The first period was a bit scrappy as both sides took turns to take penalties and test their power play and power kill lines with chances going to both sides, both net minders making important saves to keep the scores level.

It took until late into the 1st period for the breakthrough to finally come through on a Cardiff Power Play, Lee Duance took the puck out of defence on a great drive to the Basinstoke net, with a neat pass back to Luke Poretta, he took the chance to score the opening goal (14.44) and finally beat the Basinstoke net minder.

The second goal for Cardiff came right at the end of the period on a Short Handed play, CJ battled hard to win the puck and provide Ben Davies with a pass to score (19.33).

After the break, Cardiff started well with a Power Play goal assisted by Luke Poretta and scored by Jon Woolway (21.39) to make it 3 –0, this lead was quickly cut as Basinstoke scored an Evan Handed goal by Richard Woolhouse (21.55) assisted by numbers 12 & 19.

Cardiff then scored a succession of goals over the final 6 minutes of the 2nd period, starting with a Power Play goal by CJ (34.22) assisted by Luke Evans and Adam Wood. Cardiff were now dominating the game and followed two Evan Handed goals, the first scored by Ben Davies (36.04) after a shot on goal by Luke Evans, the second Evan Handed goal was a great goal by Lee Duance (37.14) who whipped a wrist shot into the top corner from a tight angle, assisted by CJ. Some good chances followed, the best was a neat one two in front of goal by Ben Davies and Luke Evans but the shot was wide, a great chance.

The final goal of the period was a screaming slap shot by Adam Wood (59.33) with assists going to Ben Davies and CJ on the Power Play. The Celts had a healthy six-goal lead going into the 3rd period.

The final period was littered with penalties, the Celts had one player in the box serving a 10 minute misconduct, but then fans saw the penalty box get a bit fuller when another 4 players were sent to join him.

The penalty kill that followed was well controlled by the Cardiff players, including Chris Hart, Ben Norrish and Tom Evans who worked hard not to allow Basinstoke to score their second. The period was uneventful apart from an astounding slap shot from Ben Davies that pinged off the crossbar!

Michael Crisp who had another solid performance made way for James Hall to make some fine saves between the pipes and maintain the opposition score at only 1.

Ben Davies scored all the final 3 goals with 2 in the final minute, assists going to CJ (3) and Steve Newton (1).

Ben Davies 5 – 1
CJ 1 –6
Adam Wood 1-1
Luke Evans 0 –2
Lee Duance 1 –1
Jon Woolway 1 –0
Luke Poretta 1 –1
Tom Evans 0-1

Penalty Min Cardiff 40 – Basingstoke 50

SOG Cardiff 47 – Basingstoke 22