Sheffield Scimitars – Solihull Barons

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Recap

The Zoo Accounting Solihull Barons rounded off their 2022-23 regular season with a relatively comfortable win over the Scimitars at Ice Sheffield on Sunday night to give a swing of momentum as the play-offs get underway.

Laverick’s last line of defence (J&K Davies)

While the Barons had been confirmed in fourth place in the Moralee standings the Scimitars had been handed a play-off lifeline following the docking of points at rivals the Nottingham Lions and a win offered a place off the foot of the table and an extension of play into the post season.

Jordan stokes leaves the Scims behind (J&K Davies)

Within a minute of the puckdrop, the Scimitars gave away a powerplay following a hooking call on captain, Josh Yeardley. With the extra man, Solihull and Andy Whitehouse made no mistakes and got the Barons on the scoreboard after two minutes. While there were further chances at both ends of the ice the first period closed with Solihull holding the one goal advantage.

Richard Crowe clears the lines (J&K Davies)

Whitehouse would find the net for the second time four minutes into the second period, Niklas Ottosson and Phil Mulcahy, providing support as they had for the first. By the end of the middle twenty the visitors had extended their lead to three – Phil Mulcahy himself this time finding the net while the Barons were on the penalty kill.

By the third period the Barons were easing away – Niklas Ottosson getting a fourth Solihull goal three minutes in. A brace of Sheffield goals either side of the mid-period mark gave the home side a bit of a boost but with time against them, they could only look on as the points went to the West Midlands.

The Barons now roll immediately into the play-off quarter finals against the Widnes Wild. On Saturday we have the home leg – face-off 5.30pm, before heading to Cheshire for the decider with aggregate winner heading to Altrincham for the play-off final-four on the weekend of the 8th & 9th April.

BARONS MAN OF THE MATCH, KIERAN PAPPS
Barons Man of the Match, Kieran Papps (J&K Davies)

Details

Date Time League Season
March 26, 2023 5:10 pm Division 1 2022/23

Results

Team1st2nd3rdT
Sheffield Scimitars0022
Solihull Barons1214

Sheffield Scimitars

Position G A PIM SA GA SV
 223637235

Solihull Barons

# Player Position G A PIM SA GA SV
3Marcus MaynardDefence000000
5Jordan StokesDefence004000
6Richard CroweDefence000000
7Sam ChandlerOffence000000
11Brandon AndertonOffence000000
16Andy WhitehouseOffence210000
17Richard SlaterOffence000000
24Philip MulcahyOffence130000
27Kieran PappsDefence000000
33Benjamin LeeGoalie000000
35Graham LaverickGoalie00026224
55Bailey ChallansDefence000000
59Jordan JollyOffence002000
77Andrew HaywardDefence000000
81James MoellerDefence000000
91Niklas OttossonOffence130000
93Sam ProsserOffence000000
97Max SodenDefence000000
 Total 47626224

Venue

Ice Sheffield
286 Coleridge Rd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S9 5DA, UK