TC Cars Solihull Barons : 4
Telford Tigers : 9

The TC Cars Solihull Barons showed spells of flair in Saturday’s tie against the Telford Tigers but could not match the Shropshire side over the full 60.

The Barons were first to put the puck into the net after four minutes as they made the most of a powerplay and the man advantage to tic tac the puck between Niklas Ottosson and Luke Brittle before leaving the finishing touch to Luke Brittle to give Solihull an early lead. The Tigers pegged things back within a couple of minutes as they made the most of their own powerplay, the skating maple tree that is Doug Clarkson getting the mark in his goals column. Solihull were quickly back in the lead as Niklas Ottosson tapped in an easy shot on the back post beyond a prostrate and otherwise committed Denis Bell in the Tigers net. The Barons lead held until the final few minutes of the period before Clarkson and joseph Hazeldine added late period goals to give the visitors the scoring advantage heading to the dressing room.

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