Direct Taxis Solihull Barons : 2
Billingham Stars : 6
Despite a spirited performance through the second and third periods, the damage had been done in the first twenty and the Direct Taxis Solihull Barons came away pointless against a crisp and clinical Billingham Stars on Sunday evening.
After an opening spell of end to end play, the Stars opened the scoring on seven minutes as an end zone clearance by Chris Sykes found Michael Elder in acres of space in the neutral zone who skated into the Barons end and slotted home for the opener. The visitors then doubled the lead after 11 minutes as Stuart Jackson drifted home a soft shot under Sam Hewitt’s pads off a face-off. More here