Moralee Play-off Quarter-final

EDG Property Solihull Barons : 7
Widnes Wild : 4

(Barons go through to finals weekend 12-6 on aggregate)

The EDG Property Solihull Barons on Sunday secured their play-off finals ticket with a comfortable aggregate win over the Widnes Wild following both legs of this past weekend’s play-off quarter finals. While the ultimate scoreline gave the Barons a strong win, the Wild caused some early scares coming close to overcoming Solihull’s first leg advantage.

While the Barons headed in to Sunday’s decider with a 3 goal advantage following Saturday’s 5-2 win in Widnes, by 5 minutes into the first period the Wild had eaten into the Solihull advantage. A pair of early Kyle Carruth goals with in 30 seconds of each other to cut the Wild’s aggregate deficit to a single goal. More here

On Sunday evening, following Solihull’s blistering win over the Blackburn Hawks to conclude the Moralee regular season, the Baron’s Phil Lee was awarded the highest recognition the club can give a former player, that of seeing his shirt number, 88, retired.

Having just coached the Barons to their highest league position for nearly 20 years, Lee has cemented his status as one of the most important figures in club history. As a player his record is unrivalled, joining the Barons in 1986-87 from his native North East, he iced for the club a record breaking 17 seasons, only retiring from play at the age of 48, having amassed over 450 games as a Baron – a tally unlikely to be surpassed. He is also number three on the all time assists lists and the only homegrown d-man to sit in the top 10 of all-time Barons goal scorers.…..and we haven’t even mentioned the hip checks which sent many a fast breaking opposition forward cartwheeling and clattering down the ice!!!

We are sure all Barons supporters will join with the club in congratulating Phil on this recognition of his contribution to the club over many years.

EDG Property Solihull Barons : 5
Blackburn Hawks : 3

In front of a near 700 strong crowd, the EDG Property Solihull Barons battled their way to the runner-up spot in the 23-24 Moralee league in a thrilling game ultimately decided by three goals in the final two minutes of the tie.

For the Barons though it would be a slow start. Five minutes into the first and the Hawks were the first to find the net, a breakaway by Jacob Lutwyche putting the visitors into the lead. By nearly ten minutes Blackburn were two ahead as Lee Pollitt and Adam Barnes combined to move Graham Laverick across the crease on the powerplay and give the latter the Hawks second goal. With no further scoring the Barons head to the dressing room with work to do in the second. More here

EDG Property Solihull Barons : 9
Nottingham Lions : 1

The EDG Property Solihull Barons emerged victorious on Sunday evening in a penalty strewn match against second-bottom side the Nottingham Lions, keeping the Barons in contention for 2nd seed for the play-offs with only two games to go.

Despite an opening spell of penalty interspersed and end to end play it took until the twelfth minute for a score to go on the board, Phil Mulcahy, with a short range bundling of the puck into the Lions net. Matt Maurice added to the Solihull tally three minutes later with another close in shot on the near post off of support from Max Soden The Barons Brandon Anderton added a third within the minute, the number 11 steering in a Filip Byfält feed. More here