Fire Prepare To Repel Raiders In Final 2018 Fixture

Cardiff Fire return to ice hockey action this Saturday when Romford Raiders are visitors to the Viola Arena in Cardiff Bay (6.30pm).

Captain Alan Armour and his Fire team won a bruising, physical battle 7-3 against Swindon Wildcats in their last fixture despite having Swedish defenceman Viktor Langseth thrown out on a match penalty for slashing.

Wildcats had goalie Tyler Perrer dismissed for misconduct after being awarded a 2+2 penalty for roughing, while Fire had five players in the penalty box at one stage.

Stephen Dixon (2), Tamas Elias (2), Joe Morris, Ellis Sheppard and Jordan Powell scored for Fire in their National League South win against Wildcats, who then played Romford last weekend.

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Raiders won 5-3 with Tommy Huggett (2), Brandon Webster, Clint Walton and Ewan Hill scoring.

Fire have made their presence felt in the National Ice Hockey League this season, winning three successive matches at one stage and playing with an aggressive and physical edge.

Visitors Romford Raiders include two young female players in their team. 

Abbie Sylvester, whose brother Jake plays for Division One Raiders, and Ellie Wakeling are both Great Britain junior internationals.

Sylvester also plays for Bracknell Queen Bees in the women’s Elite League and Chelmsford Cobras in the Premier League.

Wakeling, aged 16, has played 12 fixtures this season, three each for the London Raiders NIHL team, Raiders under-18s, Bracknell Queen Bees and Chelmsford Cobras. 

NIHL South fixtures:

December

Saturday 1: Solent Devils v Oxford City Stars, Lee Valley lions v Bristol Pitbulls, Bracknell Hornets v Slough Jets, Peterborough Phantoms v Invicta, Cardiff Fire v Romford Raiders.

Sunday 2: Guildford v Solent Devils, Romford Raiders v Basingstoke Buffalo, Swindon Wildcats v Chelmsford Chieftains.

Saturday 8: Solent Devils v Haringey Huskies, Invicta v Bracknell Hornets, Slough Jets v Guildford.

Sunday 9: Basingstoke Buffalo v Oxford City Stars, Guildford v Bristol Pitbulls, Swindon Wildcats v Peterborough Phantoms

English Ice Hockey Association

NIHL South 2 (Wilkinson Conference) 2018/19

			P	W	OW	OL	L	PIM	F	A	Pts
1		Chelmsford Chieftains	12	10	0	1	1	360	94	26	21
2		Oxford City Stars	10	9	0	0	1	153	81	24	18
3		Slough Jets	11	8	1	0	2	191	90	36	18
4		Solent Devils	10	8	0	0	2	265	73	29	16
5		Raiders Junior S2	10	6	1	0	3	347	54	38	14
6		Bracknell Hornets	9	6	0	1	2	271	67	38	13
7		Guildford	10	6	0	1	3	208	41	27	13
8		Bristol Pitbulls	12	4	1	2	5	192	43	51	12
9		Peterborough Phantoms	11	2	3	0	6	169	53	50	10
10		Cardiff Fire	10	4	1	0	5	385	44	54	10
11		Haringey Huskies	11	3	0	1	7	479	47	61	7
12		Invicta	11	2	0	1	8	226	31	63	5
13		Basingstoke Buffalo	5	2	0	0	3	104	16	31	4
14		Swindon Wildcats 2	11	0	0	0	11	196	17	95	0
15		Lee Valley Lions	11	0	0	0	11	183	17	145	0