Shetland Dragons Skate Hockey

Match Report Saturday 27th April 2002

The last Saturday games of the season were played at Sandwick with a head to head for the 2 Junior teams and a three team round robin for the Pee Wee's.

Andy Harper opened the scoring for Whites picking up a slack pass out of Black's defensive zone and calmly placing the ball low into the left corner. Jared Deeney hit back midway through the first half taking a pass from the left wing and shooting past Christopher Storey's attempted block. Less than a minute later Magnus Laurenson put Whites ahead again after another poor clearance by Guy Smith from the Black D. Shortly before half time Magnus extended the lead with a fast breakout from his own defensive zone.

At 3 -1 the second half could have become a rout. Christopher Storey was anchoring Whites defence and Andy and Magnus always looked dangerous. With less than two minutes to play Jared Deeney got his second goal of the game from a fast passing move up the right wing and in the dying seconds Ben Deeney scored the equalizer off a centring pass from deep right. final score 3 - 3.

The Pee Wee round robin tournament opened with Magnus Johnson dominating for the Blue team, two well taken goals, one in each half, gave Blue an easy 2- 0 win over the Red team.

Red came out for revenge in their next game and both James Nicolson and Marcus Nicolson had chances saved in the first half. Whites struggled to organise their own attacking force and relied on good defensive work from Danny Mullay and John McDiarmid to keep the Red's out. James Nicolson wrapped things up in the second half when he caught Red's defence with a quick breakout and shot from the right. Red 1 - 0 White.

After the previous results the final game should have been an easy victory for the Blue's however Joe O'Connor could not get his shots on target and hit the post twice in the opening half. Eventually White got their game together and Kieran Smith scored early in the second half after a move from the left wing which involved most of the White team. Final score White 1 - 0 Blue.

This left each team with one win and one loss so Blue's won on goal difference.

Next season will start in early September, you can keep up with the club through its web site at www.shetlanddragons.co.uk

Final points tables are:

Junior Players

GP

G

A

Pts

PPGA

Magnus Laurenson233920592.57
Ruairidh Mackenzie18299382.11
Ben Davis14305352.50
Antony Okill14116171.21
Jared Deeney55271.40
Emily Garrick131340.31
Ben Deeney52020.40
Robert Hannah61120.33
Christopher Storey170220.12

PeeWee Players

GP

G

A

Pts

PPGA

Andy Harper21129211.00
Kieran Smith23109190.83
Joe O'Connor20134170.85
Magnus Johnson206390.45
James Nicolson216390.43
Alec Watt151340.27
Amy Harper133030.23
John McDiarmid91230.33
Marcus Nicolson80220.25
Stuart Sineath41010.25
Daniel O'Connor41010.25
Donovan Yianni61010.17
Danny Mullay70110.14
John McNeill111010.09

GP=games Played, G=Goals, A=Assists, Pts=Points, PPGA=Points per game average)