Fire-Power Rocks Raiders In Sensational Home Victory

Cardiff Fire players. Pic: James Assinder.

Fire-Power Rocks Raiders In Sensational Home Victory

Cardiff Fire officially opened the newly named Viola Arena in Cardiff Bay with a sensational 6-5 victory against Romford Raiders.

Former Devils player Mark Smith was in charge for the first time following the departure of player-coach Chris Douglas and the Fire players did him proud.

Essex visitors Raiders powered into a 3-0 lead soon after the halfway mark and Devils were trailing 3-1 going into the third.

Captain Alan Armour and his Fire players levelled the score at 3-3 before Romford regained control at 5-3.

Cardiff Fire. Pic: James Assinder.

But Smith’s team have heart, aggression, power, intensity and a spirit which carries them through adversity. There were fights, goals – and a home victory.

Earlier this season Fire ripped into Bracknell Hornets, scoring four goals in the last eight minutes 13 seconds and won 10-9 thanks to a sudden death overtime winner by Tamas Elias.

Cardiff netted three times in three minutes 29 seconds near the end of the third period to win by the odd goal in 11.

Jordan Powell scored after 51-36 and Jackson Price netted on 53-57 to make it 5-5.

Cardiff Fire. Pic: James Assinder.

It was Welshman Powell, a 26-year-old from Barry, who fired the winning goal at 55-05 and clinched victory in their final match of 2018.

The next home match for Cardiff Fire is against Chelmsford on Sunday, January 6, while they entertain Guildford on Saturday, January 26 and Oxford visit the Viola Arena the following evening.

Match stats: 

Scorers, Fire: Jordan Powell 3+1, Joe Morris 1+0, Stephen Deacon 1+0, Jackson Price 1+0, Alan Armour 0+4, Elliott Murdoch 0+1, Tamas Elias 0+1, Ross Wilkinson 0+1, Sam Bryant 0+1, Josh Haslam 0+1, Ellis Sheppard 0+1.

Raiders: Tommy Huggent 2+1, Matt Brown 1+0, Kamil Kinkor 1+0, Ewan Hill 1+2, Brandon Webster 0+1.

Period scores (Fire first): 0-1; 1-2 (1-3); 5-2 (6-5).

Shots on goal: Fire (on Bradley Windebank) 55, Raiders (on Lewis Davies) 42

Penalties in minutes: Fire 12+8+12=32, Raiders 10+4+8=22.

English Ice Hockey Association

NIHL South 2 (Wilkinson) 2018-19

P W OW OL L PIM F A Pts
1black_nochange.png Chelmsford Chieftains 13 11 0 1 1 368 102 26 23
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2black_nochange.png Slough Jets 12 9 1 0 2 205 94 39 20
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3black_nochange.png Solent Devils 12 10 0 0 2 287 81 32 20
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4black_nochange.png Oxford City Stars 11 9 0 0 2 161 83 28 18
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5green_up.png Raiders Junior S2 12 7 1 0 4 393 69 47 16
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6red_down.png Bristol Pitbulls 13 5 1 2 5 198 55 55 14
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7black_nochange.png Bracknell Hornets 10 6 0 1 3 317 70 42 13
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8black_nochange.png Guildford 11 6 0 1 4 226 42 31 13
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9black_nochange.png Peterborough Phantoms 12 3 3 0 6 201 59 52 12
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10black_nochange.png Cardiff Fire 11 5 1 0 5 417 50 59 12
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11black_nochange.png Haringey Huskies 11 3 0 1 7 479 47 61 7
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12black_nochange.png Invicta 12 2 0 1 9 240 33 69 5
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13black_nochange.png Basingstoke Buffalo 6 2 0 0 4 124 19 41 4
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14black_nochange.png Swindon Wildcats 2 12 0 0 0 12 206 17 103 0
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15black_nochange.png Lee Valley Lions 12 0 0 0 12 205 21 157 0
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