Double Delight for Barbarians, 4 point Sunday.

Sunday the 13th October saw the return of the BIPHA North East League.

BARBARIANS 10    JUNIOR CYCLONES 0

First game of the new season saw a dominate display against a very young and in experienced Cyclones team that looked well out of their depth at senior level. 

From the off the Barbarians were in their stride putting the Cyclones under immense pressure from when the puck dropped.  It was only a matter of time before they broke the deadlock.  With 4 minutes played the goal came from Sanderson having been well worked into the middle by Lloyd. 

It took another 8 minutes to muster another goal with a great one time finish from Girling with a feed from Wilson.  Three more goals would arrive before the period was out with goals from Lloyd, Bradley and Clapham.  Half time score 5-0.

The second period was much of the same.  With long sustained periods of puck possession.  The line of Sanderson, Lloyd, Hawke and Chambers certainly standing out with some great plays.  Goals arrived from Oades early on then Sanderson and Wilson. Goal of the day went to the Sanderson line, with a fluent move from behind their own net finished by Hawke which made it 9-0.  Wilson finished of the scoring in a one sided encounter.  final score 10-0. 

BARBARIANS 5            CYCLONES 3

After a dominate first game the Barbarians looked to build on its early momentum from the first game however that didn't prove to be the case.  Within the first minute Wilson took a rather dubious penalty.  This didn't harm the run of play as the Barbarians were happy to play the puck around without too much pressure it even lead to the first goal scored short handed by Oades who received a pass from Walker.

It wasn't long however until the tie was all square.  Cyclones saw a glimpse of hope and started to press and were rewarded with a goal mid way through the first period.  This was short lived as Lloyd netted the equaliser moments later.  Barbarians would take a 3-2 lead into the break with Clapham scoring. 

Barbarians ill discipline again saw them play plenty of the period with only 3 men on the rink.  Giving the momentum back to the Cylcones and it wasn't long till the score was 3-3.  Having killed penalty after penalty the Barbarians looked to kill the game off and with 10 minutes to play Bradley fired home the game winning goal.  Hawke netted a late slap shot to settle the nerve as the Barbarians skated off with a 5-3 victory. 

Managers thoughts on tomorrow's match ups

  "its been a long summer but everyone on the team is looking forward to the new season. Its going to be another very competitive season which is why we need to make a good start in the first 2 games this weekend"

Barbarians look for double glory over Norton

Barbarians face off against both Norton Cyclones team tomorrow. 

With the return of the new season brings new players and new challengers. So the barbarians will be heading into the ties interested in who other people have signed during the summer months.  

Having said that the Barbarians are looking forward to a fast start to the league season and put the points on the board early.  As last season saw them stutter to two early defeats.  

Barbarians captain Dan Ancliff said 

We have a good full team going into this season which should help us out in those tough games, 

I've got a good feeling going into this season! If we can stay injury free I think we can have a good go at the league.

Puck drops at 9am tomorrow.

Ex GB International Wilson Signs for 13/14 Season

Barbarians have managed to secure the signing of former GB international and Norton Cyclones forward Tom Wilson.

After a number of years away due to work commitments Tom has finally decided to make a come back.  Having trained with the team and knowing a few ex Norton players on the roster, he felt he could add something to an already strong Barbarians which have reached the semi final of the nationals in two of the last three seasons.

He will be away for a big part of the season again due to work commitments however will lace up this weekend to make his Barbarians debut. 

Speaking last night after training.  Tom said that he was looking forward to the new challenge but is disappointed that he will miss a few games. 

Coach Ed Coote has been looking to sign long time friend Tom for a number of years and was over the the moon when he agreed.  Eddie said, Tom has a vast amount of experience at the top level, he may have been away but since his return you can see he still has the magic. 

Signing News "Cuzwall" puts pen to paper

Barbarians have today captured netminder Chris "Cuzwall" Cusick.  After training with the team and been part of last seasons GBHI Barbarians setup he has agreed to sign on the dotted line to play at BIPHA this season.

The former Chiefs netminder has show great character and poise between the pipes and will be looking to give current netminder Eddie Coote some stiff competition for the No.1 spot this season.

Another great signing and we hope this becomes a formidable duo in the season ahead.

Barbarians Sign Up

Barbarians summer training camp has seen familiar faces return from injury and holidays, refreshed and ready to go.  All but one has signed on the dotted line to return for the up coming BIPHA central season.  Noticeable absent is netminder Barry Weetman who is still out injured.  The team still has a few spots available for next season but are looking to bolster the squad in the next couple of days.

The season starts with 2 games against Norton and Norton juniors a week on Sunday.