Title Run In

With the title still wide open and 5 National places at stake this is the run in for the top 7 teams.
Some great matches still to be played, with the top two still to play and your very own Barbarians against 4th,5th and 6th placed challengers

	Khaos	Salford	Barbarians	York	Teeside	Chiefs	Bottesford
current pts	29	28	25	22	22	22	20
1	York	Vipers	York	Barbarians	Barbarians	Bottesford	Teeside
2	Salford	Khaos	Teeside	Khaos	Bottesford	Comets	Chiefs
3	Comets	Kingston	Kingston	Vipers	Cyclones	Barbarians	Jnr Cyclones
4	Teeside	Chiefs	Chiefs	Cyclones	Khaos	Salford	Vipers

Crazy weekend blows title wide open

Barbarians 2                          Salford 1
The Barbarians came into this crunch weekend off a barrent spell which has seen them take only 2 wins from a possible 7 and seen them slip from title contention. Salford came into the encounter after a 5-3 lose against The Chiefs earlier in the day. Salford were short benched however the Barbarians were missing 2 key players. It was imperative to get of the a good start and with only 2 minutes gone Bradley slotted home the first for the Barbarians. The game was controlled by the well organised Barbarians which looked to inflict more misery on there opponents. Chance after chance rained in on Salford netminder which somehow was keeping the score to 1-0. Salford then came back into the contest and levelled with 2 minutes to go in the period.

Second period was much of the same with plenty of chances going begging but with 8 minutes remaining Oades squeezed a shot home to make it 2-1. Pressure was released in the final 2 minutes with Salford taking a penalty and with it came the victory for the Barbarians. A fantastic result over the league leaders.

Barbarians 5                      Kingston 3
Second game of the day was against Kingston. A team which Barbarians generally struggle against. It was to be the usual case as missed opportunities and lax defending kept the contest tight until the end. It all seemed too easy for the Barbarians as the opened up a two goal lead in the first 16 minutes with goals from Oades and Wilson. However an odd bounce off the back boards lead to Kingston getting on the board rather fortuitous. At the interval it was 2-1 Barbarians.

Second period started and Kingston got an early goal to make it 2-2 , however Wilson clawed the lead back with a rather unusual goal as it went straight through Kingston netminder from way out. Kingston were level half way through the period to make it 3-3. The score line definitely wasn't reflecting the dominant performance from the Barbarians. With time running out Clapham stepped up with his trademark slap shot to send the bench wild. Bradley added an empty net goal to make it 5-3 Barbarians.

A 4 point weekend which has moved to Barbarians closer to second and kept the chasing pack behind at bay. Great team performance this weekend from everyone with a couple of key players missing.

Title hope fade for Barbarians

Barbarians 3                   Comets 5
After 3 weeks off it was game time once again down at Simply Skate Arena Rotherham.  Still with a shot of the league title the Barbarians went into he match up knowing only a win would do.

It got of to a great start with Hawke firing home a shot from high slot that crept into the net 1-0.
Barbarians defiantly looked up for it and were soon applying plenty of pressure however some great defencive work by the Comets were reducing clear cut opportunities.  Comets drew level 5 minutes later, however Hawke fired home a second shot from high slot 1 minute later 2-1 Barbarians.  With 8 minutes to go it was all level again 2-2.  The rest of the period was much of the same with long periods of pressure but no end product.

Second period saw the Barbarians come out strong and with it a goal.  With Bradley working a nice pass in the middle for Oades to tap home.  Mid way though the period with the Barbarians looking in control disaster struck with Comets getting the equaliser.  Comets went in front with 2 minutes to go and with the Barbarians pushing for an equaliser of there own Comets added an insurance goal with 58 seconds to go to complete a shock victory.

Barbarians 12                     Vipers 1
Barbarians next game was against bottom of the league Vipers.  Still smarting from the earlier encounter they hit the struggling club for 12.  Impressive display from Wilson in particular with 5 goals and 2 assist.  Myers also getting his first goal and points of the season.  Netminder Cusick also gaining an assist. 

2 points from a possible 4 wasn't enough and the Barbarians need a miracle to win there elusive first league crown.  Next challenge is to qualify for the Nationals.  Six games remaining with games against 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th and two against 8th place Kingston.  All pivotal games with ten team battling for five national places.