Barbarians End of Season Team Awards

 

Bambi to handy – most improved :- David Lloyd

 

Captain hook – most penalties :- Phil Sanderson

 

Conan the Barbarian – Players player :- James Oades

 

Panzy – Least pen minutes :- Chris Cuzick and James Myers

 

Sammy soft hands – most assists Nick Clapham

 

Teaches pet – Coaches player :- Ben Bradley

 

Ze cannon – Top goal scorer :- Nick Clapham and Ben Bradley

Coote Scoops Top Netminder Award

Barbarians Netminder and Coach Eddie Coote collected the leagues Best netminder award at the end of season presentation.  The title he has held for the past 2 seasons and for the Barbarians the past 3 seasons with Barry Weetman collecting it in the 11-12 season.

Third Place for Barbarians

Still with the possibility of lifting the league title Barbarians needed one final push to keep there hopes alive.  Anything was possible as results around the league had been all over the place since the start of the season.  Barbarians suffering shock defeats at the hands of Norton Cyclones and Cleakheaton Comets.

Barbarians 2                     Kingston 0

An early morning encounter against Kingston saw the Barbarians struggle to a 2-0 victory with goals from 2 dman Hawke and Oades.  With plenty of possession and flair the team couldn't brake down a resolute Kingston team that put bodies on the line to keep the gap tight. 

Kingston also had plenty of shots which resulted in a 32 shot shut out for netminder Coote. 

So it was 2 points on the board which closed the gap to 2 with other teams playing later in the day.  It also guaranteed National Championship hockey for the fourth season in a row.

Barbarians 4                  Chiefs 4

After tasting the first defeat against The Chiefs earlier in the season for the first time in the clubs history the Barbarians went on the pad determined not to let this happen again.  Barbarians looked more composed from the off and were rewarded half way through the period with a goal coming from Hawke.  It was 2-0 with a few minutes left in the period, goal coming from Wilson.  The Barbarians looked comfortable.  However with 1.20 remaining The Chiefs made it 2-1 and changes the game completely.  Half time 2-1

The period was only a minute and half old when The Chiefs equalised.  Then 5 minutes later it was 3-2.  The lead lasted all of 3 minutes when Oades made it 3-3.  The duo of Clapham and Wilson combined to make it 4-3.  With 8 minutes remain the Barbarians needed to hold out for any change of the title.  With the end in sight and an empty net too The Chiefs netted an equaliser with only 22 second remaining giving the Barbarians no chance to respond. Final score 4-4.

This left the Barbarians on 31 points.  Salford lost both games leaving them on 32, Khaos scored a late equaliser against Teeside to gain the extra point needed on 33 to be crowned champions.

Final Game Weekend May 18

May 18

• Barbarians vs Kingston Panthers (ne) 9:00am Senior B
• Norton Cyclones vs Cleckheaton Comets (ne) 9:50am Senior B
• Salford Stars (ne) vs Kingston Panthers (ne) 10:40am Senior B
• The Chiefs vs Barbarians 11:30am Senior B
• Killamarsh Khaos vs Cleckheaton Comets (ne) 12:20pm Senior B
• Norton Cyclones vs Teeside Smoke (ne) 1:10pm Senior B
• The Chiefs vs Salford Stars (ne) 2:00pm Senior B
• Norton Junior Cyclones vs Bottesford (ne) 2:50pm Senior B
• York University (ne) vs Vipers 3:40pm Senior B
• Teeside Smoke (ne) vs Killamarsh Khaos 4:30pm Senior B
• Norton Junior Cyclones vs York University (ne) 5:20pm Senior B
• Vipers vs Bottesford (ne) 6:10pm Senior B

Nationals Secured

With 4 games left in the season it was all to play for, with the Barbarians still in with a faint chance of league glory.  Only 4 points from the weekend would do, this would also secure a Nationals place for the coveted event.  It was to be 3 points from 4 which secured National qualification however the title dream is over for another season barring a big swing in the final set of fixtures this coming weekend.

Barbarians 2                York Uni 2

After an ill tempered first meeting between the teams in November it was round two.  The early morning match up looked to be a close affair with teams having plenty of shot and power play opportunities.  It was York that took the lead with a well worked powerplay goal which came from high slot.  It however only took 3 minutes for the reply as the duo of Wilson and Clapham combined to level the score.  Since Wilson arriving back from work commitments the duo have definitely clicked and have been deadly in front of goal.  The period ended much of the same with chances going begging at both ends.

At 4 on 4 the Barbarians were stronger and looked to close out the game however penalties kept hampering their progression and ultimately cost them a second goal to give 4th place York a 2-1 league and leave them only a point behind.  The game went on and as it did the Barbarians were becoming more and more desperate and hungry to get an equaliser.  With 53 seconds remaining Bradley slotted home the equaliser from a tight angle, after the puck had been worked well into the slot from Wilson and Oades on a 4-2 powerplay.

Final result 2-2 and the gap remained 3 points.

Barbarians 7            Smoke 1

Second game of the day was against 5th in the table teeside who have made some astute signings since the last encounter.  However they turned up with only 4 men and it showed from the off.  Barbarians never really got going and could be critical that they only scored 7 but 2 points were needed and that's what they got with Coote only conceding 1. 

First period saw goals from Wilson, LLoyd and Clapham to make it 3-0 at the interval.  4 were added in the second 3 from Wilson and one from Bradley.  Assist went to Clapham who bagged 3, Wilson, Chambers and Captain Ancliff. 

Final Score 7-1.

With York been held 5-5 by Khaos and Smoke winning their second game the gap between Barbarians and the chasing 5th and 6th place teams is at 4 points with only 4 points available each and the fact that the Barbarians have a better head to head against both opponents guarantees National qualification.