Guildford Flames 30/12/93

Lee Valley Lions -v- Guildford Flames (A)
30/12/93 (Win 9-8)

Lee Valley Lions Guildford Flames
01
04
06
09
10
11
12
17
19
20
21
22
27
28
52
Kevin Maguire (G)
Paul Marshall
Robin Andrew (C)
Gary Dodds
Steve James
Fred Perlini (I)
Michael Michael
Glen Moorhouse
Neil Stower
Rob McCaig (I)
Darcy Cahill (I)
Paul Williams
Paul Grech (I)
John Matassa (G)
Jon Beckett
06
07
08
09
10
15
16
18
19
20
22
26
30
77
Bill Rawles
Gary Cloonan (A)
Chris Wilson
Mike Urquhart
Ryan Campbell (I,A)
Andrew Sparks
Paul Thompson (I)
Robert Friesen (I)
Darrin Zinger (I,C)
Danny O’Hanlon
Steve Condren
Mike Shead (G)
Mike Kellond (G)
Barrie Aisbitt

 

Goals

Penalties

Lions
Flames
Lions
Flames
Period 1:
1
4
14
4
Period 2:
1
1
4
2
Period 3:
7
3
8
8
MATCH TOTALS:
9
8
26
14

 

Lee Valley Lions

Guildford Flames

Highest Scorer in Match:
Darcy Cahill (2+5)
Paul Thompson (3+3)
Man of the Match Winner:
Darcy Cahill
Paul Thompson

Additional Comments:

I remember this game as being one of the most exciting and nail-biting I’ve ever seen! It was extra nice to see the Lions fighting back against the odds and nailing the match in spectacular style. We had even had a goal disallowed for no good reason at 05:33, which may have put the team off a bit but it was definitely forgotten by the 3rd period, during which we scored an incredible 7 goals.

It was Darcy and Fred’s day, with Darcy scoring 2+5 and Fred scoring 5+1, but nonetheless a great team effort all round. There were quite a number of penalties which indicates it wasn’t the most sporting of matches – various penalties for Roughing, Boarding and Spearing! Rob McCaig came off the worst, receiving 2-mins for Cross Checking, 2+10 for Spearing and 2-mins for High Sticks.

The final period held the most tension and excitement. Lions went into it 2-5 down and it looked highly unlikely that we could pull back into the game. We pulled 2 goals back to trail only 4-5 when the Flames scored once more, thanks to Ryan Campbell. We then scored at 46:05 and 48:41, taking us level. Flames pulled ahead again, courtesy of an unassisted goal by Paul Thompson at 51:05. Lions followed this up with a goal from Fred, then an unassisted goal from Steve James at 53:25.

Lions were now in the lead, but not for long because it seemed Guildford had an answer to everything and scored once more at 55:36 (Paul Thompson’s hat-trick), bringing the scoreline to 8-8. The tension was really mounting by this point, in the final few minutes of what ended up being a tightly-fought game. Then, with only 10 seconds left on the clock Fred saved the day (assisted by Darcy Cahill and Jon Beckett) with the winning goal of the match. (The flames called a Time-Out after the goal was scored, at 59:50, but nothing came of it, luckily for us!) To say us fans were ecstatic is a major understatement!

Referee was Plaistow, Linesmen were Dadswell and Ross.