Saturday 18th August 2012 – Pre-Season FriendlyFylde Flyers 4 – Sheffield Senators 4
Period Scores: 1-2, 2-1, 1-1Flyers Scoring:
Dan Etherington 2+0, Danny Jones 1+1, Stewart Marriot 1+0, Joe Charlton 0+1, Chris Butcher 0+1, Kurtis Hall, 0+1Shots On Goal: Sam Heyes faced 58 shots (4 goals)
Flyers MVP: Dan Etherington
Fylde Flyers ice hockey team played out an entertaining 4-4 draw with fellow Division 2 North side Sheffield Senators in this pre-season friendly encounter.
The teams met 4 times in the league last season, with Senators winning 3 out of 4, including both visit to the Sub Zero Ice Arena in Cleveleys so this performance was definitely an encourgaing start to the new season.
Flyers showed off their new playing shirts - white with an orange stripe for the home shirts and a very stylish black with a similar hoop for the away shirts (in competitive ice hockey, the home team is usually wears the lighter colour...) and paraded their new signings.
New defenceman Dan Etherington has joined the flyers from Division 1 North side Trafford Metros and marked his Fylde debut with 2 goals and the Most Valuable Player award. John Boswell had a rough introduction to ice hockey, having moved from roller hockey, and missed most of the game following a facial injury that required hospital treatment while Blackpool Seagulls recreational players Danny Jones and Joe Charlton made impressive "full contact" debuts scoring 1+1 and 0+1 respectively.
The English National Ice Hockey League Division 2 North season face off in earnest on Saturday 1st September when Fylde Flyers entertain newly relegated Nottingham Lions at the Sub Zero arena - 5pm face off.
For ice hockey nostalgists, Deeside Dragons will be visiting in the league season , having changed back to their original name from last season's "Flintshire Freeze" while the team that everybody always loved to hate - the Solihull Barons - are also playing Division 2, having been relegated from Division One last season.
Another new name for the season sees last year's whipping boys Lancashire Raptors rebranded at the Blackburn Eagles.
To find out more about the Fylde Flyers, check out their website at: www.fyldeflyers.co.uk
Photo: Danny Jones makes his Flyers debut (photo by Lisa Jones)
