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MK Thunder 1 – 7 Cardiff Dragons
Period Scores: 1 - 2, 0 - 3, 0 - 2
Penalty Mins: MK Thunder 82
Cardiff Dragons
39
Shots on Goal: On MK Thunder’s Allen
Sutton 28
On Cardiff
Dragon’s Ross Piggott 24
MK Thunder: Lee Featherstone 1+ 0,
Keiron Goody 0+1, James Roberts 0+1
Cardiff Dragons: Mike Price 2+2, Steve
Fisher 2+1, Ben Davis 2+0, David James 1+1, Dan Madge 0+2, Alex Madge 0+2,
Gareth Dixon 0+1, Rob Hill 0+1.
Man of the Match: Mk Thunder –
Paul Gore
Cardiff Dragons – Steve Fisher
Cardiff Dragons left the Thunderdome
with the two points after a comfortable 7-1 win over an under par MK Thunder. In
a game overshadowed by what turned out to be a severe knee injury to Dragon’s
player coach Chris Thomas, Thunder never really got going and although close at
times with shots on goals almost equal, there was never any real doubt about the
outcome after the first period.
Thunder were two goals down within the
opening six minutes, as Steve Fisher scored twice for the visitors, before Lee
Featherstone pulled a goal back for Thunder at 7:35 assited by Keiron Goody and
Aidan Mahmud. Although there was no more scoring in the period, there were
chances at both ends and penalties taken on both sides.
Three Cardiff goals in the second half
of the middle period killed the game off for Cardiff as they took control of the
game.
Thunder had no response and lacked
belief in themselves that they could reduce the deficit, and as frustration
began to grow Ben Williams was ejected from the game for roughing in the
fiftieth minute. Two Cardiff powerplay goals in the final period probably gave
the scoreline a very one sided look, but the game was actually closer than this
suggested. Five minutes from the end another bout of fisticuffs saw both
Thunder’s Mike Knight and Dragon’s Gareth Dixon thrown out for roughing.
Cardiff thoroughly deserved the win
whilst Thunder must rediscover that belief in themselves, re-group and move
forward.
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