MK Thunder (9) vs  (1) Vectis Tigers 

Period Scores: 4 - 0, 3 - 0, 2 - 1 

Penalty Mins:    MK Thunder 14

                        Vectis Tigers 24                       

Shots on Goal:  On MK Thunder’s           Mark Woolf – 8

                                                            Kim Taylor – 4 

                        On Vectis Tiger’s           Michael Treadwell – 32

                                                            Aaron Taylor – 21          

MK Thunder: Tom Roles 2+2, Aidan Mahmud 2+0, Dan Chaplen 1+3, David Coffey 1+2, Sam Fairhurst 1+1, Pavol Hudak 1+0, James Roberts 1+0, Ivan Turan 0+2, Lewis Clifford 0+1, Kim Taylor 0+1.

Vectis Tigers: Graham MacFarlane 1+0, Kevin Tanner 0+1, Michael Palin 0+1.

MK Man of the Match – Aidan Mahmud

Vectis Tigers Man of the Match – Michael Palin

Vectis Tigers must have been dreading their first ever visit to the Thunderdome. Having been soundly beaten by Thunder in their inaugural game on home ice back in September, the visitors knew what to expect on the much bigger ice surface in Milton Keynes.

Pavol Hudak, Thunder’s recently signed second import, didn’t take long to have an impact on the game, scoring his first Thunder goal on a powerplay in the fifth minute. Unfortunately for Hudak and Thunder, the Slovak collided with the boards later in the game and left the ice with a fractured shoulder. David Coffey made it 2-0 a minute later and Sam Fairhurst kept the momentum going with an unassisted goal in the seventh minute. The visitors had no answer to Thunder’s superior play and spent most of the opening period restricted to defence in their own zone with netminder Treadwell facing 24 shots in the period to Woolf’s 4 at the other end. James Roberts made it 4-0 by mid period and but for some fine saves from Treadwell, Thunder could have had many more.

The second period followed a similar pattern with Thunder scoring another three goals, Tom Roles, and two from man of the match Aidan Mahmud. Both Vectis Tigers and Thunder changed netminders mid period, with Kim Taylor replacing Mark Woolf in Thunder’s goal and Aaron Taylor replacing Treadwell for the visitors.

At 7-0 up, Thunder eased off in the last period but still took the score to 9-0 by the forty eighth minute with goals from Tom Roles and Dan Chaplen. Tigers managed a consolation powerplay goal mid-period through Graham MacFarlane, but in the end were totally out classed in this game.