WE LOST our only game last weekend against Streatham, writes Doug Sheppard.
We dominated possession but they went in with a two-goal lead at the end of the second period. We pulled a goal back in the third and the Hive was really buzzing.
We created chances but they also came close on a few occasions to increasing their lead.
We want to be playing our best hockey of the season now, coming up to the play-off period. That’s when it’s win or go home time, so we need to find a way to win.
We want to be playing in Coventry next month.
Our final league games are against Peterborough (last night), Basingstoke away and at home this weekend, Swindon away, and finally London Raiders, at home. These are all going to be exciting games for the fans.
With the return of players from injury or suspension, we hope to be able to ice our strongest team.
We also look forward to the return from Siberia of Vanya Antonov, who has been representing GB in the Universities World Championships. It will be good to see him back on the ice in Bracknell, putting the memory of a
heavy defeat to Canada in the opening game behind him.
Back-to-back local derby games at this point in the season will have ice hockey fans swarming to the Hive on Sunday. See you all there.
- Bees go into the double header on the back of a collapse against Peterborough on Wednesday night.
Sheppard’s charges fell behind early on before racing into a 4-1 lead through an Aidan Doughty brace as well as strikes from Zack Milton and Tyler VanKleef.
However, title-chasing Phantoms stormed back to win 5-4 in overtime.
Bracknell sit fourth with four regular season matches to play. They go to Basingstoke on Saturday (6.30pm) before hosting them on Sunday (6pm).
