Cyclones Title Defence Off To A Winning Start

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 2:02 pm by James Glover

28 goals for and only 2 against this weekend gives the Cyclones Pee-Wee and Bantam teams top spot in the NIIHA standing after game week one as both teams start the defence of their league titles.Some new faces in the Cyclones lineup and some of last seasons top players no longer with us, however the script was still the same as last season as the 09/10 Northern Cyclones swept aside the Stars/Chiefs Under 12 & East Coast Blaze Under 14 teams to start the defence of the league titles the team won last season.

Under12: Northern Cyclones 14 – Armagh Stars/Bangor Chiefs 0

Captain Stephen Eccles tallied 6 goals and 3 assists, and 5 goals from Nathan Dorrian stamped their mark on the Under 12 age group again as the two finished one and two in the league scoring last season. Matthew Groves added 2 goals and an assist, Karl Ewen netted his first ever competitive goals and Matthew McRoberts and Ben Murdoch also chipped in with 2 assists each.

Christopher Boyd recorded his first shutout of the season turning away the handful of scoring chances that came his way.

Under14: Northern Cyclones 14 – East Coast Blaze 2

Dispite East Coast Blaze netting twice in the first period through Constantine and Ryan White the Cyclones shrugged off their opposition and took maximum points from this weekend.

4 goals from Nathan Dorrian and hat tricks from Stephen Eccles (3+4) and Martyn Bothwell (3+4) knocked the stuffing from East Coast Blaze as the Cyclones Under14 players outshot and outplayed their opponents. Darren Gordon netted his first competitive goal and Ben Murdoch and Matthew Mc Roberts grabbed their first points playing up in the Under14 age group each notching one goal.