Wien crashed out of this season’s EHL after a thrashing at the hands of a rampant Rot Weiss Koln at East Grinstead hockey club today.
Having lost at the hands of Kelburne yesterday the Austrians faced an uphill battle to salvage their place in the competition, needing to beat one of the favourites. Continue reading
Waterloo Ducks secured theirs and East Grinstead’s passage to the next round with a comfortable win over Stroitel Brest.
Brest had lost 5-0 to the hosts yesterday and any hopes of an upset and subsequent qualification were extinguished by a dominant performance from the Belgians.
Two goals from Timothy Cockram in a pulsating last quarter rescued a draw for Lisnagarvey in a very entertaining match against Lille.
With Bloemendaal the other side in the group both sides were aware this match was crucial to their hopes of qualification. Lille raced into a 3-0 lead but the Irish side refused to lie down.
A heroic goalkeeping performance from Reading’s James Bailey was not enough to earn his side the win as KHC Dragons secured their place in the next round.
The game was an exciting encounter with the teams trading goals in an end-to-end match which had the crowd gripped right to the final whistle.
Kelburne bounced back from their drubbing at the hands of Rot Weiss with a hard earned, but well deserved win over AHTC Wien.
In a keenly contested game the Scottish side were well worth their win, creating the majority of the chances and working the Wien goalkeeper Lukas Graser on a number of occasions. Continue reading
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