Leeds Knights maintained their lead at the top of the Planet Ice NIHL National Division standings, on a weekend where three of the top four enjoyed perfect weekends. 

The Knights remain eight points clear, after Saturday’s 5-2 victory at Solway Sharks was followed up by a high-scoring 9-7 win at home to Swindon Wildcats.

Second-placed MK Lightning kept place with the table-toppers, having kicked off the latest weekend’s action with a 4-1 win away at fellow top-four hopefuls Peterborough Phantoms on Friday night.

Lightning backed that up with a 3-0 victory at home to Telford Tigers the following day to go 2/2 over the weekend.

Below them, the Wildcats endured a difficult weekend, losing a shoot-out at home to Bees IHC on Saturday before their loss at the Knights the following day.

Hull Seahawks scored 17 goals over the weekend, meanwhile, as they swept aside Raiders IHC 10-4 on Saturday before overcoming the Phantoms 7-1 on Sunday.

In the weekend’s other notable results, Bees IHC boosted their play-off hopes with back-to-back wins over Swindon and Bristol Pitbulls – the former a 6-5 shoot-out victory – while Raiders IHC kept hold of seventh place in the standings thanks to a 7-3 win at home to Solway Sharks on Sunday.

Full results for the weekend can be found below. Thanks to our friends at NIHL Stats, you can also check out the latest results from the WNIHL and junior leagues.

NIHL National Division –

Fri 1st Mar Peterborough Phantoms 1-4 Milton Keynes Lightning L
Sat 2nd Mar Bristol Pitbulls 5-4 (OT) Sheffield Steeldogs L
Sat 2nd Mar Hull Seahawks 10-4 Raiders IHC L
Sat 2nd Mar Milton Keynes Lightning 3-0 Telford Tigers L
Sat 2nd Mar Solway Sharks 2-5 Leeds Knights L
Sat 2nd Mar Swindon Wildcats 5-6 (SO) Bees IHC L
Sun 3rd Mar Bees IHC 4-3 Bristol Pitbulls L
Sun 3rd Mar Leeds Knights 9-7 Swindon Wildcats L
Sun 3rd Mar Peterborough Phantoms 1-7 Hull Seahawks L
Sun 3rd Mar Raiders IHC 7-3 Solway Sharks L
Sun 3rd Mar Telford Tigers 10-4 Sheffield Steeldogs L

NIHL North 1 (Moralee) –

Sat 2nd Mar Blackburn Hawks 10-3 Widnes Wild L
Sun 3rd Mar Billingham Stars 4-7 Deeside Dragons L
Sun 3rd Mar Nottingham Lions 2-3 Hull Jets L
Sun 3rd Mar Whitley Warriors 6-2 Solihull Barons L
Sun 3rd Mar Widnes Wild 3-7 Blackburn Hawks L

NIHL South 1 (Britton) –

Sat 2nd Mar Romford Buccaneers 3-6 Streatham Redhawks L
Sat 2nd Mar Slough Jets 4-3 (OT) Chelmsford Chieftains BC
Sun 3rd Mar Chelmsford Chieftains 12-1 Milton Keynes Thunder L
Sun 3rd Mar Streatham Redhawks 10-1 Oxford City Stars BC

NIHL North 2 (Laidler) –

Sat 2nd Mar Coventry NIHL Blaze 7-1 Bradford Bulldogs L
Sat 2nd MarTelford Tigers NIHL 2 6-2 Sutton Sting L
Sun 3rd Mar Altrincham Aces 1-2 (OT) Kingston Sharks L
Sun 3rd Mar Bradford Bulldogs 2-3 Billingham Buccaneers L
Sun 3rd Mar Coventry NIHL Blaze 2-3 Telford Tigers NIHL 2 L

NIHL South 2 (Wilkinson) –

Sat 2nd Mar Haringey Huskies 5-2 Oxford Rising Stars L
Sat 2nd Mar Invicta Mustangs 2-4 Guildford Phoenix L
Sat 2nd Mar Solent Junior Devils 7-1 Streatham Black Hawks L
Sun 3rd Mar Cardiff Fire 2-3 Haringey Huskies L
Sun 3rd Mar Lee Valley Lions 2-6 Bristol Pitbulls NIHL 2 L
Sun 3rd Mar Oxford Rising Stars 5-4 Invicta Mustangs L
Sun 3rd Mar Solent Junior Devils 7-1 Chelmsford Warriors L

Photo credit: Jacob Lowe

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