BILLINGHAM EAGLES V GRIMSBY BUFFALOES
ENHL NORTH
11th November 2000
Saturday 11th November saw the Eagles welcoming the players and officials of the Grimsby Buffaloes, Eagles were without injured Tom Brown who is expected to return for tomorrow's Sunderland game and Scott Ward and Liam Thompson. Early signs were that things were to be a little one sided when Grimsby turned up at the Billingham Forum with 10 players including 2 goalies !
Break from the normal match report format as there is not much to say about a 22: 0 shutout
The Eagles net minder Rickie Hall was in the unique position that if he kept a clean slate tonight he would find himself at the top of the ENHL goalie stats league table having already racked up 60 minutes with a previous shut out he needed to gain the 120 minutes that would qualify him for inclusion into the op netminders stats league.
With the Eagles going three goals ahead in the first three minutes early indicators were proved to be accurate. Tonight's game proved to be one way traffic. Please don't take this the wrong way winning is never boring, but winning without opposition does become tedious. Here are the stats for tonight's game.
|
PLAYER
|
GOALS | ASSISTS |
|
TOM GRIFFITHS
|
-
|
4
|
|
PAUL WINDRIDGE
|
2
|
2
|
|
RITCHIE THORNTON
|
2
|
1
|
|
GARY DOWD
|
4
|
2
|
|
MARTIN LEWIS
|
3
|
6
|
|
STEPHEN WALLACE
|
-
|
2
|
|
DALE TAYLOR
|
2
|
-
|
|
GRAEME HARRISON
|
-
|
1
|
|
SIMON HEHIR
|
4
|
4
|
|
ANDY FLETCHER
|
4
|
1
|
|
RICKY HALL (n/m)
|
-
|
1
|
|
SHAUN BUCKLEY
|
-
|
1
|
|
BRIAN PERRY
|
1
|
5
|
|
ANDRE MALO
|
-
|
5
|
Whilst we are talking stats here are some interesting facts to entertain regarding tonight's game ( thanks to Statto for these ).
The fifth goal for the Eagles scored by Paul Windridge when he received a pass from Andy Fletcher to lift over the shoulder of Buffaloes Net minder James Fitzgerald was Paul's 200th league point scored in a Billingham shirt.
The twentieth goal for the Eagles scored by Andrew Fletcher after he was released by an inch perfect pass from Andre Malo provided Andre Malo with his 550 league point in a Billingham shirt.
The twenty first goal for the Eagles scored by Simon Hehir not only gave Simon his hatrick goal for the night but also gave him his 100th league point in a Billingham shirt.
The assist generated by Brian Perry on goal No 22 for the Eagles gave Brian his 150th league point in a Billingham shirt.
Cause for concern were the knee injury to Stephen Wallace and a stomach/ groin injury to Paul Windridge !
Congrats to Ricky Hall on his second shut out of the season
Man of the match awards went to Simon Hehir for the Eagles and Grimsby netminder James Fitzgerald.
PERIOD SCORES
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | FINAL | |
| BILLINGHAM | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| GRIMSBY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PENALTIES
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | TOTAL | |
| BILLINGHAM | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| GRIMSBY | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 |
SHOTS ON GOAL
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | TOTAL | |
| HALL (Bham) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| FITZGERALD (Gri) | 18 | 19 | 15 | 52 |
| BACON (Gri) | - | - | 7 | 7 |