AS warm-up games go, Friday night’s international debut in Leeds for Great Britain will surely have provided everything head coach Pete Russell wanted.
The 3-1 win over Poland in front of a 2,200 capacity crowd at Elland Road Ice Arena was certainly competitive enough against opponents they edged past in Nottingham last May on the way to both teams earning promotion to the top tier of the World Championships.
Poland made the early running, forcing former Sheffield Steelers’ netminder Jackson Whistle into a couple of smart saves, while Nathaniel Halbert and Sean Norris went close at the other end. After a goalless first period, the second period hadn’t got too far along before the deadlock was broken, defenceman Josh Batch blasting home from the top of the right circle to make it 1-0 at 24.38.
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