LEEDS KNIGHTS sent out an early sign that they will not relinquish their status as NIHL National league champions easily when they posted the perfect opening weekend return.
“I didn’t think we were at our best tonight,” said Aldridge. “I thought we were tired and made some tired mistakes and our power play looked tired, but we logged a lot of ice time and some of the guys have probably never had as much ice time in a game in their whole careers.
DOUBLE DELIGHT: Matt Barron impressed with two goals for Leeds Knights in the 5-0 home win against Bristol Pitbulls. Picture: Leeds Knights/Steve CunninghamMatt Barron opened the scoring at 6.33 on the power play which is how it stayed until early in the second when captainComing into the third, Bristol would have fancied their chances of a comeback, only for Lewis Baldwin to fire through traffic at 41.27 to leave them with a bigger mountain to climb.
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