Telford Tigers' season ends in defeat in NIHL play-offs
Telford Tigers will not be heading to the NIHL Final Four in Coventry.
Telford Tigers saw their season draw to a disappointing end as they were condemned to a 3-1 home defeat against Hull Seahawks in their NIHL Division play-off.
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Tom Watkins’ charges had lost on penalties in Hull the previous evening, which the visitors’ consolidated on Sunday with an outright victory to progress to the Final 4 in Coventry.
Caelan McPhee opened the scoring for Tigers after nine minutes when he added the finishing touches to an attack involving David Thomson and Harry Ferguson.
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Thomson slotted McPhee through on goal and the Tigers star swept a clinical finish into the far bottom corner.
Tigers maintained their slender 1-0 lead until six minutes into the final period when Emil Svec pounced on a pass by Tommy Spraggon to equalise.
The floodgates opened from that point onwards as the Seahawks soared to victory with a trio of late goals. Bobby Chamberlain made it 2-1 with just over five minutes left after he was set-up by Johnny Corneil.
Tigers threw everybody forward in the dying stages, but Lee Bonner delivered the final blow when he scored a third for the Seahawks with just seconds to go.
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