Ice-hockey: Streatham respond to loss with back-to-back victories

Streatham RedHawks bounced back from a disappointing defeat on home ice the weekend before with a 7-1 win over visiting Swindon Wildcats 2 on Saturday, writes Chris Beal.

Coach Ben Paynter said he was looking for a response from the team following the third-period collapse against the Slough Jets and he got exactly that.

Streatham opened the scoring early on through JJ Pitchley and then Luke Brittle assisted Aiden Doughty.

Ryan Watt scored possibly the goal of the night just after 10 minutes. He intercepted the puck in the neutral zone, skated it past the two Swindon defenders in close attention before pocketing it in the net.

It took Streatham just 15 seconds to get a fourth at the start of the second period. Goal-tender Brett Massey cleared a puck but put it straight on to the stick of a waiting Josh Ealey-Newman, who fired into an open net.

Streatham netminder Danny Milton saw his shutout broken on 22 minutes when Luca Kirk-Browne set up Oskar Sagan to make it 4-1.

The South Londoner added a fifth on 34:36 through Danny Ingoldsby.

Harvey Stead opened the scoring in the third period.

Ingoldsby made it 7-1 on 49 minutes. But he was also handed a two-minute interference penalty for impeding Massey, colliding with the netminder as he shifted his position to release the puck.

Streatham made it a six-point weekend with a 7-6 win at NIHL 1 South title rivals Chelmsford Chieftains on Sunday.

JJ Pitchley completed his hat-trick in overtime. Jordan Gregory, Watt, Ingoldsby and Doughty were also on the scoresheet.

Streatham host Romford Buccaneers on Sunday.

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