The final of the FHL UK Shield competition was between two heavyweights in our FHL UK history. Last seasons FHL UK Shield winner “No Woman, No Krejci” managed by Lee Hodgkinson went up against our FHL UK League Winner for the last two seasons, Jon Newbould and his team “Yuill Ruddy Bast Ehrhardt”.
So was “Yuill Ruddy Bast Ehrhardt” going to complete an historic double this season or was “No Woman, No Krejci” going to retain their trophy?
It was victory for “Yuill Ruddy Bast Ehrhardt” by 76.4 points after strong weeks by both teams. Lets check who made the difference for the winning team.
It you take the totals of each teams forward lines then it was extremely close with 250 points playing 246. The win was secured with the performance of the goalies and defenceman with “Yuill Ruddy Bast Ehrhardt” outscoring their opponents by 72.4 points. “No Woman, No Krejci” struggled in goal with Jackson Whistle’s ice time being significantly reduced since the arrival of Tyler Beskorowany. He only picked up 0.3 points in the week with Paavo Holsa ,also now sharing time with Miklos Rajna, geting 14 points. In comparison “Yuill Ruddy Bast Ehrhardt” had the reliable Matt Greenfield who got 15 points, but their scouting team had identified Brython Preece who has been playing for Dundee at just 4.0m. He got 26.7 points for the week.
In defence “Yuill Ruddy Bast Ehrhardt” picked up 45 points more than “No Woman, No Krejci” and this was all down to Nathanael Halbert who had a goal and three assists over the gameweek. The rest of the defence group was the same across both teams.
Congratulations to Jon Newbould and his team “Yuill Ruddy Bast Ehrhardt”. The FHL UK team will be in touch to send all the prizes.
