Bison win Christmas cracker
12:09am Sunday 13th December 2009

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A CHRISTMAS cracker of a local derby saw the Basingstoke Bison beat their near neighbours Bracknell Bees 8-5 in a titanic battle on Saturday night.

The contest started well for the home side as Mindy Kieras opened their account on the powerplay, only for Bees man-of-the-match Jaroslav Cesky to score a straight hat-trick to put his side in the driving seat.

After the break, Bison man-of-the-match Steve Moria and then Chris Wiggins with a superb strike levelled the match.

From there the home side dominated as they swept to a 6-3 lead, thanks to Ollie Bronnimann, Joe Ciccarello and Wiggins second of the night.

Andrius Kaminskas kept for the visitors in the hunt with a goal just before the interval and Nicky Watt set up an grandstand with the Bees’ fifth six minutes after the re-start.

However, the Bison made sure of their victory as Bronnimann and Moria both grabbed their second goals of the night.

See Monday’s Gazette for a full report.



Click for here for tonights MOM, Coach Moria's reaction to tonights convincing victory against the Bees

Click for here for Tom Longs view on tonights great win against the Bees

Click for here for netminder Davey Lawrence's reaction to tonights victory against the Bees

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