Chips are down for Tom and Telford Tigers

Two goals from Vladimir Luka were not enough for Telford Tigers to bring back any points from Swindon Wildcats.

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Vladimir Luka

The hosts were 5-2 winners in Wiltshire on an evening where the chips were down for head coach Tom Watkins and his Tigers visitors.

Watkins scoffed that the post-match grub was the only highlight of the trip for his side as Telford’s away struggles in the NIHL National Division continued with a battering.

“I think the only positive I can take from the day is that the post-game fish and chips were as good as ever,” Watkins said.

“Our power play never got a sniff of a goal despite five or six chances and we had a 5-on-3 power play where we barely got a puck to the net.

“After the first period we were second best in every department.”

Telford led early on through the only goal of the first period but a haphazard defensive display in the second period saw the visitors 3-1 down and unable to recover.