Koryos Cup : Ice Wolves (white) beat Warriors (black)
On Saturday 13th April 2024, our Warriors’ black team travelled to Bradford Ice Arena to play their first game in the Koryos Cup against the Ice Wolves’ white team.
What is the Koryos Cup?
The Koryos Cup is a round-robin tournament being contested between Leeds Warriors and Bradford Ice Wolves’ development teams.
Both teams have been divided into two, to form a four team tournament.
Leeds have a Grey and a Black team, whilst Bradford have a Blue and a White team.
All games will be played at 10:30pm on Saturday nights at Bradford Ice Arena.
View the upcoming fixtures here.
Warriors Black team roster:
Rory Butcher - NM
Andis Jansons
Dean Cadman
Ash Davies
Craig Baker
Fran Humphries
Lisa Speed
Heather McCarten
Ivans Lebedjoks
Kieran High
Matt Dudley
Matty Meadows
Simon Bainbridge
1st period
With only four minutes having elapsed in the first period, the hosts opened the scoring. But the Warriors dug in and the remainder of the period was a tight affair with both teams engaged in a stalemate. The period ended with only one goal between the teams.
Ice Wolves White 1 Warriors Black 0
2nd period
The second period was another hard fought battle with not much between the teams. Unfortunately for the Warriors, despite bravely keeping the Ice Wolves at bay for the majority of the period, the hosts netted twice in the final two minutes of play. This was a major blow for the visitors as they went into the final period 3-0 down.
Ice Wolves White 3 Warriors Black 0
3rd period
With a three goal deficit going into the final period, the Warriors needed a strong finish to the game. None of the players heads went down and they continued to battle.
The Ice Wolves bagged another two quick goals in the 49th minute to effectively kill the game. But, the Warriors responded quickly - in the 50th minute Captain Matt Dudley got the team on the scoresheet to reduce the deficit slightly at 5-1.
With only ten minutes of the game to play, the Warriors seemed to tire and gave up chances to the Ice Wolves who scored three more goals during that period.
Final score:
Ice Wolves White 8 Warriors Black 1
Points scorers:
Matthew Dudley 1+0
Heather McCarten
Warriors’ player of the game
Craig Baker
Captain’s player of the game
The Player of the Game for the Warriors, as selected by the Ice Wolves, went to Heather McCarten who had a great game - and the Warriors’ helmet went to Craig Baker. Well played guys.
Thanks to the Ice Wolves for hosting this game and the series as a whole. Here’s to another few weeks of competitive development hockey!
The next game for one of our two Koryos Cup teams is between Warriors Black and Ice Wolves Blue.
Game details below:
