It was a home game away from home for the Blackburn Buccaneers this weekend as they welcomed Riverside Raiders to Deeside Leisure Centre whilst Blackburn undergoes refurbishment. Continue reading “Buccs Edge Shootout Thriller”
Category: News
Buccs Reign in the Mavericks
On 19th May, the Buccaneers crossed the Pennines to take on the Sheffield Mavericks in only the third ever meeting between the two clubs. Both games last season were close affairs and both teams were looking forward to renewing rivalries.
Three For the Price of One
We’ve been a bit behind with our match reports lately so here is one update that covers our last three games!
Buccs Fall to Defeat in Summer Classic Return
Sunday 3rd March saw the Buccaneers return to Ice Hockey Summer Classic action against rink-mates Wyre Seagulls. The Seagulls won both the league and play-offs last year and the Buccs knew they’d have to work extremely hard to come away with anything. The game saw a Buccs debut for Jonny Nuttall and a return to competitive action for Adam McArdle in his first game for 3 years.
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67 Gets Raised to the Rafters
The Blackburn Buccaneers are extremely proud to announce the first jersey retirement in our 11 year history. Following the announcement of his intention to return to his native Canada, Darren Shaw’s number 67 jersey will be retired by the club.
Buccaneers go 0-3 in Deeside
On Sunday 17th February, the Buccaneers made their third trip of the season to Deeside to take on the Flintshire Phantoms. After two tough games in November and December, the Buccs knew what to expect but were hoping for a more positive performance. Continue reading “Buccaneers go 0-3 in Deeside”
New Year – Same Ugly Faces
Firstly, happy new year to all of our players, families, friends and opponents up and down the country.
We closed out 2018 by welcoming the Riverside Raiders to Blackburn for a challenge scrimmage. The game was keenly contested by two teams who showed no sign of Christmas over-indulgence. The score at the end of 3 running clock periods was Buccaneers 5-6 Raiders. MVP for the Buccs was Hudson Nuttall who bagged his second MVP in as many games and for the Raiders it was Mike Teinert who capped a battling performance with a lovely tip-in goal. Thanks to Riverside for loaning us a netminder for the game whilst our own Glen Rattray spends some time in his native South Africa. Continue reading “New Year – Same Ugly Faces”
Phantoms Extend Winning Streak
Sunday 25th November saw the Buccaneers make the familiar trip down to Deeside to take on old friends and rivals, the Flintshire Phantoms looking to break what is becoming a bit of a curse in Deeside having not come away with a win for the last 6 games.
There were Buccaneers debuts for Sam Calderbank and Hudson Nuttall.
The game started brightly for Flintshire after Liebelt put them ahead after just 28 seconds but the Buccaneers fought straight back through Tom Laurie – his first goal for the club, Longworth getting the assist. Flintshire regained the lead on the 10 minute mark with a goal from George Perrett and the lead was doubled just 3 minutes later by Chalmers.
Higson Takes Buccs Reigns
The Blackburn Buccaneers are pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Higson as Head Coach for the 2018/19 season. Continue reading “Higson Takes Buccs Reigns”
Spoils Shared in 12 Goal Thriller
Sunday 17th June saw the Buccaneers make the short trip over to Widnes for the return game against the Halton Huskies. Earlier in the year, the Buccs had enjoyed an 8-4 win at Blackburn but this would prove to be a much tougher test. Continue reading “Spoils Shared in 12 Goal Thriller”