Five-star showing from Redskins

Backed by a noisy band of supporters the Redskins took charge from the start with Slovakian Peter Molnar going close early on but Saunders in the Haringey goal managed to claw the puck back off the line.

Streatham put sustained pressure on the Haringey goal over the next few minutes and it was no surprise when Molnar picked up a loose rebound and slid puck into the net to give the Redskins the lead.

With ten minutes gone the home side created their first chance when Scott Beeson forced Redskins goalie Will Sanderson to make a leg pad save and then was unlucky when the rebound bobbled past him.

Haringey stepped up the pressure and Gareth O'flaherty skated across the crease but could only shoot into Sanderson’s glove.

Soon after Stuart Appleby held the puck up in the corner for Gary Dodds to dig it out then skate to the net only for Sanderson to make another save.

Dodds got another chance after Lee Mercer set him up but once again couldn’t score. Streatham were under the cosh and when Dan Botting skated from behind his own net and played the puck straight to O’Flaherty, Sanderson was grateful that the shot went straight in to his body.

A lovely move by Streatham with the seconds ticking down saw Richard Hardy set up Liam Rasmussen whose shot from the right hand side ripped in to the net but was disallowed by the referee who judged it was after the end of period buzzer.

At the start of the second period Streatham were on the powerplay after Dave Richards was called for tripping but this was evened up after Josh Allam tripped Haringey’s Gary Dodds on the right wing.

Streatham’s hard working winger Liam Rasmussen then crashed knee first into the boards after he was cyncically tripped by Dave Richards. Richards was given a penalty but Rasmussen played no further part in the game.

Streatham had another injury scare shortly afterwards when a trailing skate caught goalie Sanderson on the neck but thankfully it was just a graze.

The game started to get fiesty when former Redskin Perry Richardson went low on Dan Botting and flipped the Streatham forward in to the air.

Shortly afterwards Redskins Richard Hardy and Haringey’s Lee Mercer went toe to toe and whilst Hardy got a couple of decent punches in , it was the bigger and stronger Mercer who got the better of the fight and the subsequent take down.

The Redskins took momentum from the fight with Molnar again creating space before passing to Chris Rasmussen whose first time shot squirmed between the Haringey goalies legs in to the net to make it 2-0 Redskins.

Haringey managed to get a goal back when a big scramble in front of the net, bobbled out to Chris Fox and he dropped his shoulder and fired high past a sprawling Sanderson.

Streatham were in no mood to let the home side back into the game and a point shot from Koral bounced kindly for the impressive Molnar who buried the puck from the slot in to the bottom right hand corner with only two minutes left to play.

The Redskins started the third period 3 – 1 up but had another injury problem when a slap shot by Nathan Webb hit Koral on the ankle.

Molnar continued to cause Haringey problems and he coasted down the wing before setting Lockwood up only for the Saunders in the Haringey goal to make a great save.

The Redskins were not to be denied and Lockwood turned provider as he passed from the left hand side on to the stick of the on rushing Hardy who scored with a slick first timer. Haringey changed their goalie with Tippett coming in for Saunders.

Lockwood tested him straight away as he went through one on one but the goalie survived the early test.

With ten minutes gone Haringey scored their second goal when Liam Doyle skated down the right wing and got a lucky bounce off Koral’s skate before poking the puck past Sanderson in to the bottom left hand corner.

With the home side in the ascendency they scored another goal straight afterwards when Stuart Appleby skated round the back of the Redskins net and managed to somehow squeeze the puck between Sanderson and his inside post from an acute angle.

With the Redskins looking nervous it looked as if Haringey would equalise but Molnar had other ideas.

The Slovakian skated hard in to the Haringey zone and his shot narrowly went over the bar, however he raced behind the goal to pick up the puck and scored a brilliant wrap around goal to give the Redskins a 5-3 lead.

Haringey pulled their goalie in the last minute but didnt trouble Sanderson again.

Streatham’s loud travelling support cheered loudly as the final buzzer went and coach Barry Spours was rightly pleased with his teams first points of the season: "We certainly deserved our two points of the season bearing in mind the work that the guys are putting in but it’s always going to be tough with such a short bench.

"The away support was amazing, I haven’t seen such passion from the supporters since my return to the Redskins but this bunch of battling players really do seem to have captured the hearts of the fans and that is so rewarding to see."