Phantoms dropped just the one point in their back to back match-ups with the Bracknell Bees at the weekend, extending their unbeaten streak to five games.

Saturday night’s home fixture saw Phantoms race into a decisive three goal first period lead thanks to goals from Joe Miller, James Spurr and Maris Ziedins. That lead was extended to five by the second break as man of the match James Knight and Brent Gough added to the scoring and James Ferrara’s early marker in the final period made it six different goalscorers as Tim Peacock’s side eased away to a 6-1 victory.

Sunday’s game at the Hive proved a different proposition for Phantoms as the home side jumped out of the blocks much sharper and deservedly took the first period courtesy of a Bicknell goal on 3:38. With Phantoms struggling against a more tenacious Bees side, desperate to secure points in their battle to make the play-offs, goals from Kaminskas and Pinc took Bees well clear in the second period but a late powerplay marker from man of the match Joe Miller at least gave Phantoms some hope going into the final twenty.

Brent Gough delivered exactly what Phantoms needed with a goal just 22 seconds into the final period after which Bees were forced onto the back foot as they tried to defend against a resurgent Phantoms side. It was hot-shot Joe Miller that eventually broke through on 50:35 and the same player completed his hat-trick on 57:04 to seemingly secure the points for Phantoms but late penalty trouble cost Phantoms dear as Greg Randall scrambled home during a 5on3 powerplay with just 32 seconds left on the game. The same two man advantage carried over into overtime and Kaminskas scrambled home to secure the extra point on 61:47.

Next weekend sees Phantoms face-off against two of the league’s big guns with Guildford Flames visiting Bretton for a 7pm face-off on Saturday before travelling to Manchester Phoenix on Sunday evening.