Leeds knights articles
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Leeds Knights v Swindon Wildcats: Defending play-off champions Knights ready to step up the intensity again
The Wiltshire team, where Aldridge worked behind the bench from 2009-2015, lost out 4-3 in overtime to Manchester Phoenix in the semi-finals. This weekend will see Aldridge return to the Skydome Arena, but it will only be a year on from the last time he was there, steering his Leeds Knights team to a nail-biting 5-4 win in the final against Raiders IHC, a triumph which sealed a memorable league and play-off double for his players. The Knights are targeting a repeat double this weekend having...
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Leeds Knights well-equipped to handle 'great expectations' says Kieran Brown
The Knights come up against Swindon Wildcats in the first play-off semi-final at Coventry’s Skydome Arena today (1.30pm), the winner going through to Sunday’s final against either Telford Tigers or Peterborough Phantoms. For the Knights, there is the weight of expectation, given they head to the West Midlands as reigning play-off champions and the regular season league champions. But dealing with ‘great expectations’ is something the Knights have done well all season - for a second year running...
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Leeds Knights suffer penalty shoot-out agony to end aspirations of another NIHL National double
The Knights were looking to retain the play-off crown they won last year as well as add to the league title they won for a second successive time back in April. But they were denied in the cruelest of fashions when Luke Ferrara scored the decisive goal in the shoot-out to send the Phantoms bench delirious along with their fans behind the net where the winning strike took place. It remains another stellar campaign by the Knights, though, having already retained their regular season crown in such...