It was another big 4-3 home win on Saturday night against the Sheffield Steeldogs, but on Sunday the Swindon Wildcats fell to a last minute 4-3 loss to the Hull Seahawks.


It was debut delight for new signing Vanya Antonov who scored a brilliant goal on Saturday night to get his first as a Wildcat


Jake Bricknell also carried on his great goalscoring form as he got a hat-trick on Saturday night and added another two goals on the Sunday bringing his tally to 33 on the season.


Saturday match report: Wildcats Vs Steeldogs


It would be the away side who got the opening goal with a lovely tip in from Tate Shudra at 3:55. However the Wildcats responded with Bricknell skating in on the left and firing it low past Dan Crowe timed at 11:37. Then a buzzer beater as Bricknell picked up the loose puck behind the goal and wrapped it around in the net with 0.1 seconds left of the period. 


Walker Sommer then broke away one on one for the Steeldogs but Renny Marr made a huge save! From that save the puck then bounced to Tyler Plews who played a perfect pass to Antonov who calmly tucked the puck away through the legs of Crowe at 26:26. The Steeldogs responded well though with a brilliant team goal, tic tac, toe passing ended with a snipe from Elmeri Halfors to make it a one goal game again. 


As the game got a bit tense and nervous, up stepped Bricknell who parked himself in front of the net and tipped it past Crowe and in the back of the net to get his hat-trick and the Cats two goal lead back. But the Steeldogs came back again, Sommer this time managing to squeeze the puck past Marr timed at 53:28. The Dogs pulled the goalie for the extra skater but the Wildcats defended strong and secured the victory and the two points. 


End of the game: Wildcats 4-3 Steeldogs 


Sunday game report: Seahawks Vs Wildcats


The Wildcats opened the scoring with a weird goal from Bricknell who’s shot bounced off the back glass and went off the back of Zimozdra and into the net at 4:54. However the Seahawks responded with a blast from Josh Hodgkinson at 7:02. But Bricknell retook the lead for the Cats with a lazer shot which went of the post and in the net at 9:26. 


Antonov then made a great play over to Ryan Wells who fired the perfect shot into the net to give the Cats a two goal lead at 26:39. But just over a minute later the home side responded with a lovely goal from Owen Sobchak who flicked it past Marr. 


The Cats short of players were on the back foot and the Seahawks put on a lot of pressure and eventually it paid off with Corneil backhanding the puck past Marr in the slot at 56:02. It was the late heartbreak for the Wildcats with Emil Svec scrapping the puck at the back post over the line to hand the two point to the Seahawks.


End of the game: Seahawks 4-3 Wildcats


It’s a huge game next Saturday as the Wildcats face the Leeds Knights who are one place above them in the table