Paisley Pirates go into this weekend’s away double header with confidence after another win at Braehead Arena against local rivals, and erstwhile title challengers, North Ayrshire Wild.   “It was another good performance by the boys, especially in the latter stages of the game,” said coach Ian Turley. “Not for the first time in recent games, we went into the first break behind, but we sorted a few things out during the interval and the team went out and carried the strategy we wanted to have,” he went on, “and the fans saw the difference. We’ve been able to turn …

PIRATES TRAVEL NORTH   Paisley Pirates head North this weekend as they undertake their longest journey of the year to face Moray Typhoons in another SNL fixture, and fresh from their pulsating 3-1 win over Edinburgh Capitals last Sunday which took them to third place in the SNL standings.   “It was an important win for us,” said coach Ian Turley, as he reflected on the victory against Pirates’ eastern rivals. “We lost Stuart Miller early on after he took an accidental knock and that upset our rhythm a bit, as it forced us to re-shuffle the lines a little, …

PAISLEY PIRATES   4         NORTH AYRSHIRE WILD   2     Another thriller at Braehead, another come from behind performance, and another two points for the Pirates saw them leapfrog North Ayrshire Wild into second place in the SNL.   In front of easily the biggest attendance seen at the Arena for an SNL match this season, neither team was giving an inch to the other, with the penalties flowing during the first session, with Wild’s Coubrough, for Cross Checking from Behind, and Pirates’ Orr for being Third Man In, both being ejected from the game as early as the 7th minute …

Paisley Pirates coach Ian Turley is calling on the players who produced a miraculous comeback against Dundee Comets last weekend to produce a similar performance this Sunday, when the club faces North Ayrshire Wild in another vital SNL clash at Braehead Arena (face off 6.00pm).   “The boys put in the kind of shift last Sunday which I know they’re capable of,” said a delighted coach. “Even when we went in at the first break 2-0 behind, I was still very confident as we’d played some great stuff in the first session without reward, and the message to the players …

Pirates produced a stunning comeback to overcome the Comets and keep the pressure on their rivals at the top end of the SNL table.   In spite of having most of the play in the first period, during which they outshot their opponents by 14 to 7, they were shocked after 15 minutes as Gordon fired the Comets into a lead against the run of play. It got worse for Pirates less than two minutes later, as with the visitors on the powerplay, Comets broke forward and Whitelaw netted shorthanded to give the home side a 2-0 lead at the …

SOLWAY SHARKS   5         PAISLEY PIRATES   6     Pirates squeezed past Sharks by the odd goal in eleven and, in doing so, recorded only their second away win of the league campaign in a match which ultimately proved to be a very tight affair.   Sharks got their noses in front just after the five minute mark as Henderson put his team ahead, but the visitors were level just over a minute later as Tom Johnston was on hand to fire past Hepburn to tie the scores. Their joy was short lived, however, as the home side regained the lead …