UNIKL Young Guns were late bloomers, as they only powered ahead in the second half to beat SSTMI Juniors 6-0 in
Division One of the Junior Hockey League at the Bukit Jalil Stadium yesterday.
And at the Malacca Stadium, SSTMI Thunderbolts beat Malacca High School 7-2 to set up a mouth watering duel
today.
UniKL and Thunderbolts square off today in what could be the Division One title showdown.
"We wasted many penalty corner attempts, but the boys made up with field goals in the second half, and I expect
my strikers to deliver again when we play Thunderbolts tomorrow (today)," said UniKL coach Rodhanizam Radzi.
Defending champions Thunderbolts, however, we dealt a severe blow as their penalty corner ace Najmi Farizal will
not be able to play against UniKL today as he picked up a yellow card against Malacca High School.
"Najmi scored a hat-trick against Malacca, but in his gung-ho attempt to win the match for us he picked up his
second yellow card of the tournament and will serve his suspension when we play UniKL.
"This (UniKL match) could well decide the Division One title, and even though we will be without our main penalty
corner flicker, I still have faith in my players to deliver three points," said Thunderbolts coach Wan Roslan Rahman.
The Thunderbolts goals were scored by Sufi Ismat (fourth), Nik Aiman Rozemi (12th), M. Saravanan (25th), Najmi
Farizal (38th, 61st, 67th), Najib Hassan (45th).
The Malacca scorers were Amirul Hakim (21st) and Haniff Razak (49th).
As for UniKL, their goals were scored by Mohamed Shafirrul Akmal (27th), Zizi Azwan Hassan (30th), Rahimi (45th,
55th, 64th), Hafif Elkan (67th).
RESULTS: Division One -- Malacca High Schhool 2 SSTMI Thunderbolts 7, UniKL Young Guns 6 SSTMI Juniors 0.
Division Two A: Syed Hassan 4 MSSP-USM 1, STAR 1 Nur Insafi 3.
Division Two B: KLSS Juniors 6 Larut Matang 2, MSS Pahang 13 Permatang Juniors 1, Padang Midin 4 1MAS
Perak 0.
Division Two C: SM Tunku Besar 1 BJSS Juniors 1.
TODAY: Division One -- UniKL Young Guns v SSTMI Thunderbolts (5pm, Bukit Jalil, Pitch II), Malacca High
School v SSTMI Juniors (5pm, Malacca Stadium).
Division Two A: Matri v MSSp-USM (5pm, Kuala Perlis), STAR v PHKS (5pm, Azlan Shah Stadium).
Division Two B: Felda Temerloh v Permatang Juniors (5pm, Temerloh).
Division Two C: SM Tunku Besar v BJSS (5pm, Seremban II).
DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
TH’BOLTS 4 4 0 0 26 3 12
UNIKL 3 3 0 0 13 0 9
PJCC 4 3 0 1 9 9 9
KLSS 3 1 1 1 5 5 4
ANDERSON 5 0 2 3 4 14 2
MHS 5 0 2 3 6 18 2
SSTMI JNRS 4 0 1 3 3 17 1
DIVISION TWO A
P W D L F A Pts
NUR INSAFI 6 6 0 0 21 6 18
BAKAT 5 4 0 1 13 7 12
SYED HASSAN 4 3 1 0 14 3 10
MSSPP-USM 5 2 0 3 11 11 6
MATRI PERLIS 4 1 1 2 5 6 4
1MAS PENANG 4 0 1 3 3 9 1
STAR 5 0 1 4 3 20 1
PHKS 3 0 0 3 1 9 0
DIVISION TWO B
P W D L F A Pts
OLAK-PKT 5 5 0 0 26 4 15
PAHANG JRS 6 4 2 0 23 6 14
PDG MIDIN 4 3 0 1 24 4 9
KLSS JRS 6 2 0 4 13 20 6
LARUT MATANG 5 1 2 2 13 15 5
1MAS PERAK 5 1 1 3 9 11 4
FELDA TEMERLOH 4 1 1 2 7 8 4
PERMATANG JRS 5 0 0 5 4 52 0
DIVISION TWO C
P W D L F A Pts
POLITEKNIK 4 4 0 0 23 3 12
BENTARA LUAR 4 3 0 1 17 6 9
BJSS 4 3 0 1 14 6 9
SMKTB 4 2 1 1 8 10 7
SMKDMT 4 0 1 3 3 14 1
PHDK 4 0 1 3 4 20 1
BJSS JRS 4 0 1 3 4 14 1