Lions ready to roar (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

Lions ready to roar

1:11pm Thursday 3rd August 2006

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THE Lee Valley Lions have successfully kept a number of their key players for the upcoming season.

The Lions secured the services of Richard Hodge, Billy Whitney and James Hatful, netminders Stefan Nubert, George Alley as well as new recruit Glen Jackson.

Jackson's signing completes the Lions aim of acquiring a third netminder to bolster the current squad.

The stopper played for Streatham Redskins last season and achieved a save average of 90.84 per cent.

He will however have to dislodge Imperial College student and 6ft 2ins colossus Nubert, who faced a daunting 852 shots during the course of the Lions comeback campaign last year.

And the Welshman is certainly looking forward to this year's challenge. He said: "I really want to play every minute. I can't wait for the season to start."

Also returning tis 18-year-old Alley, a stalwart of the Under-19s Lions.

Coach Sergey Smolenko observed the final trials on Monday and is now in the process of selecting the remaining players to make the team, whose competitive season begins in September at the Lee Valley Ice Centre.

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