Leeds Knights v Swindon Wildcats: James Archer looking to sign off with another play-off triumph

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk— Previously a winner in Coventry play-off finals with Manchester Phoenix and Hull Pirates - neither club still with us - the veteran forward firmly believes Leeds Knights are the team who can help him achieve his career-closing ambition. Less than 12 months ago, to be in such a position did not even seem a remote possibility for the 35-year-old. No longer required at Hull Seahawks, his second permanent stint in East Yorkshire coming to an end as a result of head coach Matty Davies’s roster...

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk—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...

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk—Leeds Knights backed to learn from pain of NIHL National play-off final defeat. A shoot-out loss to former club Peterborough Phantoms in the NIHL National Play-off final at Coventry on Sunday denied Leeds Knights a second successive double triumph. But, despite the heartache, Archer insisted he and his team-mates were still able to look back on the 2023-24 campaign with pride. For Archer, it was a particularly bitter-sweet evening at the SkyDome Arena, given it was his last-ever game, the time coming for him to dedicate more time to his children and his full-time job as a...

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk—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...