Kingston Hawks 10 Lancashire Hawks 1 ; Lancashire Hawks 5 Fife Flyers 6

OH BROTHER! John Haig emerged as Hawks' tormentor-in-chief last night - and did he lap it up.

The former Hawks star, constantly taunted on his return with last season's champions, had the last laugh with the winning goal.

Cries of "reject, reject" took on something of a hollow ring as Haig triumphed over both his former employers and his brother, Bobby.

It was harsh on the Lancashire side who twice held a two-goal lead only to fail when it mattered - particularly rough on Canadian import Jeff Daniels and netminder Barry Hollyhead.

Daniels' hat-trick and Hollyhead's outstanding shot stopping should have provided happier headlines - but never discount Haig.

Daniels got Hawks off to a dream start on 54 seconds and within a couple of minutes the lead was increased only for the Flyers to respond with two in two minutes themselves.

It was that sort of all-action incident packed occasion - there was plenty of off-the-puck friction too. An all-in scrap marked the end of period one and Haig was a second period target for some fisticuffs from Mika Pynnonen.

Hawks went into the final period with a slender 5-4 lead , but when it looked like they might hold on the visitors bagged an equaliser five minutes from the whistle from Steven King and a winner from Haig seconds later.

Period scores: 3-3, 2-1, 0-2.

Scoresheet: Jeff Daniels 3+0, Adrian Lomonaco 1+3, Alan Hough 0+1, Mika Pynnonen 1+0, Jim Pennycook 0+1, Lee Cowmeadow 0+2.

On Saturday Hawks were swamped at Kingston - and the 10-1 scoreline would have read even worse had it not been for the brilliance of Hollyhead. Shots rained in on the former Telford star, but he won little support from his colleagues on a night Hawks will want to quickly forget.

Period scores: 4-0, 2-1, 4-0.

Scoresheet: Adrian Lomonaco 1+0, Jeff Daniels 0+1.

Kingston were presented with the Autumn Trophy afterwards, having maintained a 100 per cent record while Fife took the runners-up spot after their win at the Arena last night.

Hawks manager Mike Cockayne said: "No excuses for Saturday - we were dreadful, but there was a marked improvement against Fife who are a good all-round side.

"We thought we had done enough to have taken something from the game, but there were encouraging signs. The imports are starting to show what they can do and we are still optimistic that when the season proper gets underway next weekend, we can give a good account of ourselves."

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