Dragons made it two wins in a row as they squeezed past Division One North visitors Nottingham Lions 4-3.

As it was Remembrance Sunday, there were commemorations before the game and the Dragons players wore special themed playing shirts. These were raffled off after the game with a donation from the profits going to the Royal British Legion.

The game saw a call-up to the senior Dragons for promising youngster Lucas Betts, who has impressed while playing for the second team in the Laidler Division, and there was another opportunity to play “up” for Lewis Edward and Oli Howells.

Nottingham actually took a surprise lead just 12 seconds from the face-off but Deeside eventually drew level with a Colin Cromie goal on nine minutes.

Matty Barlow fired the Dragons in front on 13 minutes and it remained 2-1 at the first period break.

Ross Kennedy edged Deeside further ahead on 22 minutes and, after a goal-less phase that saw a few niggly penalties handed out to both sides, Nottingham pulled a goal back to leave the score standing at a rather close 3-2 at the second interval.

Theo Malone restored daylight between the two teams with a goal on 42 minutes but the Lions refused to roll over and once again hit back to narrow the deficit to a single goal with a short-handed strike on 47 minutes.

As the clock ticked down, the tension racked up and the latter stages were punctuated with a number of penalties, including a crowd-pleasing fight that saw Noah Percival and a Lion both sent to the sin bin.

The results across the league see the Dragons in seventh place in the Moralee Division table with 18 points from 10 league games.

Other results: Blackburn 12 Leeds 3; Hull 2 Billingham 5; Widnes 10 Sheffield 2; Billingham 5 Solihull 2; Sheffield 3 Widnes 0.

Deeside Dragons Seconds have had another frustrating spell.

A 4-0 home defeat at the hands of Coventry Blaze was swiftly followed by a 7-2 reverse at league leaders Sutton Sting.

The first game was a lot closer then the final scoreline suggests and Deeside weren’t outplayed by any means. They gave as good as they got but were left lacking in front of goal, while Coventry took full advantage of their chances.

The Dragons had an early five-on-three powerplay opportunity but were unable to make it count and Coventry eventually took the lead on a powerplay of their own on 14 minutes.

It still stood at a close 1-0 at the first period break, but the Dragons were their own worst enemies when it came to picking up unnecessary penalties and they conceded another powerplay goal on 30 minutes.

A third Coventry goal followed with just 39 seconds left in the period.

Dragons continued to push forward, but they were unable to get past the stubborn Blaze defence and Coventry scored their fourth and final goal of the evening – yet another powerplay strike - on 56 minutes.

Charlie Spridgeon was named MVP for the Dragons, while Ben Roscoe was voted hardest worker by his fellow players.

At Sutton Sting, Deeside rushed to a two-goal lead via Spridgeon and James Parsons, before the hosts got into their stride, hitting back with seven unanswered goals to take the win. Netminder Mike Rogers was named MVP for the Dragons and Mark Norman was voted hardest worker.