CHELMSFORD Cobras women's ice hockey team finished their league fixtures with a perfect winning record.
Having secured the league title with a 16-0 win at Peterborough last week, they travelled to Cardiff expecting a tough game. Having beaten Cardiff 5-4 at Riverside earlier in the season, when Cobras only took the lead with the final goal of the game, Cobras expected Cardiff to be looking to reverse the score.
Early in the game Cardiff were the first to score after a goalmouth scramble when the puck was deflected off netminder Jess Bowman's helmet into the net.
Cobras did not get demoralised and took control of the game and spent much of the period skating past Cardiff players and keeping pressure on their opponents net.
An equalising goal came and was shortly followed by a second. There was a delay in the second period when Cobras stand-in captain Tara North, fell into the boards injuring her ankle and was taken to hospital.
Cobras continued to score with Jennifer Bolton scoring four goals as the Cobras won 8-1 in a fast high speed game.
Cobras and division one south runners up, probably Cardiff, now travel to Sheffield on May 25 and 26 to play against division one north winners, Billingham and Whitley Bay, for the right to play for promotion to the premier league.