Leeds Knights 2 looking to boost play-off hopes in triple-header weekend
AS the 2025-26 NIHL North One regular season nears a conclusion, the final sprint begins towards the play-offs.
With just two spots left, Leeds Knights 2 are staring down the barrel of a three-game weekend - starting with a visit to Telford Tigers tonight.
Going into the weekend - which sees them host Hull Jets on Saturday before a Sunday trip to Solihull Barons - the Knights currently sit seven points behind Nottingham and with both sides still to face bottom club Sheffield, head coach Davey Lawrence knows that this weekend is crucial to their hopes of reaching the post-season.
A pointless weekend would mean that they are relying on Sheffield to pull off an upset against Nottingham next week.
“We'll need to collect a minimum of four points from this weekend I think to keep us in that race,” said Lawrence. “Any less than that, it doesn't mathematically see us out, but it makes it very difficult.”
If they can get the four points,it will set up a grandstand finish on the final weekend against Nottingham.
“Nottingham have got Blackburn this weekend, so I would like to think that Blackburn would do a job there,” added Lawrence.
“The weekend after that they've got Sheffield so you would think that they would win that game and then on that final weekend we've got Nottingham in Nottingham.
“So for all intents and purposes if we could pick up four points this weekend and then both teams beat Sheffield, we need to squeak another point against Telford that following weekend and then it all goes into that last game in Nottingham and it leaves it all to play for.
“That would be the ideal scenario. I mean if we can get it done before then that would be better obviously but we've just got to look at collecting four points from this weekend and then see where we sit after that.”