Paisley Pirates weathered the storm in opposition to North Ayrshire Wild to maintain their title hopes afloat.
The Paisley membership raced right into a 3-1 lead within the center session due to strikes from Marty Simpson, Conor Duncan and Olly King.
Whereas Wild fought again to only a aim behind, the Pirates ensured they bounced again from their disappointing slim defeat to title rivals Aberdeen Lynx the final trip.
Subsequent up for Ian Turley’s males is one other residence conflict at Braehead Enviornment, this time in opposition to Dundee Comets on Sunday who've shot up the SNL desk due to a powerful 8-3 victory in opposition to league leaders Aberdeen on the weekend.
Participant-coach Adam Walker believes his aspect have what it takes to carry down the Comets of their residence rink.
Walker informed Categorical Sport: “It’s all the time good to rebound from a defeat.
“We had been removed from our greatest. I really feel like we by no means actually obtained out of third gear.
“However we confirmed nice character to carry on to the win and it retains us within the race for the title.
“We’re nonetheless counting on another person to do us a favour down the road, but when we maintain posting outcomes we give ourselves an opportunity.
“We nonetheless have one other two video games in opposition to the Comets, together with this weekend coming at Braehead.
“Aberdeen nonetheless need to go to Belfast as properly, so we’re nonetheless proper within the combine.”
The top-of-season format was just lately introduced by the SNL, with the play-off title and a brand new Aurora Cup set to be contested in Dundee on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, Could 1.
Whereas the Pirates are nonetheless aiming for league success, Walker believes the membership have to maintain progressing over the subsequent two months forward of the play-off finals.
Walker stated: “For me the play-offs are a very powerful competitors.
“They’re the final video games of the season and so they’re the primary factor to win.
“We’re specializing in bettering day-after-day and hopefully we may give an awesome account of ourselves within the league and the play-offs on the finish of the season.
“We’ve obtained eight weeks to organize and hopefully we are able to get some gamers again from harm, as a result of we’re nonetheless lacking a variety of huge gamers for us.”