Raiders were frustrated to be taken to overtime by the League leaders Leeds Knights as a 4-3 lead looked like it may be enough with under 5 minutes to play.
A stunning Adam Laishram wrap around had the crowd in raptures and seemed to be a deserving game winning goal. A late roughing minor on Blaho Novak changed the game however and Leeds equalised on the powerplay to send the game into overtime.
Suffering a soft tripping call on new man Jesper Eriksson which extended into overtime, Leeds were going to be on the front foot and so it proved.
More images from the game can be found on the Raiders facebook page.
A slow start by the Raiders cost them the 2 goal first period, but from then on were clearly the better more motivated team and just couldn’t get the deserved win.
That performance will give a great deal of energy for the Hull Seahawks on Sunday and it looks like that game may well be a classic Romford encounter.
