The team’s losing streak continued as they finished up second best in a double-header with Telford Tigers, who triumphed 6-3 at home and then 3-2 at Deeside. In the opening match-up, Telford began the scoring on four minutes, but Dragons were able to level things up with a goal from Kane Morin five minutes later. The score remained at a finely balanced 1-1 at the first period break.

Telford edged back into the lead 70 seconds into the second period and then Deeside got into penalty trouble which saw them defending a five-on-three powerplay.

Tigers scored from this on 26 minutes to double their lead but a Ross Kennedy goal on a Deeside powerplay two minutes later brought the game back to 3-2. More penalties followed for both teams and Telford scored another powerplay goal to lead 4-2 at the second interval.

The Dragons weren’t particularly outplayed and they actually outshot the Tigers by 47-to-33 over the course of the game - but Luca Tessadri was in fine form in the Telford goal and Deeside struggled to make their chances count.

They managed to narrow the deficit to just one with a Colin Cromie goal on 48 minutes but Telford hit right back just 36 seconds later to lead 5-3.

Deeside called a tactical time-out with three minutes left on the clock and withdrew netminder Curtis Warburton soon after in favour of an extra attacker.

Unfortunately, they were unable to make the extra man count and they got caught out at the back while pushing forward.

Telford made sure of the win with an empty net goal with just 10 seconds left to condemn the Dragons to their third defeat in a row.

Deeside’s home game was a special occasion to promote awareness of the Parkinson’s UK Cymru charity, who are represented on the Dragons’ themed warm-up shirts for this season.

Guests from the charity manned a display stand and a Parkinson’s UK Cymru warm-up shirt signed by all the Dragons players was raffled off.

Once again, the game was fiercely contested throughout and multiple penalties were handed out to both sides.

For the second game in a row, the Dragons out-shot the Tigers by a clear margin over the 60 minutes and peppered Tessadri’s goal with an amazing 21 shots in the first period.

The Tigers managed to weather that early onslaught, however, and somehow the score remained 0-0 at the first period break.

In fact, it took until the 35th minute for the first goal and it was Telford who broke the deadlock with an effort from former Deeside player Brodie Jesson, on a powerplay punishing a Dragons interference call.

Deeside equalised with a powerplay goal of their own from Kennedy on 39 minutes and the score remained 1-1 at the second interval.

Telford edged back in front on 43 minutes but the Dragons drew level again just 84 seconds later as Jake Witkowski fired in another powerplay strike. Telford scored what turned out to be the winning goal on 49 minutes and the last 10 minutes were especially tense as the clock ticked down, with Deeside unable to break down the stubborn Tigers defence.

The results mean that the Dragons remain mired in mid-table with 12 points from eight league games.

Defending champions Blackburn Hawks are the new Moralee Division leaders after wins over Widnes and Leeds puts them on 28 points from 11 games.

Other results: Billingham 12 Sheffield 4; Widnes 6 Solihull 4; Nottingham 2 Hull 4; Leeds 4 Solihull 2.