It's not all right for the Knights

London Knights completed a dreadful weekend when their biggest crowd of the ice hockey season saw them lose 3-1 against a depleted Sheffield Steelers side at the London Arena.

Yesterday's defeat, which left London 17 points behind league leaders Steelers, followed the previous evening's fiasco when the second leg of their Benson & Hedges Cup semi-final against Newcastle Jesters was cancelled because the ice was unplayable. The game is likely to be played tomorrow night in Nottingham.

In front of 5,702 spectators - including former world boxing champion Lloyd Honeyghan - Knights struggled to find a way past Sheffield netminder Mike Torchia before Brendan Yarema cancelled out Jeff Sebastian's powerplay opener early in the second period.

Warren Norris restored Sheffield's lead after skilful play by coach Mike Blaisdell and Jason Weaver added the third.