FOUR first period goals sent the Basingstoke Bison to defeat at the Peterborough Phantoms 6-3 on Sunday night.

The home side opened the scoring in the third minute as Joe Miller netted and then James Ferrara doubled the Phantoms lead.

Man-of-the-match Miller grabbed his second of the game to make it 3-0 and then the all Brit line of Miller, Shaun Yardley and James Spurr struck again as Spurr gave them a four goal advantage.

The Bison then opened their account before the first buzzer thanks to Ondrej Lauko.

The second session, saw Ferrara make it 5-1 at 25:49, but the Herd then gave themselves a chance as Nicky Chinn and Steve Moria both netted to reduce the lead to two.

The final period saw just one goal as Yardley wrapped up Peterborough’s 6-3 victory.

See Thursday's Gazette for a match reaction and a preview of this week's local derby clash with Bracknell.