In an exciting open game of hockey, Altrincham opened the scoring early on with an individual strike from defenceman Jason Hewitt, his first goal of the season. The second goal was scored by Steve Saunders assisted by GB Ladies team member Natalie Arthur.
Natalie who has just returned from Hungary with the GB Ladies went on to score an unassisted goal.
Blackburn came back with goals from Chris Keely, Ryan Harrison and Ricci Hulme to level the score at 3-3.
Altrincham went ahead again with an unassisted goal from Craig Booth in his first game on returning from injury, and a break away goal from Ashley O'Leary who was assisted by netminder Rich Ashton.
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