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  Ranchi Rays crowned HHL-3 champs, Lancers finish 5th
22 Feb 2015 BHUBANESWAR
 

Ranchi Rays emerged the champions in the third edition of the Hero Hockey India League, beating Jaypee Punjab Warriors 5-4, via penalty shoot-out at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi today.

Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Lancers finished fifth, starting and ending their campaign on winning note. Led by new captain Vickram Kanth, Lancers won three matches, lost six and drew one to garner a total of 21 points. They scored 17 goals and conceded 26 in their 10 matches.

Lancers got off to a flying start, hammering Ranchi Rays 6-3 in the league opener here on January 22. But they came a cropper thereafter, suffering six defeats in a row. However, win over Dabang Mumbai and Delhi Waveriders in the last two matches helped them finish just above bottom-placed Dabang Mumbai.

Drag-flick specialist Gurjinder Singh was their top scorer with five goals to his name. He, however, was suspended for two matches for physically assaulting a player of Jaypee Punjab Warriors in their return match here at Kalinga Stadium Hockey Complex on February 1.
 

The third edition of HIL was inaugurated here by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The opening match was preceded by an hour-long entertainment programme, featuring laser show and fireworks. Bollywood actress Perizaad Zorabian unwrapped the show and welcome the guests and spectators.

TOURNAMENT AWARDS (Total prize pool: Rs 5.25 crores):
Champion team: Rs 2.50 crores (Ranchi Rays)
Runner-up 2015: Rs 1.25 crores (Jaypee Punjab Warriors)
Third place: Rs 75 lakhs (Delhi Waveriders)
Most valuable player of the tournament: Rs 25 lakhs (Ashley Jackson)
Upcoming player of the tournament: Rs 20 lakhs (Harmanpreet Singh)
Motivator of the tournament: Rs 20 lakhs (PR Sreejesh)
Maximum goals of the tournament: Rs 10 lakhs (Jaypee Punjab Warriors)

RESULTS:
January 22 (Match No 1): Kalinga Lancers (Lucas Vila 3rd, Ryan Archibald 17th, Vickram Kanth 18th, Gurjinder Singh 37th, Mandeep Antil 58th, Amir Mohd Khan 60th) beat Ranchi Rays (Barry Middleton 14th, Ashley Jackson 36th, Ashley Jackson 50th) 6-3. Man of the Match: Vickram Kanth

January 23 (Match No 2): Delhi Waveriders (Steven Edwards 24th, Talwinder Singh 49th) drew with Uttar Pradesh Wizards (Jeroen Hertzberger 17th, Ramandeep Singh 56th) 2-2. MoM: Ramandeep Singh

January 23 (Match No 3): Dabang Mumbai (Harmanpreet Singh 7th, Chinglensana Singh 50th, 60th) drew with Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Jamie Dywer 32nd, Sandeep Singh 56th, 69th) 3-3. MoM: Harmanpreet Singh

January 24 (Match No 4): Ranchi Rays (Barry Middleton 40th, 44th) beat Dabang Mumbai (Tom Boon 39th) 2-1. MoM: Manpreet Singh (Ranchi Rays)

January 25 (Match No 5): Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Jamie Dwyer 27th, 28th; Sandeep Singh 37th, Dharamvir Singh 50th) beat Kalinga Lancers (Lalit Upadhyay 8th, Gurjinder Singh 52nd) 4-2. MoM: Jamie Dwyer.

January 26 (Match No 6): Delhi Waveriders (Akashdeep Singh 3rd, Danish Mujtaba 27th) drew with Ranchi Rays (Nick Budgeon 28th, Mandeep Singh 35th) 2-2. MoM: Birendra Lakra (Ranchi Rays).

January 26 (Match No 7): Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Varun Kumar 12th, SV Sunil 28th, Sandeep Singh 42nd) beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards (VR Raghunath 7th, 53rd) 3-2. MoM: Jaap Stockman (Jaypee Punjab Warriors).

January 28 (Match No 8): Ranchi Rays (Daniel Beale 16th, Ashley Jackson 37th) drew with Dabang Mumbai (Glen Turner 12th, Santa Singh 15th) 2-2. MoM: Ashley Jackson.

January 29 (Match No 9) Uttar Pradesh Wizards (VR Raghunath 5th, SK Uthappa 53rd, Bob de Voogd 54th, Wouter Jolie 55th, Jeroen Hertzberger 60th) beat Kalinga Lancers (Russel Ford 58th) 5-1. MoM: Wouter Jolie

January 31 (Match No 10): Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Christopher Ciriello 50th, SV Sunil 54th, Affan Yousuf 56th) beat Delhi Waveriders (Akashdeep Singh 3rd) 3-1. MoM: Jaap Stockman (JPW)

January 31 (Match No 11): Uttar Pradesh Wizards (Bob de Voogd 18th, Ramandeep Singh 35th) beat Kalinga Lancers 2-0. MoM: P R Sreejesh (UP Wizards).

February 1 (Match No 12): Delhi Waveriders (Lloyd Norris Jones 10th, Rupinder Pal Singh 19th, Akashdeep Singh 52nd) beat Dabang Mumbai (Arjun Hallapa 36th) 3-1. MoM: Lloyd Norris Jones.

February 1 (Match No 13): Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Sandeep Singh 42nd, Affan Yusuf 50th) beat Kalinga Lancers (Gurjinder Singh 23rd) 2-1. MoM: Lucas Vila (Kalinga Lancers).

February 3 (Match No 14): Ranchi Rays (Trent Mitton 13th, Mandeep Singh 42nd) beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards 2-0. MoM: PR Sreejesh (Uttar Pradesh Wizards).

February 4 (Match No 15): Uttar Pradesh Wizards (VR Raghunath 7th, Ramandeep Singh 9th) beat Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Jamie Dwyer 52nd) 2-1. MoM: Ramandeep Singh.

February 5 (Match No 16): Delhi Waveriders (Simon Child 4th, 47th; Jason Wilson 59th) beat Dabang Mumbai (Harmanpreet Singh 51st) 3-1. MoM: Gurbaj Singh (Delhi Waveriders).

February 6 (Match No 17): Ranchi Rays (Ashley Jackson 11th, 32nd, 41st; Nick Wilson 34th) beat Kalinga Lancers 4-0. MoM: Ashley Jackson.

February 7 (Match No 18): Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Sandeep Singh 10th, 45th, 53rd; SV Sunil 14th, Simon Orchard 34th, Christopher Ciriello 47th, Robert Hammond 50th) beat Delhi Waveriders 7-0. MoM: Sandeep Singh.

February 8 (Match No 19): Ranchi Rays (Ashley Jackson 18th) beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards 1-0. MoM: Kothajit Singh (Ranchi Rays).

February 8 (Match No 20): Dabang Mumbai (Jeremy Hayward 18th, Harmanpreet Singh 42nd) beat Kalinga Lancers (Mohd Amir Khan 42nd) 2-1. MoM: Jeremy Hayward.

February 10 (Match No 21): Ranchi Rays (Parvinder Singh 13th, Ashley Jackson 45th, Stanli Minz 51st) beat Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Augustin Mazzilli 47th, Satbir Singh 49th) 3-2. MoM: Ashley Jackson.

February 11 (Match No 22): Uttar Pradesh Wizards (Ramandeep Singh 27th, Nikkin Thimmaiah 34th, Bob de Voogd 42nd, 45th, VR Raghunath 51st) beat Dabang Mumbai (Jeremy Hayward 43rd) 5-1. MoM: Bob de Voogd.

February 12 (Match No 23): Kalinga Lancers (Lucas Vila 3rd, Vikash Sharma 20th) drew with Delhi Waveriders (Andrew Hayward 27th, Talwinder Singh 59th) 2-2. MoM: Andrew Charter (Kalinga Lancers).

February 13 (Match No 24): Kalinga Lancers (Gurjinder Singh 11th, 20th) beat Dabang Mumbai (Harmanpreet Singh 36th) 2-1. MoM: Gurjinder Singh.

February 14 (Match No 25): Delhi Waveriders (Lloyd Norris 26th, Akashdeep Singh 53) beat Ranchi Rays 2-0. MoM: Rupinder Pal Singh (Delhi Waveriders).

February 15 (Match No 26): Uttar Pradesh Wizards (Nithin Thimmaiah 29th, Harjeet Singh 53rd, Nikkin Thimmaiah 60th) beat Dabang Mumbai (Vikash Pillay 8th, Glenn Turner 44th) 3-2. MoM: V R Raghunath (UP Wizards).

February 15 (Match No 27): Kalinga Lancers (Aron Zalewski 40th, Russell Ford 49th) beat Delhi Waveriders (Andrew Hayward 29th) 2-1. MoM: Aron Zalewski.

February 17 (Match No 28): Ranchi Rays (Ashley Jackson 26th, 60th, 60th) beat Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Sandeep Singh 9th, Christopher Ciriello 15th) 3-2. MoM: Ashley Jackson.

February 18 (Match No 29): Uttar Pradesh Wizards (VR Raghunath 20th, 53rd; Jeroen Hertzberger 34th) drew with Delhi Waveriders (Andrew Hayward 45th, Matt Gohdes 51st, Simon Child 52nd) 3-3. MoM: VR Raghunath.

February 19 (Match No 30): Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Jake Whetton 37th, Sandeep Singh 44th, Kieran Govers 59th) beat Dabang Mumbai (Nick Katlin 26th, Harmanpreet Singh 53rd) 3-2. MoM: Jake Whetton.

February 21 (Match No 31, 1st SF): Ranchi Rays (Ashley Jackson 41st) beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards (VR Raghunath 34th) 9-8 in penalty shoot out. Full time: 1-1. MoM: Ashley Jackson.

February 21 (Match No 32, 2nd SF): Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Sandeep Singh 3rd, Augustin Mazzilli 35th) beat Delhi Waveriders 2-0. MoM: Jaap Stockmann (Jaypee Punjab Warriors).

February 22 (Match No 33, For 3rd place): Delhi Waveriders (Rupinder Pal Singh 6th, Yuvraj Walmiki) beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards (Nikkin Thimmaiah 18th) 2-1. MoM: PR Sreejesh.

February 22 (Match No 34, Final): Ranchi Rays (Stanli Minz 42nd, Barry Middleton 57th) beat Jaypee Punjab Warriors (Kieran Govers 39th, Christopher Ciriello 56th) 5-4. Full time: 2-2. MoM: Tyler Lovell (Ranchi Rays).
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TOP: Kalinga Lancers captain Vickram Kant with the man of the match trophy in Bhubaneswar on January 22, 2015.
RIGHT: Kalinga Lancers team before the HIL-3 opening match against Ranchi Rays in Bhubaneswar on January 22, 2015.
 
   
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