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Raipur: Simon Mantell scored twice as Great Britain got their Hero Hockey World League Final 2015 campaign off to a flying start with a 3-1 win over Pool A rivals Canada on Day 2 in Raipur, India.<\/p>\nRaipur: Simon Mantell scored twice as Great Britain got their Hero Hockey World League Final 2015 campaign off to a flying start with a 3-1 win over Pool A rivals Canada on Day 2 in Raipur, India.<\/p>\n
Mantell needed just two minutes to open his account with a tap-in before Mark Pearson restored parity for the Red Caribous with a speculative cross from the right that found the bottom left corner.<\/p>\n
Second quarter goals from Mantell and Alastair Brogdon gave Great Britain a 3-1 advantage at half time, a lead that the dominant Europeans would never relinquish.\n<\/p>\n
It was a good start to get a 3-1 win in first game although we need to improve on a lot”, said Great Britain’s Alan Forsyth after the match. “Now its all about recovery and then focusing on putting in a good performance against Australia.”<\/p>\n
Canadian scorer Mark Pearson described being in India as a “special experience”, before commenting on his team’s participation in the event.<\/p>\n
“It is the first time that Canada has qualified for a tournament as prestigious as this, and it effectively functions as a Champions Trophy”, said Pearson. “We are not here to be passengers, we want to get results so it is disappointing to come away with a 3-1 loss but there is plenty to build on.”<\/p>\n
Hero Man of the Match: Nick Catlin (GBR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mantell needed just two minutes to open his account with a tap-in before Mark Pearson restored parity for the Red Caribous with a speculative cross from the right that found the bottom left corner.<\/p>\n Second quarter goals from Mantell and Alastair Brogdon gave Great Britain a 3-1 advantage at half time, a lead that the dominant Europeans would never relinquish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[12625,11691,12628,12627,12626],"class_list":["post-24324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hockey-hockey","tag-great-britain-vs-canada","tag-hero-hockey-world-league-final-2015","tag-hwl-2015","tag-nick-catlin","tag-simon-mantell"],"yoast_head":"\nRaipur: Simon Mantell scored twice as Great Britain got their Hero Hockey World League Final 2015 campaign off to a flying start with a 3-1 win over Pool A rivals Canada on Day 2 in Raipur, India.<\/p>\n