HORATIO Schlinger has been put on the Hawks transfer list.

The Canadian netminder has lost his place to dependable Ian Young with concerns that he was unsettled.

Meanwhile, Manchester Storm are "doing a Newcastle United" in the battle for the British Ice Hockey League Division One title.

That is the view held by player-coach John Lawless following Storm's 9-3 annihilation of Hawks at Blackburn Arena. If we don't win the league now it will be a bit like Newcastle not winning the Premiership," he suggested.

Lawless added that revenge did not figure following Hawks' victory at the Nynex Arena. "It was more important in terms of our league position rather than avenging the defeat in Manchester," he said.

"The only thing about the first game is that we learnt from it.

"On Sunday our defence was more calm and collected. We weren't over-aggressive and we kept our discipline better."

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