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Lancers dominate in home opener
Orissa POST
|January 18, 2026
Kalinga Lancers extend their unbeaten streak to five matches with a 6-1 win against SG Pipers
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Table-toppers Vedanta Kalinga Lancers opened the Bhubaneswar leg of the men's Hockey India League (HIL) with a commanding 6-1 victory over SG Pipers here Saturday.
The Lancers extended their winning streak to five matches.
Boby Singh Dhami was named player of the match for a brilliant play-making performance that kept the Pipers’ defence on the back foot all evening.
Cooper Burns (8th, 23rd minutes) and Alexander Hendrickx (39th, 56th) scored twice each, while Craig Marais (10th) and Angad Singh (54th) added one goal apiece to complete the rout.
KY Williot scored the solitary goal for the Pipers.
In the first match of the day, Hyderabad Toofans registered a dominating 6-0 win over Shrachi Bengal Tigers.
Zachary Wallace (2nd, 17th, 30th minutes) and Tim Brand (12th, 39th, 46th) scored a hat-trick each for Hyderabad Toofans.
This story is from the January 18, 2026 edition of Orissa POST.
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