Young netminding duo given chance to flourish alongside No1 guy Gospel

With Harrison Walker having moved on during the summer, Leeds Knights are setting out to nurture two more emerging goaltending talents at Elland Road Ice Arena.

- by Phil Harrison

For 2025-26, Dan Norton and Ollie Booth will form a netminding tandem fulfilling the back-up role to Knights' No 1 Sam Gospel, while also sharing starting duties for Leeds Knights 2 in NIHL North One.

Norton will already be familiar to Knights 2 fans having split the netminding role with Luca Tessadri for the majority of the team's inaugural 2024-25 campaign.

Tessadri has made the switch to North One rivals Widnes Wild for the coming campaign, while Walker will also now operate out of the UK's third tier having taken up the offer to be No 1 back at Blackburn hawks.

Walker, 22, got nine starts in all last season for Leeds, but has long been tipped to move elsewhere in order to get the ice time his obvious talent merits.