Ranchi: Jaypee Punjab Warriors were on Sunday crowned Hockey India League Season 4 champions as they clinched their maiden title thrashing Kalinga Lancers 6-1 in a lop-sided summit clash here.
The Punjab-based side were third time lucky as they had finished runners-up in the last two editions. They lost to Delhi Waveriders in 2014 and to Ranchi Rays last year.
The Warriors, who had finished second in the round-robin league phase, led 2-1 at the end of the second quarter but pumped in two field strikes — with each field goal counting as two — in the final two quarters to take the game away from Kalinga’s reach.
Armaan Qureshi (4th minute), Matt Gohdes (39th) and Satbir Singh (42nd) found the target for Punjab Warriors while captain Moritz Fuerste scored the consolation goal for Kalinga Lancers in the 24th minute.
