Good evening and welcome to Match Night Live at the BBT as the Coventry Blaze come to town
Both teams on the ice warming up
Svete the scratch for tonights game
Early predictions are Goughy going for a 5-2 win and Pat thinking we will win 3-1
Skip is going for a 4-2 win
Blaze are displaying their new coach Furby tonight
Quiney is warming up
Adam Harding is also icing tonight, proudly sponsored by The Inferno :)
Jason is also going for a 3-1 win and isn't happy with the lack of STEEEEVVEE
Lights are down
fortunately this new pc has a light up keyboard
Olive is doing circuits on the ice
Hazel in Southend says 'Come on Devils' and goes for a 4-3 win
flags are out
Not a bad Thursday night crowd have braved the weather.
Zebras on the ice. Think its Hicks with the whistle
Intro undeway
Blaze on the ice
Devils on the ice
Ceremonial faceoff
Anthems over
Face off. Myers, Lord, Morissette
Devils getting a shot on goal in the first 10 seconds
icing . Face off in the Blaze zone
Mike Zacharias covers
Face off in the Blaze zone
Blaze briefly get on the offensive
Rama deke deflected
Face off in the Blaze zone
Adam Henrich scores for the Blaze.
Kosowski covers one post and Henrich sneaks a wraparound
Goal timed at 2:24
Dr Piggot goes to the box for interference
Marsh lets A Henrich know not to try anything funny with Kowsowski
Blaze goal has given them intensity
Piggot back
Kosowski saves from a distance
PP coming up
Wilson in the box
2 minutes for hooking @6:04
goal mouth scramble but the whistle goes
Face off in the Blaze zone
Mike Zacharias working hard
Blaze fs
Blaze go 0-2 in front
Ross Venus @8:33
Mike Zacharias saves
Kamil Kosowski gloves the puck
Blaze icing
Face off in the Blaze zone
Devils pp
Wilson in the box
2 minutes for slashing
Blaze put the puck out delay of game
5 on 3
Michael Henrich in the box
GGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
and still a minute 33 of pp left
Mac Faulkner from Andrew Lord and Tomas Kurka
Tait fans the puck and checks himself into the boards
Blaze fs
Blaze goal
Blaze go 4-1 before mumbles has finished announcing
Timeout Devils
sorry not a timeout .. an informal chat
Blaze icing
lets hope the new coach bounce only lasts a period
Blaze offside
Devils go close. Face off in the Blaze zone
Kamil Kosowski save
Face off in the Devils zone
Blaze icing
blaze penalty. Mike Egener 2 minutes for slashing
2 mins left in the period
Kamil Kosowski covers
Blaze FS
and that's the end of the first.
A period to forget there
Goughy is in tears here. Against the Blaze of all teams
Jason thinks Svete was a bad choice to scratch tonight. I think you're right there
ice is ready
teams out for the second
And to cheer up Jason on the email
Apparently pictures of hamsters help when losing 1-4
Face off for the second
Blaze looking to put as many shots in on goal as they can by the look of it
Devils icing
Face off in the Devils zone
Maxi goes close
Rama with a cheeky shot. Just saved
Devils icing
Kamil Kosowski saves. Face off in the Devils zone
4 mins gone
Harding in the box for knocking over Russ Cowley
Marsh knocks down Russel
Harding back
good save from Kamil Kosowski
Devils finally showing a bit more physicality
Davies has a shot deflected high into the netting
well worked goal there by the Blaze :(
Blaze don't look that great tonight but they clearly want it more
all we need is a quick 4 goals and we could be right back in this game
Blaze penalty on the way
Guthrie in the box after a nasty check on Maxi
2 minutes for hooking
Blaze clear the zone
Blaze breaking up the pp well
Richardson rush on goal denied. lots of slashing on him as he went in
Blaze penalty
Michael Devin 2 minutes for hooking
Blaze again not allowing Devils to settle on the PP
Morissette with some smart moves but Mike Zacharias saves
Linos clearing away Mike Zacharias' snowman down the side of the net
Face off in the Blaze zone
Blaze fs
Devils hustling but don't look like scoring
3 mins left in the second
I'd better ready some more hamster pictures. Blaze fans making more noise than the Devils fans
Another blaze goal
Kosowski well beat and the puck goes high
Tanaka scoring
Kamil Kosowski with a great full length stretch save.
Face off in the Devils zone
end of the second period in the tent.
I've just seen Goughy sitting in the corner, head in hand rocking back and forth slowly
Ice is done and Olive retires for the night
Ducks are being chucked
Players on the ice
Face off
Mike Zacharias pads a shot away
Face off in the Blaze zone
Kamil Kosowski makes a double save from Ginand
Marsh in the box
Blaze set up nicely
And I just almost got hit with the puck :) Face off in the Devils zone
The risk we take to bring this coverage
Davies down. Play stopped.
looks like is leg. skates off with a little assistance
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
looked like a tight angle shot. I had half an eye on this screen
Kurka from Marsh and Faulks
Mike Zacharias beaten but the shot goes wide
All Devils at the moment
Blaze icing
Mike Zacharias with a great glove save
devils pressure
kosowski to the bench
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Delayed penalty goal
Marsh by the look of it
Marsh from Kurka
Devils have left it late but are looking like the team from the last few games
Blaze offside
Devils too many men
Devils breaking up the play well
Face off in the Devils zone
maxi sitting the pen comes back on the ice
4 mins left
Myers trying to force it in from in front of Mike Zacharias gets some light handbag action
Face off in the Blaze zone
Kamil Kosowski pulled
2:13 left
well it was a good run whilst it lasted
1 min left
Devils goal washed out
I assume man in the crease
35 seconds left
and that's it
Well done to Furby
handshakes
MOM for Blaze Griffin
Devils MOM Jake Morissette
well deserved. He's been everywhere tonight
right that's it from me at the big tent of cold. OJ should be back on Saturday for the Hull away game and I'll be back in what we laughably call the 'hot' seat Sunday when the Big Dog'less Steelers come to town
James out