

Welcome to MNL as Devils return to league action against our celtic cousins the Belfast Giants
Score predictions welcomed to matchnightlive@gmail.com
Join me (OJ) from around 5:30 for full - hopefully uninterrupted coverage
Pat calls it 5-2 to Devils
Russky just says - DEVILS WIN
Warmup in progress at BBT
We haven't got Mike Hicks with us tonight - as he is in Coventry
Warmup finished
Very quiet on the prediction front
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Hazel in Southend calls it 4-2 to Devils
Anne MacShane says Giants will win 4-2, Also wants to say hello to Zara, a big Giants fan who is following tonights game with us here at MNL
David I am waiting to see who the referee is
Giants on the ice
Followed by the DEVILS
Steve says 5-3 Devils
Refs are Dean Smith & Stefan Hogarth
Texters are now in position
Still no Jesse Mychan
Anthem time on Dydd Gwyl Dewi
Its 1-1 at Coventry between Blaze & Steelers
Its a Sell Out or very close at BBT
Face off delayed as repairs to ice needed
Advertising board removed
Puck dropped
Giants icing
Very end to end
GGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Matthew Myers with his 15th of the season
Assist Tyson Marsh @ 1:43
Matthew Myers flattens Adam Keefe in Devils zone and scores up the other end
Chubak glove save from Joey Martin @ 2:36
Giants upping pressure
Mark Richardson attempts hip check a la Trevor Hendrikx
Adam Keefe levels Andrew Hotham
its physical
Doug Clarkson shot flicked away by Chubak
Giants icing @ 4:35
Devils offside
Kevin Westgarth falls over
Darryl Lloyd swipes at Trevor Hendrikx who goes on to hit Westgarth harder
Great save Chubak
Face off in the Giants zone
Tyson Marsh shot blocked
Calvin Elfring moaning at refs already
Evan Cheverie penalty ' 7:19 2 minutes for tripping
Chubak covers after 19 secs of PP
Great save Chuback from Carl Hudson shot
40 secs of PP remains
Face off in the Giants zone
Puck out of play
Face off in the Giants zone
@ 9:14
Giants Full strength
Devils getting the better of the play so far
Joey Martin unlucky with deke effort
Ben Bowns covers
Giants trying to land lots of hits
Devils penalty called
Markku Tahtinen 2 minutes for holding @ 10:57
KILL DEVILS KILL
Devils clear zone
Ben Bowns kicks puck away then covers
Giants Goal
A PPG for Giants @ 11:55
Evan Cheverie assist Colin Shields
Good save Ben Bowns
gametime 13:06
Giants icing
Teams are cancelling each other - no clear chances
Big hit by Joey Haddad
Adam Keefe chirps at Joey Haddad
Giants David Phillips 2 minutes for boarding @ 15:11
Bad hit on Doug Clarkson by Phillips
Lets have a PPG U DEVILS
Giants penalty Robby Sandrock 2 minutes for hooking @ 16:13
DEVILS 5 on 3
GGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
A PPG whilst on 5 on 3
Brent Walton (26th)
Devils now have a 1:24 PP
Assists Carl Hudson & Joey Haddad
Chubak covers
Cuback saves from Joey Martin
Giants FS
Ben Bowns saves @ 18:38
Final minute
End of 1st period DEVILS 2 Giants 1
Devils 2nd goal given to Joey Haddad (25th) assists Brent Walton & Carl Hudson
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SoG for 1st period DEVILS 12 Giants 7
2nd period underway
Massive scrable in front of Ben Bowns
BBT is rather quiet tonight - game needs a spark
Chubak covers @ 22:50
Trevor Hendrikx clears bouncing puck from Devils zone
Sawada hit on Andrew Lord
Tony T says this game could go either way
Come on U DEVILS dominate
Giants offside @ 23:32
Adam Keefe looses an edge and spins to the ice
at that moment he was attempting a hit on Tyson Marsh
Ben Bowns covers, shoving contest between Tyson Marsh & Darryl Lloyd
LETS GO DEVILS LETS GO
Giants have upped their game
Puck out of play Face off in the Devils zone @ 25:27
Adam says little to report
Ben Bowns glove save from Jeff Mason
Trevor Hendrikx levelled by Darryl Lloyd
Still end to end, a lot of D zone turnovers
Ben Bowns covers @ 28:46
Andrew Hotham fails to latch on to Andrew Lord pass
Devils D squad having a solid game
Tyson Marsh hits pipe
Chubak denies Devils after a great sequence of passes @ 31:08
Devils having a lot of time in Giants end
Devils penalty Markku Tahtinen 2 minutes for holding
KILL DEVILS KILL
@ 32:33
A rubbish call says Tony T
Devils called for too meny men
1:26 of 5 on 3 for Giants
@ 33:07
Joey Haddad sits
Tony says there were at least 7
Devils bacvk to 4 skaters
Devils clear zone
Mike Kompon shoots wide
Devils Full strength
Amazing PK by Devils
Mark Richardson & Andrew Hotham gave their all
Lets have a goal U Devils that will hit them hard
Giants icing
GGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
A monster goal from Joey Martin (21st)
@ 37:32
Assists Carl Hudson & Tyson Marsh
Deke, deke - Chubak on his backside, Joey buries the biscuit
Gametime 38:10
Texts are coming in out of order
Giants goal @ 38:10
Sawada the scorer, assists Cheverie & Kompon
Final minute
Carl Hudson 2 minutes for boarding
A stupid call Keefe lost his edge Hudson never touched him
KILL DEVILS KILL
Hogarth is totally incompetent
Players from both teams look at him in dismay
Dean Smith over calls no penalty
End of 2nd period DEVILS 3 Giants 2
SoG for 2nd period DEVILS 5 Giants 9 making it 17-16 after 2 periods
Zamboni leaving ice before completing re-surface
She is back on ice - probably had to dump some snow
We don't miss a thing on MNL coverage
Teams back and 3rd period starts
Opening minute all Giants
Puck hits roof of BBT
@ 41:33
Crowd given as 2,041
Ben Bowns covers
Steelers lose 5-3 at Coventry
LETS GO DEVILS LETS GO
Tony T has birthday cake - Happy Birthday to Tony Temme
Quiet from BBT - NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
Gametime 46:03
The Temme brothers have been eating cake
Craig Peacock & Joey Martin both get 2 minutes for roughing @ 46:39
Handbags between Andrew Hotham & Ray Sawada
Game has finally developed a bit of an edge
Matthew Myers looking in great form
Both teams FS
South wales Samurai ball hockey club have a tournament in Sheffield next weekend
Haven't the Devils got something in Sheffield that weekend
Tyson Marsh shoots right
Very end to end still
Gametime 50:30
Chubak falls over his own net
Giants penalty David Phillips 2 minutes for cross-checking @ 31:14
Morisette, Lord, Martin, Culligan & Hudson on PP
Puck out of play
1 minute of PP gone
Giants clear zone
30 secs of pp left
Brent Walton shot deflected away from net
Giants Full strength
Trevor Hendrikx just misses on Robinson hit
Josh Batch almost mucks it up in front of Bowns
Ben Bowns covers @ 54:10
Carl Hudson blocks Sawada shot
Come on U DEVILS give us a goal - PLEASE
Batch & Westgarth could go any minute
Ben Bowns covers after Mark Richardson mistake
Gametime 56:15
Chris Culligan saves a Devils icing
3 minutes left
Andrew Lord with a 1 on 1 doesn't get his shot away
Tony - Its tight
Chubak cover @ 57:54
Devils cannot get hold of the puck
Chubak lifted
Giants too many men not called
Giants time out @ 58:58
face off outside Devils zone
Game restarts
Chubak gone again
Ben Bowns covers @ 59:41
BBT is ROCKING
Devils clear zone
Final Score DEVILS 3 Giants 2
A hard earned 2 points
Tony says Devils MoM should be Myers or Culligan
Giants MoM - Evan Cheverie
Our thanks to texters Adamn & tony Temme, Sharlene and Gerald
Devils MoM - CARL HUDSON
Thats all from me, join me next Saturday when the Dundee Stars visit Cardiff Bay
GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE - NOS DA PAWB