Match Night Live

Afternoon Hockey fans. We have coverage of tonights game at the house of foil. It will either be Russky or Steve hosting but we will be online from 6:30pm this evening for your usual MNL build up shenanigans and text commentary once the puck drops.

If u have a prediction/comment please send them to matchnightlive@gmail.com and whoever is hosting will do their best to include them upto the start of the 2nd period.

Until then, hope your afternoon is relaxing and enjoyable.

Good Evening all. I hope i can say that at the end of tonights game as well. You join me (Russky) here on MNL as the teams are out for their warm up at the House of FOIL.

Our lone texter tonight is Maria, a Devils fan who just happens to reside in Doncaster. Congratulations also to Maria who recently got married.

Sadly Steve could not be here for the start of the game but it is hoped he may join me at some point in the game.

One prediction so far, from David Rees who predicts an overtime win for the Devils. I hope he is right.

The scheduled ref tonight is Stefan Hogarth

Ilia Kisil and Lee Young are the Linos

The are 5 other games being played tonight and I will do my best to keep tabs on the scores and put them here during the period breaks

They are Guildford @ Nottingham; Belfast host Dundee; Manchester host Coventry; Braehead are at Milton Keynes and Fife play host to Edinburgh

Pat in Bridgend says a close 3-2 win for the Devils

warm up over now, Zamboni re icing the pad

it seems you are stuck with me tonight as Bozman is confirmed as being in work

the brummie tones of the MC Dave Sims bellowing out of the PA

No Marquadt or Fitzgerald for Steelers

Andrew Lord comes into into the Devils line up for Drew Paris who has an an iffy Ankle

video Intro in progress at House of Foil

Devils are on the ice

Steelers take to the ice

Mustokovs (Moose) is in goal for Steelers

if u want to send us your prediction please do so before the end of the first period to matchnightlive@gmail.com

its a bit quiet on the predictions front at the moment

Levi Nelson got a very warm reception from the home crowd

Paris is injured

Anthem time

Devils in a huddle round goal.

Bownsy in net for Devils

we are about to get underway

we are underway

action in Steelers end early doors

bowns kicked away a shot

now moose saves a Devils shot

Asselin line on now

both teams sizing each other up in early exchanges

Moose saves from Pope

Moose covers

Face off in the Steelers zone

game time 2:50

Devils working hard behind moose's goal

cleared now Face off in the Steelers zone

crowder faryna on same line

Steelebrs pen Holding

Lets go Devils on the PP

Martin shoots but Moose clears it

Giants 1 Dundee 0 in CC group game

GGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Bentivoglio scores

@5:39

Steelers culprit on pen was David Philliips

Steelers wont like that

Devils working hard to keep puck

Haddad gets assist on Devils goal

Pope circles moose but Devils just could not put puck in net

Devils looking threatening all the time

icing Steelers. Moose coming under intense pressure Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils creating early pressure

Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils win draw

Louis shoots high and wide of Moose

Steelers forcefd to dump and chase

Bowns saves on Steelers breakaway Valdix shot

Steelers score

oh dear

Matheson and Armstrong combine

rebound off Bowns and then Crowd

at 13:52

lapse of concentration there in D

Devils player blocks shot

game in fife stopped due to ice issues apparrently 0-0 there

steeler pen Hooking Steelers #27

14:29

Belfast 2 Dundee 0

and that player was Cole Shudra

neutra zone face off

Game restarted in Fife now 1-0 to Fife

Matt pope with a chance but it goes wide

Steelers FS

Poor PP there really

Face off in the Steelers zone 3:20 remaining in period

Morrisette denied by Moose poke check

game gone into disjointed mode

3-0 now in Belfast.

Devils still trying to create an opening

Steelers now more defensively organised

final min of 1st

Face off in the Devils zone

38 secs remaining

bowns saves twice quickly buzzer goes for end of period

Latest scores: MK 1 Braehead 0; Coventry 1 Manchester 0

Nottingham 0 Guildford 0; Fife 1 Edinburgh 0;Belfast 3 Dundee 0

Cornwall Taffy reckons on a 6-4 Devils win,

Maria says game fairly close with both teams having good spells . Devils need to keep pens under control

Phil Bean says the Devils had most of the possession. Benti took his goal well and Pope was unlucky to be denied from a tight angle on the back post. More of the same please Devils

SOGs Steelers 6 Devils 9

Devils doing well in my opinion but need to be careful against the Steelers breakaway

Steelers making their way to the ice

Fife 1-0 up at end of 1st in Fife.

Devils now backeon ice

my mistake Cornwall taffy now says 4-2 to Devils

puck dropped and we are underway in 2nd

Roy having a quiet game so far

Bowns saves from Fretter

devils Pen Faryna 2 minutes

Face off in the Devils zone

Holding the call on the Faryna pen

pen was at 20:54

Nelson shoots puck deflects off Bowns chest pad

20 secs left on PK

Devils FS

Bowns saves from Roy

Bowns saves again

Face off in the Devils zone

Belfast 4 Dundee 0

GGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL

Joey Martin scores

assist pope

@23:36

and 2nd assist to Asselin

GGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL

Pope scores taking it around Moose

@24:22

Devils have their tails up

Belfast 4 Dundee 1 now

Nelson denied by Bowns

Asselin and Martin get assists on Devils goal

Benti and Moose collide in Steelers goal

MK 2 Braehead 1

Moose saves from Faryna

Face off in the Steelers zone

Moose saves a long range shot

gametime 26:30

Devils again lookking threatening.

Moose saves again

Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils enjoying a good spell

Roy shoots wide after a quick breakaway

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils D marshalling well

Devils pen Haddad Holding pen:30:17

KILL the Pen Devils

Dowd misses

Bowns holds on and covers under pressure

Steelers score

fretter scores

Bowns giving up another rebound

goal at:3044

bowns makes a double save

Devils lucky to get away with a tripping call

Panthers 0 Guildford 1

Belfast 4 Dundee 2

Devils gone off the boil abit

that pen let the Steelers back in the game

Devils fail to clear puck adequately

O connor shoots wide

Steelers retaining puck pussession

Giants 5 Dundee 2

game time 35:31

Face off in the Steelers zone

MK 3 Braehead 1

game gone abit dsijointed

Asselin fires one wide

it went into the crowd off moose's stick from Asselins shot

game stopped while injured fan attended to by first aid medics

Nottingham 1 Guildford 1

Steelers fan took a flying puck to the face. hope he recovers quickly

game restarts Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils have 3 on 1 but manage to screw it up

Armstrong on D for Steelers

Moose saves

1:34 remains in 2nd period

Belfast 5 Dundee 3

last min of period

Steelers recycling the puck

Devils get possession. Moose save

thats a wrap on the 2nd

a few words exchanged at end of period but nothing more

Fife 1 Edinburgh 1 Nottingham 2 Guildford 1

Maria says we started well but dropped off after their 2nd goal They looked dangerous at times but we had just enough to be ok. the game could still go either way if Sheffield have a good start in the 3rd

Sheffield 13 Devils 8 19:17 overall

Mark Gough's comment via email says Devils are the better team.Far better performance than against MK

Fife 2 Edinburgh 1

Mark goes on to say that the Devils could win the game and it would not be a fluke

The two holding pens cost the Devils dear that period.

Phil Egan says:Quite an end to end period Devils need to cut out the silly Penalties and they will win the game

Ice ready for 3rd

still 3 mins to resumption of game

Steelers making their way back to the ice

as are the Devils

Devils need to continue this good road performance

Coventry 2 Manchester 0

and we are ready for the 3rd

and the puck drops

Bowns pads away a speculative shot

Steelers pen Tripping @ 41:03 Ben o Connor in the Bin

Lets go Devils!!!

Red army making themselves heard

1 min pp lost

Steelers ice puck

Joey Martin shoots wide

Steelers break but running the PK clock down

Pope gets a high stick

Steelers pen high sticks@ 43:01

2 secs of 5 on 3

2 + 2 for high sticks there

TIm Wallace the guilty man

Devils trying to set up but frustrated by Steelers

Moose saves

Face off in the Steelers zone

Steelers ice the puck

Pope cuts thru Sheffield D but Moose saves

Face off in the Steelers zone

1st pen killed

now on second

Pen shot to steelers Reddick the culprit

Jono Phillips v Bowns Bowns saves

phewwww thats a relief

Face off in the Steelers zone

Coventry 4 Manchester 0

1 min left on 2nd pen

Steelers clear puck again.

Devils wasting this pp

Steelers FS

puck flashes wide of goal

game time 47:23

we are looking composed and organised

says our texter

Devils pen 2 for tripping Myers

Lets kill this pen

Face off in the Steelers zone

Belfast 7 Dundee 3

Puck out of play high over bowns goal

Face off in the Devils zone

goal scored by Armstrong

@49:05

he fired puck high over bowns right shoulder from a tight angle

PPG that

Devils need to get back into this. Steelers have game momentum

Bowns saves again

Steelers offside neutral zone face off

Dave Rees is twitching as he forecast a 4-3 Devils in

an OT win at that!!!

Bowns kicksaway a shot

Steelers snuff out Devils attack

Steelers now seem more threatening

Devils go offside

Nottingham 2 Guildford 2

Devils running Haddad Benti and Ulmer as a line

texter Maria is getting nervous. 6 mins left

Bowns covers up Roy and Armstrong

in attendance

Steelers retaining puck possesion

last 5 mins of regulation

game time 55:50

its getting tense

Neilson shoots bowns saves

Face off in the Devils zone

Belfast 7 Dundee 4

wave after wave of Steelers attack now

Hotham having a better game tonight

last two mins

Bowns saves

Bowns saves at close range

from Wallace

Face off in the Devils zone

last 80 secs

Red Army being sung loud and proud

last 25 secs of regulation

result Belfast 7 Dundee 4

neutral zone face off

shot from fretter goes high over goal

regulation 3-3

into OT we go

Momentum with Steelers now

no 2nd period of overtime tonight thank goodness

3 on 3 OT begins

Sheffield break comes to nought

Steelers shot goes wide

Reddick calms things down on D

its end to end

Bowns saves a 1 on 1 chance from Valdix

Fretter shoots wide

Haddad shot trickles thru to Moose

Bowns saves again

Devils trying to set up. 90 secs left of OT

Devils lost the puck there

Devils win!!! in OT Benti scores in off Mustokovs.

Well done David Rees spot on your prediction well done.

Faryna not Benti credited with game winning goal

Devils MOM is Hotham

thats it from me. A great debt of thanks to our LONE texter Maria who did a fantastic job.

Join me (Russky) tomorrow evening from 5:30pm as the Nottingham Panthers come to the IAW. MNL will as per usual bring you text commentary on the game.

Steelers MOM John Armstrong Goodnight all Nos Da Pawb

Late Results: Nottingham 3 Guildford 2 OT; MK 3 Braehead 1; Fife 5 Edinburgh 2; Coventry 5 Manchester 0