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Good day to you on this wonderful day of Autumnal Briitsh weather. Join me (Russky) from about 6:30pm for the usual MNL Devil's flavoured coverage, comments, predictions, Latest scores and Live unrivalled game text commentary once the puck drops.

Our texters Maria and KettDevil will be enroute at some point this afternoon to the House of Foil for tonights game.

If you have a comment or Prediction please send it too matchnightlive@gmail.com and I will do my best to post it as part of our MNL coverage before the end of the 1st period break.

Until then stay warm and dry, have a restful afternoon.

Hello, welcome to tonights online text coverage of the game in the House of Foil.

Well the news is that Asselin Haddad and Richardson are all scratches tonight. Dr Piggott is icing as is the new recruit Mr Tyson Strachan

One prediction so far being from Dai Rees who goes for a 5-4 overtime win for the Devils.

I hope its a bit more clear cut than that as I dont think my old ticker would take that close a game!

Mustokovs is in the net and will be referred to from here on in as Moose

Just 4 other games tonight: Edinburgh v Panthers; Dundee @ Coventry; Milton Keynes @ Braehead and Fife @ Manchester.

Jon Forde from Bedwas goes for a Devils 4-2 victory.

Word is that Steelers have a new signing too and is a bit of bruiser by all accounts.

The warm up has finally come to a finish and the players return to their respective changing rooms

knowing our luck it will be Tom Darnell reffing,

Lights down Intro starting

Mike Hicks is down to ref this one

intro vid now being played on the screens at the arena

Devils on the ice

awaiting the emergence of the Squeelers team

correction its not Hicksy reffing. that goodness

Anthem time.

Steelers all in Orange. Devils in predominantly white tops with red shorts

Jan Smejkal is the ref tonight

we are underway

Devils started pressing early

Lord Mo and Crowder on now

Lord with a shot but wide

Batch forces turnover

Strachan on ice now

Bowns saves a long shot

devils pen Reddick2 minutes for holding @2:36

Bowns saves from Fretter

Steelers all over Devils on PP

no sign of Faryna yet

Bowns saves from Wallace

Bowns glove save from Nelson

Face off in the Devils zone

20 secs of Pk

Devils FS

Devils finding it hard to build any attacks

Bowns saves

it could be a long night folks

game time 5:36

Face off in the Devils zone

Steelers pen 2 minutes for high sticks Westerling @ 5:48

Come on you Devils

Devils not being allowed any real time on Puck

Moose saves

for a change

Face off in the Steelers zone

Steelers FS

Moose with blocker save

alot of Board battles going on

Devils havent really got into their stride yet

a wrap around attempt foiled by Bowns

centre ice face off

Coventry 1-0 Up

Face off in the Devils zone

Matheson shoots wide

Bowns saves from Armstrong

Face off in the Devils zone

Myers denied by Moose

Steelers pen 2 minutes for hooking @11:32

2nd pp for Devils

Steelrs breakway foiled

Bowns with a catastrophic mistake leads to a steelers goal

gifting puck to Roy who passes to armstrong who cant fail to miss an open net

Devils need to just focus now

Bowns makes a confidence building save

Devils not really created anythng of real note beyond their 3 chances

Panthers 1 up v Caps

that game in Nottingham not Edinburgh

Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils scrapping for the puck

Paris fires on but Moose holds on and covers

Face off in the Steelers zone

Paris denies Phillips a chance

Martin Ulmer and Pppe on one line

game time 17:30

game gone into a lull now

Face off in the Devils zone

Moose pads another shot away

Lots of huff and puff and effort but Steelers look the more effective team

Braehead 2-0 MKL

Marquadt scores thru the 5 hole

@18:48

Fretter not Marquadt scored it

assist to Marquadt and Armstrong

end of the period buzzer goes.

Devils chasing shadows Steelers on top

Panthers 1 Caps 1

Steelers first goal short handed which adds insult to injury.

Jamtin was the guilty player of the hooking pen

SOGs Steelers 12 Devils 8

KettDevils says we are far too flat and need a spark from somewhere

Maria says Both Steelers goals have been awful, Devils edged the possession. Defence looks weak and I fear the steelers are going to push and the Devils will crumble

Cenwyn says at least we have competed despite our injuries and shorter than usual bench.

Cenwyn thinks we arent too bad on D just punished for bad mistakes

Breahead 3-1 up against MK Lightning

apologies for lack of predictions but just accessed the gmail account. Pat said 4-2 Devils; Carl Barton said 2-1 Devils, well thats gone now lol; Matthew Moore said 5-3 Devils win and finallly Cornwall Taffy has gone for a Devils comeback to win 3-2. I hope he's right.

Teams coming back to the ice

Cenwyn said Steelers 2nd goal came off Marquadt's foot.

Devils just come out now onto the ice

long internission in sheffield at 20 mins. I thought all intermissions or period breaks were of a standard 15 mins

we are underway in Sheffield

Linos are Staniforth and Beresford

not much happening at moment very pedestrian start

Steelers pen 2 minutes for hooking for Fretter @21:14

Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils need an early goal in this period

Devils missing Faryna as well tonight and with Haddad out too thats the creative engine room gone from the game

awful PP from the Devils says texter

Devils picked Armstrong's pocket

Steelers FS

Valdix shoots wide

Bowns saves

and covers

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils eventualy clear. puck out of play

Manchester 0-0 Fife

Hoitham missing Richie on D

Devils pen 2 minutes for tripping @ 25:13

Tyson Strachan the guilty man there

Steelers fluff a chance

centre ice face off

Devils pk has 50 seconds left

Myers fires over the goal

great chance wasted

Myers having a good game

Devils FS

Myers chance at 27:17

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils come away with puck but adjudged as icing . really?

Face off in the Devils zone

Steelers 2nd goal now reads Marquadt scores assist Fretter

Face off in the Devils zone

Steelers having better of game

Pope trying to create something

but cleared by Steelers

Devils offence seeming a little toothless tonight

Face off in the Devils zone AGAIN!

Bowns goes wandering again, doesnt he learn???

Bowns saves from Matheson

delayed pen

Devils pen holding the stick by Paris 30@38

Manchester 2 Fife 0

Face off in the Devils zone

Kill the pen you Devils

Leg pad save from Bowns

O connor denied there

Steelers pen Wallace 2 minutes for boarding @ 31:31

Hotham ok

Devils cant afford another injury!

4 on 4 at moment

icing call

Face off in the Devils zone

theres a novelty!

Devils clear

Devils PP for 30 seconds

Moose saves from Lord, who's sniffing for a rebound

Devils now pressing on PP

Steelers FS

no control on PP says KettDevil

a big difference from last year

a big difference from last year

Face off in the Steelers zone

game time 35:00

Devils pushes Fitzy wide on attack

Devils shoot but wide of Moose

Bowns covers on Steelers counter attack

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils franticly clear the puck

Reddick shoots but Moose saves

Devils have occasional flashes of intent.

Face off in the Devils zone

Steelers seem to be coasting in 2nd at moment

game time 37:15

goal steelers

scored by Fretter

@37:36

lets hope the Devils can just see out the period now

Face off in the Steelers zone

Steelers pen Levi Nelson 2 minutes for hooking @38@41

Moose saves and covers

Face off in the Steelers zone

tiripping not hooking the call

thats a wrap for this one. In my view Devils done well to keep it to a 3 goal deficit

just a bad day at the office for the Devils perhaps

KettDevil says we are not clearing the rebounds at all effectively

Maria says: Not a great period.Devils fans quiet . We could have done with a goal in this period, We are slow and nobody is there for the rebounds. Not sure how the third will go bit if we have any chances we need to score early.

2nd Period SOGs identical to 1st so 24:16 overall

KettDevil says: Steelers playing very well but Devils lacking anything resembling a spark. The game is drifting away from us.

Well Ive got my ticket for the game next saturday at the IAW. OJ will be your host here on MNL. as he will be tomorrow night for the visit of the Panthers to the IAW

just going for bite to eat , will be back with latest scores in about 5 minutes.

Manchester 2 Fife 2

Braehead 4 MKL 2

Coventry 1 Dundee 1

Nottingham 2 Edinburgh Caps 2

Last night Belfast beat Guildford 5-4

and Fife Beat MKL 3-2

Steelers want to get this game done and dusted and are already on the ice

KettDevil still thinks we can get something out of this game if we score early

Red Army cheering Devils back onto ice

we are underway in the 3rd

Steelers Pen tripping the call

a brief 5 on 3 for Devils

17 seconds i beleive. Nelson the guilty man

oops Nelson back on ice after his pen expires Matheson was the tripping culprit on Fournier

@ 40:24

Devils pen now 2 minutes for slashing Joey Martin @ 42:02

Steelers now FS and on PP

Steelers score on PP

Marquadt scores

its now a damage limitation exercise for the Devils

they are badly missing Haddads spark and creativity

not much really happening at moment

in years gone by i might have said we need a fight to spark us into action but I dont think even that would do any good tonight

it wouldnt help the bench numbers at al

neutral zone face off

Devils finding it hard to set up and create anything

Bowns saves from Westerlig

gametime 50:00

bowns saves one which rebounds up and over his own goal

Devils need to score to stop Moose's shut out

Steelers 3rd goal at 43:58

sorry 4th goal

Devils dont look like scoring

Fitzy hits the pipes

Face off in the Devils zone

its going to be a long journey home after this game

Steelers breakaway comes to nought after a stray pass from Nelson

Definite lack of physicality and spark tonight

KettDevil says that the Steelers special teams are executing their jobs well

Devils shot fizzes across Moose's crease

Marquadt fires straight at Bowns's chest pad Bowns holds on to prevent rebound

Moose now saves and Myers is sniffing for a rebound

Devils pen 2 minutes for hooking Josh Batch @56:10

Steelers running down the clock now

Steelers want a 5th

inside last 2 mins

Bowns saves and Hotham clears the puck

Steelers going through the motions

Devils FS

KettDevil has dozed off I think

Maria is despondant.

KettDevil is heading home early to avoid the mass exodus

game over Steelers win with a shut out.

Devils MOM is Andrew Hotham

Maria says:Poorshow fromt he Devils. Very little else to say. we looked slow, New guy (Strachan) was a bit slow too, They (steelers) found our weakness. We'll give them that one.

Steelers MOM Matt Marquadt.

Cenwyn says: It was a battling performance but scrappy. Quite a few players mis-firing. But all 4 goals were scrappy and down to D errors. Hope we can get guys fit again quickly so Lord can get the lines working again.

Thanks to all Contributors tonight to our coverage. Join OJ tomorrow for MNL's coverage of the game at the IAW against the Panthers.

Thats it from me. Goodnight all, Nos Da Pawb.