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Welcome to MNL for the DEVILS must final final game in the Challenge Cup pool stages

Join me (OJ) from around 6:20 for MNL usually biased coverage

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David Rees says DEVILS must win and predicts a 4-2 victory

Mike Hicks has the whistle tonight

Warmup completed at IAW

Will bring you team news as soon as we have confirmation

LETS GO DEVILS LETS GO

Two wins this weekend are imperative to rescue our Challege Cup campaign and go get our league title chase rolling

Juan P says not to worry the DEVILS will deliver a 5-1 win

No Danick Paquette for Blaze hes suspended after a Match Penalty on Wednesday

No Patrick Asselin, Mark Richardson or Joey Haddad for Devils

Dr Piggott plays

James S calls it 4-1 to Devils

Intro ongoing

Devils come onto the ice

Anthem

Puck dropped

Devils chane - wrap around

Blaze Blaze penalty @ 0:58 2 minutes for holding Robinson

Devils pressure Blaze finally clear zone

1 minute of PP gone

Nastiuk save

Blaze clear zone

Blaze Full Strength

Mark Louis throwing big hits

Devils having all the pseession

Blaze icing

Game time 4:46

Nastuik save

Josh Batch hit on Noble

Pietrus @ 6:14

Devils using all 4 lines

Blaze Offside

Come on U DEVILS

Blaze have worked themselves into this game

Ben Bowns save @ 10:03

Nastuik save from Lord

Blaze icing

Justin Faryna is also a scratch

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils penalty Matt Pope @ 11:03

KILL DEVILS KILL

Andrew Hotham limps to bench

Ben Bowns covers

Blaze Offside

40 secs on PK left

Ben Bowns covers

Andrew Hotham back on ice

Hotham had skate issue

Devils FS

Devils penalty Paul Crowder 2 minutes for tripping @ 14:38

KILL DEVILS KILL

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils Full Strength

Blaze icing

Gametime 16:58

Natuik saves

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Joey Martin @ 17:39

Assists Bryce Reddick & Andrew Hotham

Puck out of play

Jake Morissette missesgreat chance

Final minute

End of 1st period DEVILS 1 Blaze 1

Latest scores - Storm 3 Caps0: Clan 3 Giants 1: Stars 0 Flames 1; Panthers 0 MKL 1, Flyers 0 Steelers 0

Brett Robinson credited with n assist on Blaze goal

Teams back on the ice

teams back

Start delayed ice not frozen

2nd period starts

Blaze bench getting shorter

Devils icing

Puck out of play

Face off in the Blaze zone

Nastuik save

Paul Crowder should have scored close in

Blaze icing

Face off in the Blaze zone

Face off in the Devils zone

Blaze penalty Noble 2 minutes for tripping @ 26:31

Lets have a PPG U DEVILS

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Paul Crowder

A PPG @ 26:53

Assists Layne Ulmer & Matt Pope

SoG for 1st period DEVILS 9 Blaze 9

Face off in the Devils zone

Andrew Lord big hit then Crowder hits

Blaze score

@ 28:29

That was down to Devils over committing to offense

Assists for Lake & Venus

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils penalty Drew Paris 2 minutes for tripping

@ 29:28

KILL DEVILS KILL

High hit from Robinson

@ 30:12

Robinson thrown out

Mark Louis also penalised

5 minutes for check to head + Game misconduct

Mark Louis 2for roughing

BVlaze on PP

Devils clear zone

Still 4 on 3 for Blaze

Now 4 on 4

Devils FS

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Andrew Hotham PG @ 32:22

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Gleason Fournier PPG @ 33:00

Devils still on PP

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Jake Morissette PPG @ 33:55

Change of netminder

Blaze time out

Brython Preece now in net - ex Devils Junior

DEVILS still on PP

Blaze Full Strength

Will give you the asssists shortly Jake Morissette nly assist on Devils 4th

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Joey Martin 37:35

Gleason Fournier with the assist

Puck out of play

30 secs left

Face off in the Blaze zone

Preece save from Strachan

Blaze giveaway in front of their own net big save Preece

End of 2nd period DEVILS 6 Blaze 2

Latest scoresfrom around the rinks Storm 4 Capa 0; Stars 1 Flames 1: Clan 3 Giants 2: Panthers 2 MKL 3; Flyers 0 Steelers 0

DOPS replacement will be busy Giants Silvestre Match for butting

I wander who will repace DopS, many years ago when I wasnt involved with the Devils IO offered my services for disciplinary matters have served in that capacity for junior hockey and at that time over 20 years as a magistrate only to be told no help was need any outside help' A CLOSED SHOP came to mind

SoG for 2nd period DEVILS 16 Blaze 7 making it 25-16 after 2 periods

I wander who will repace DopS, many years ago when I wasnt involved with the Devils IO offered my services for disciplinary matters have served in that capacity for junior hockey and at that time over 20 years as a magistrate only to be told no help was need any outside help' A CLOSED SHOP came to mind

From my notes the only assists I believe I havent given you are Martin & Ulmer on Devils 5th goal and Bentivoglio & Hotham on Devils 6th

Zamboni finished - whrther ice is ready is debateable

I might have mixed up those assists it was mental those 3 minutes

3rd period starts

Preece save from Jake Morissette

Preece save

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Layne Ulmer @ 42:21

Thomas Murdy replaces Ben Bowns

Assists for Batch & Louis

Brython Preece makes a fantastic save from Matt Pope

Gametime 44:10

Face off in the Blaze zone

Blaze icing

Noble in the fray again

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils finally clear zone after some Blaze pressure

Blaze offside

Face off in the Blaze zone

@ 46:40

Preece looking good as he makes another fine save

Basically the clock being wound down as Devils face a long trip to Kirkcady tommorrow

Thomas Murdy covers @ 50:15

Batch & Noble fight

Not really a fight

Time 51:03

Batch gets 5 minutes for fighting Noble 2 minutes for elbowing

Batch got 5 + Game

Face off in the Devils zone

Game hasnt restarted

4 on 4 for 2 minutes

Blaze icing

Preece saves from Layne Ulmer

Blaze now on pp

Thomas Murdy save

KILL DEVILS KILL

Devils clear zone

Preece save after Noble turnover

1 minute of K remains

Devils Full Strength

Gametime 56:57

Blaze icing

We are in the final 2 minutes

Gleason Fournier throws a messive hit

Final minute

Craig Moore covers with 15 secs left

Final score DEVILS 7 Blaze 2

Danny Stweart and Andrew Lord have a few nasty words at Blaze bench

Blaze MoM - David Clements

Devils MoM - JOEY MARTIN

Storm 9 Capitals 0; Clan 3 Giants 4; Stars 2 Flames 3: Panthers 4 MKL 3, Flyers 2 Steelers 1 - all final scores

Russky will he hosting tomorrow nights game in Ac==Scotland against the Flyers

With the DEVILS through to the knockout stages of the Challenge Cup its GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE - NOS DA PAWB