Match Night Live

Good Afternoon. Well after last nights entertaining game, which I was pleased to watch sat with my good friends Diafol and his wife, Devils turn their efforts for a four point weekend haul, north of Hadrian's Wall, specifically Kirkcaldy.

Join me (Russky) from about 6pm as we bring you latest scores, comments, predictions and Live text commentary once the puck is dropped.

If you wish to participate or interact with us at MNL please send us a prediction or comment via email to matchnightlive@gmail.com and I will endeavour to post the most broadcastable one's before the end of the 1st period break.

Our texters tonight will be Andy, a Devils fan residing in Dundee and Gillian a Flyers fan.

Until then I bid you a very good afternoon.

NB please note the later face off tonight despite us having to put our clocks back last night!!!

Hello hockey folk. Russky here in the hosting hotseat eagerly anticipating a real barn burner of a game.

After last nights exciting win over the Blaze, I hope our troops have travelled well.

Again missing Asselin, Haddad Richardson and Faryna. Hoping no others have been scratched or missed the flight up to Scotland,

Pavel Hallas has the orange armbands tonight with Ally Flockhart and Lewis Gibson as the linos

one prediction so far coming from Dai Rees who reckons on 4-0 win tonight.

Having difficulty accessing the matchnight email account but hopefully have some more predictions flying in later.

one latest score so far: Blaze 0 Panthers 1. Blaze without Robinson who received a match pen for his ludicrously high check on Lordo last night.

Devils have Batch in their line up as he only received a game pen.

MKL 1 Manchester 0

Cornwall Taffy on an all too brief trip home sees it as 3-2 to Devils in OT

Edinburgh 0 Belfast 2

Guildford 0 Dundee 1

Dr Piggott was in the warm up which should have now finished.

Andy our texter tonight says there are 7 die hard Devils fans present in the rink tonight excluding himself

Currently Steelers 0 Braehead 0

both teams out on ice

apologies but experiencing a few techie issues

game underway

Devils score very early

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Gleason Fournier scores assist Reddick @2:53

getting delayed texts now

Bowns saves from Issacks

end to end but devils seemingly in control

icing by Fife

dodgy clock syndrome in Kirkcaldy. must be that extra hour during the night causing it

Mosey ( not Evan) goes close

this one is Charlie Mosey

Issacs again denied by bowns, ref whistles play down

flyers score

finucci scores for flyers

unassisted and deservedly so

@11:07

Flyers offside

game time 13:29

Face off in the Flyers zone

still getting texts out of sync

Batchy goes close with a tip in effort but denied

Fife pen Gaulthier 2 minutes for slashing @15:38

Devils dominating on PP

3 chances so far all cleared by Fife

Fife FS

2 mins left of period

its going quick this one

Fife icing

Lordo on Breakaway, saved by Iles

Fife score

@18:59

scored by Schaber

assisted by Issacs. Devils D unit getting pulled over the place by Fife offence.

buzzer goes to end period

Andy says Devils look more skilled but are getting out muscled and forced into turnovers easily.

Fife break out is fast but simple with either winger carrying the puck with speed, centre crashing the net and 3rd man high,. basic junior hockey tactics but its working for them, Devils over egging it when in possession,. too many passes in defence.

SOGs Fife 9 Devils 10

latest scores: Coventry 2 Nottingham 3; MKL 2 Manchester 1; Steelers 3 Braehead 0; Edinburgh 2 Belfast 2; Guildford 2 Dundee 2

back in time for second period

more predictions sorry they are late in posting them Hazel says 4-2 Pete says 6-1 whch already out the window - sorry Pete. And Pat also says 4-2 Devils which is still a possibilty

well we seem to have overcome our first period techie issues now.

teams are back out in Kirkcaldy and we are underway

GGGGGGGGGGGOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Joey Martin scores

Crowder not Martin the scorer from Benti and Pope @20:15

fife restore their lead 3-2

added it to wrong side sorry folks

Gauthier scores

assists schaber and jorgensen

@22:20

Reddick shoots but saved

Devils pen Ulmer 2 minutes for holding

@24:18

Devils go for a line change at wrong time

Devils FS

Devils in white shirts with red and green trim

Fife in their usual blue kit

Devils pen 2 minutes for holding the stick

texts out of sync. Devils pen this time Louis 2 minutes for boarding

@27:54

Devils clear chance

Fife offside

myers putting in some good shifts and forechecking

Fife and Devils pens 4 on 4 hockey

Louis pen expired

Benti and Jorgensen both get 2 minutes for roughing

@30:09

Devils pen Reddick 2 for holding 30:45

Devils now on PK

Devils clear fife chance in nick of time

Devils FS

Devils starting to impose their gameplan and dominate

then we get a silly pen.

Craig Moore 2 minutes for slashing @ 33:48

confirmed that Martin got Devils 2nd goal assists to Benti and Pope

Devils FS no dramas on PK

Fife get delayed pen Moyer 2 minutes for roughing

GGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL

Joey Martin again Assist Hotham and Morrisette @ 36:45 PPG

Crowder with a breakaway but comes to nought

not enough speed on skates

Joey Martin is the spark for the Devils making things happen

Flyers pinned back in their own D

Andy doing a great job with the texts despite the network sending them out of sync

Batchy goes close but just wide at end of period

EO 2nd 3-3

all to play for now!!!

will bring SOGs as soon as we have them

Result Coventry 2 Nottingham 3

latest scores: MKL 3 Manchester 2

Sheffield 5 Braehead 0

Edinburgh 2 Belfast 3

Guildford 2 Dundee 2

2nd Period SOGs Fife 13 Devils 13

time for a cuppa

Andy says its a great game and Fife are a quality team. Devils showing flashes of capability but fatgue may be a factor. On the occasions we up the forecheck, good things happen but we continue to be sloppy in defence, allowing Fife too much time and space. Myers, Martin, Morrisette and Benti playing well and working hard.

Just want to give a big shout out to Richard Murray, who as you probably know is one of the official photographers not only for the Devils but the league too, A quality guy who has done great service for the Devils. Hope you are enjoying MNL tonight Richard. Not forgetting of course Helen Brabon who always produces great quality pics for the Devils website and matchnight programes, Well done both.

its going to be close one this!!!!

hot news from GUILDFORD, Apparrently the game in fife has been Abandoned , the ice has been deemed unplayable

apparently there is a hole in the ice infront of the bench and the concrete underneath the ice pad is visible.

correction the game in GUILDFORD has been abandoned!

teams back out in fife

sorry to give everyone heart failure there!!! but was getting mixed texts for some reason

we are underway in Fife where there are NO ice issues

early pressure by Devils

Fournier and Strachan combining well

but nothing to show for it

Fife asserting themselves early in the third

we are unable to stop Fife breaking out and filling neutral zone with players en masse

Bowns save. delayed pen for Fife.

game time 45:21

Fife 27 2 minutes for hooking

GGGGGGGGOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL

Ulmer from Pope and Benti at 46:44

Fife pen 2 for Hooking

Devils pen now 2 minutes for cross-checking for crowder

at 48:42

devils clear

Flyers FS

Devils on PK

Devils desparate play in D

pen killed Devils FS

Fife are very good on offense.

game time 51:24

sorry laptop crashed now back

nothing missed aside from another crowder foiled breakaway

Devils hanging on according to texter

gametime 53:00

Martin called 2 minutes for high sticks

under 5 mins remaining

Devils hanging on grimly

Fife offside

elite game sheets not available

3 mins left

finger nails in danger of being munched

Sheffield beat Clan 6-0

fife offside again 2 mins left

GGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL

Crowder scores

We have played our get out of jail card in Fife tonight

Fife go close in last seconds

28 secs left

Crowder goal empty netter

assist to Hotham

at@58:44

game over Devils win with smash and grab

wow. Andy urges people to get a ticket next time fife come to Cardiff, they are a team worth watching full of speed ad skill.

Devils MOM Joey Martin

Fife's Finucci and Gauthier are quality players worth watching.

what a third period!!!! Profuse apologies for interruptions In coverage due to techie issues but we got there in the end.

Fife MOM Finucci

Thanks to our texters Andy and Gillian, great service. Safe Journey home folks.

before I go here are the latest scores/results

Results Edinburgh 3 Belfast 4; MKL 3 Manchester 2;Steelers 6 Clan 0 and to confirm Dundee @ Guildford abandoned with score at 2-2

That's it from me tonight. Join ne next Saturday as we welcome the Squeelers, sorry Steelers to the IAW.

GOODNIGHT ALL. NOS DA PAWB.