Match Night Live

Good Morning Hockey fans. If you havent managed to get a ticket for tonights sell out match at the IAW why not join me (Russky) from about 6:40pm as we we bring you live text commentary, latest scores and general MNL shenanigans.

If you wish to send us a prediction please do so by emailing it to us at matchnightlive@gmail.com

I will do my best to include any comments and/or predictions during the coverage, upto the end of the first period, as long as they are broadcastable.

Until then I bid you all a restful and enjoyable day.

Hello there. Russky here in the hosting hot seat.

Warm up in progress at the IAW. Waiting for my texter to report in

Scheduled ref is Stefan Hogarth.

Steelers apparently missing the suspension serving Colton Fretter. Levi Nelson and Zach Fitzgerald both down to play tonight as both were reprieved by the DOPS committee earlier this week.

I'll leave you to mull that over.

and come to your own conclusions.

Personally, I hope we give the Steelers a hockey lesson but will be happy with any kind of win tonight.

Dave Rees reckons on a 5-2 Devils win which I think is a trife optimistic, but who knows.

Two early face off games tonight, where Coventry lead Guildford 2-0 at the Spectrum Arena. Also Braehead are also 2-0 up against Edinburgh at the Murrayfield Ice Arena

The other games tonight see Manchester visiting Dundee, Panthers at Milton Keynes, Belfast at Fife, which doubles up as both a Cup and League game.

The two early face offs are also CC games.

Warm up coming to an end, texter arrived and in place.

Just waiting on news on who's scratched for the Devils. Probably Haddad and Richardson. Speculation was rife on Social media that both Faryna and Asselin could ice tonight.

will bring you confirmation as soon as I have it.

Atmosphere at IAW described as 'combustable'. not sure if that is ominous or not.

A near sell out at the IAW. Ramsey out of Steelers line up.

It could be a little bit feisty tonight. Asselin is confirmed as out but Faryna may play.

Caps 0 Clan 2 EO 1st

Guildford 1 Coventry 2 still in play in 1st

A strong sense of anticipation ahead of this game.

game at Guildford now in 1st period break. score 2-1 to Coventry. Hope the ice there is a bit better tonight after last week's abandonement.

Lights down in readiness for the Intro

long pre-game intro video being played

usual Pre game intro video now.

Faryna is down on the official scoresheet to play.

Todd doing his MC act

not quite Jimmy Lennon jnr but based on his style no doubt about that

in that man's words:

LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!

Dr Piggot in line up

Devils in red with predominantly red with white and green trim

Steelers in white shirts with orange trim and orange shorts

Anthem time

here we go. its a gonna be a barn burner of a game!

linos are Anderson and Connolly

Benti Martin line starts for Devils

Moose denies Martin

Devils showing early intent

GGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL

Andrew Hotham scores

@54 seconds

assists to follow

Nelson shoots wide

Pope and Reddick with assists

goal scored at 0:55

in my excitement I forgot to amend score banner

apologies

Devils playing well so far.

Reddick denies Roy a shot

Steelers score Valdix on rebound

restart centre ice

bowns saves from Fitzy

Reddick denied by Moose

end to end game

Batch forces a turnover

Ulmer dumps puck for a line change

Devils 4th line on

Myers Faryna and one unidentified other on that line

Strachan shoots wide

Reddick playing well tonight

Pope Martin Benti on now

Lord Crowder Morrisette on 2nd line

steelers pen Nelson 2 minutes for tripping @ 9.09

Lets go Devils

steelers clear puck desparately on PK

Hotham shoots just wide

GGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL

Hotham scores his 2nd of the night PPG

Steelers pen Armstrong.2 minutes for cross-checking @11:07

Devils 2nd goal at 11:07

2 seconds from end of 1st PP

neutral zone face off

Devils PP unit on ice

Paris fires through traffic but gets deflected wide

Pope denied

Steelers FS

Bowns saves under close attention from 2 Steelers forwards

Faryna blocks a steelers shot

line change

Face off in the Devils zone

Faryna blocks another shot

devils break through Louis

Moose saves from Fournier

Face off in the Steelers zone

Morrisette Crowder line on now

Steelers pen Marquadt2 minutes for hooking @15:41

cross check not hooking call on Marquadt

GGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL

a PPG

Pope from Ulmer and Martin

@16:47

Bowns saves from a 3 on 1 Steelers chance

Face off in the Devils zone

another Face off in the Devils zone

Moose would want that 3rd one back

Bowns saves

Steelers very slick from face off

crowder slows down steelers there

Roy went down on ice no call

devils get away with one there

game time 18:30

Steelers clear frantically

game very end to end

struggling to keep up with it

end of period Devils 3-1

but our texter is doing a great job.

back with SOGs shortly

1st period SOGs 12 a piece

latest scores: Guildford 1 Coventry 3 CC; Caps 2 Clan 4 CC; Dundee 1 Manchester 2 Lg; MKL 1 Nottingham 3 Lg; Fife 0 Belfast 2 CC & Lg

I need a quick respite after that 1st period.

only one prediction tonight. unless a lot of our regulars are at the IAW

well the Hammers got Hammered by the Red Scousers 4-1

Devils rode their luck that period. Methinks that the Steelers will come out all guns blazing in the 2nd and Devils will have to withstand a barrage from Thommo's men.

Bowns gave up a big rebound off his leg pads for the steelers goal.

teams back on the ice

Benti now credited with Devils 1st goal

we are underway in the 2nd

Martin Pope Ulmer line starts

Reddick shoots but Moose equal to it

Mo Crowder and Lord on now

Steelers D unit having to work hard

Nelson on breakaway shoots wide

play behind Bownsy

game very end to end

Louis Ulmer and Batch on makeshift third line

Wallace shot deflected wide of Bowns

line change for after a long shift there

Faryna Myers line on now

surprisingly subdued steelers this period so far

Strachan cleaning up at D

Paris intercepts pass between roy and Anderson

a long period of play without stoppages

Mo Lord and Crowder now

Hotham shoots from distance

Bowns saves on a 2 on 1 from Valdix and Nelson

Face off in the Devils zone

Steelers lacking composure infront of goal - not like them

trying too hard perhaps

ben o connor not playing tonight

neutral zone face off

Some Steelers lines not operating effectively tonight

Thank Goodness!

Paris shoots wide

Devils smelling a big opportunity tonight

Face off in the Steelers zone

pope shoots but Fitzy gets in the way

seems a slight delay on updates

Myers saves from Moose more by luck than judgement

Nelson shoots wide on a 2 on 1 chance again

Moose from Myers I meant

Paris lays a big hit on Matheson

Devils pen Paris 2 minutes for interference

Steelers pen Roy 2 minutes for high sticks @ 30:10

4 on 4 now

Paris pen at 30:05

Steelers feeling a little hard done by with some of the calls.

but expressing it a bit too vocally

neutral zone face off

1 min left of 4 on 4

Devils denied by Matheson

Moose gloves a Benti shot

Face off in the Steelers zone

short 5 second PP for Devils

steelers FS

5 on 5 now

Steelers having to work hard on Defence

they are clearly missing o connor

Lord denied by Moose

Play goes down ice quickly then Bowns having to make a save.

game time 34:00

Face off in the Devils zone

Steelers woken up a bit now

Bowns saves from Matheson

Face off in the Devils zone

Steelers offside

Neutral zone face off

Scrappy phase of 2nd period

another neutral zone face off

Steelers feeling agreived and getting frustrated with Hogarth

they might get a miscon pen if they continue chirping at the ref

Devils working hard along the boards

clearing the puck

Moose saves from Paris

Crowder and Lord trying to work a chance

inside last two mins of 2nd period

Craig Moore getting through a lot of work

perhaps an unsung hero for the Devils

Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils hit the post

bounces away from the Devils though

Paris clears the puck out of play

Face off in the Devils zone

Paris lucky not to get a delay of game

Mo shoots Moose saves

end of period buzzer goes

no goals but plenty of action in that period

2nd Period SOGs Devils 10 Steelers 3 22- 15 overall

Results: Guildford 1 Coventry 4; Edinburgh 2 Braehead 5.

Latest scores:

Dundee 2 Manchester 3 eo 2nd

MKL 3 Nottingham 4 eo 2nd

Fife 0 Belfast 3 in play in 2nd

time for a sarnie and a cuppa I think

Will be back in time for start of 3rd

Teams back on the ice

Almost ready to go

and we are off

Benti with an early chance but blocked

Crowd and Reddick combine to stop Steelers attack

devils clear

Faryna's shot blocked

end to end again at the start of the 3rd

Devils dump puck for a line change

Devils force a turnover

and clear the puck

game whistled down

Pope hooked fell on Fitzy who is injured and escorted off the ice for treatment

neutral zone face off

texter being made to work hard tonight

devils break

Lord and Mo combine but prevented by Arnessen

Aarsen not Arnesen

Myers shoots Moose fumbles

Piggot shoots

but blocked

by Moose

Louis is having a busy night but playing well in his dual role

Moose gets something on the puck

Benti with a chance but loses the puck at the wrong time

Devils ramped up the pace of the game

Bowns saves.

this game has really become end to end

amazing spell of quickfire hockey

game time 49:00

short quick shifts now needed

Devils icing

time to catch our breaths

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils icing the puck

again!

Face off in the Devils zone

Fitzy back on the ice

Benti played a great pass but it came to nothing

Bowns covers.

a touch of handbags in Bowns' crease

Paris takes exception to Nelson's attempts to get the puck from Bowns

Bowns covers again. Marquadt shot saved

Face off in the Devils zone

Batch with a chance but just cant finish it

7 mins left

this period has flown

Devils pen Hotham 2 minutes for high sticks@ 53:17

Lets kill this pen

Strachan not Hotham on the naughty bench

Devils FS

Steelers offside

Steelers not on form tonight

they cant get their usual rhythm and style of play going

Face off in the Devils zone

Louis clears

Louis back on D in last few mins of game

Phillips' shot failed to get to its target.

game time 57:05

icing called

neutral zone face off

Steelers win draw there

scuffle near the Devils bench. Fitzy and Morrisette. a real catchweight tussle

inside final 90 seconds

Devils need to keep their discipline here

Moose pulled

or lifted I should say

Steelers scores 6 on 5 Scott Aarsen the scorer

Steelers time out

top shelf shot there

found its target

centre ice face off. 6 on 5 for Steelers

Moose still lifted

last 10 seconds

game over buzzer goes Devils win

handbags at end but all calmed down

handshakes all round

that's a great result for the Devils.

Thanks to our texter tonight who wishes to remain anonymous, so I must respect that.

a great game

Steelers MOM Zach Fitzgerald

safe trip home to the Steelers and their supporters

no game for Devils tomorrow, good job given the intensity and action of that game.

Devils MOM is Andrew Hotham.

That's it from me tonight. Join us next Saturday as the Devils travel to Belfast for their first game of the season at the SSE Odyssey.

NB Hotham picked up a 2 min pen for roughing at 60:00

Tonights other game results: Dundee 5 Manchester 4; MKL3 Nottingham 5; Fife 2 Belfast 4

Goodnight Folks Nos Da Pawb