Match Night Live

Welcome to MNL where Xmas is history, that is of course if you are in a fit enough state to remember what you did yesterday

Join me (OJ) for coverage of the game against our usual Boxing Day opponents the Coventry Blaze

MNL coverage fromb 5:30

Score predictions, comments and belated Xmas Greetings to matchnightlive@gmail.com

Croeso - Welcome to MNL

David Rees says this could be tricky for Devils - he predicts a 5-4 win for the Devils

The Pegasuis family are with us on MNL - unfit to travel through Xmas exxcesses if the story, the youngsters predict a 6-2 win for DEVILS the adults are in no fit state to make a rediction

Jonty calls it 4-1 DEVILS

Russky thinks DEVILS will win 5-3

After 2 periods its Steelers 3 Panthers 0

Storm 1 Stars 0 after 5 minutes

Tom Pering is the referee tonight

No Paul Crowder or Josh Batch with Andrew Lord on the bench

Zamboni doing its bit at the moment

Another sell out at the IAW with less than 50 tickets left for next Saturdays game against the Milton Keynes Lightning

Lights dimmed

Here comes the teams

Anthem time

Steelers now winning 4-0 mid way 3rd period

Puck dropped Haddad, Myers Louis start

Justin Faryna throws a big hit behing Blaze net

4th line on for Devils Sean Bentivoglio chance

Puck out of play

@ 3:26

Nastluk saves from Pope

Devils opera a full 4 linesting

Blaze Penalty Ferraro 2 minutes for hooking @ 6:06

Blaze SH breakaway

Face off in the Devils zone

1 minute of PP gone

Another Blaze Penalty2 minutes for delay of game Noble covers puck @ 7:28

Its 5 o 3 for 35 secs

GGGGGGOOOOOAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Jake Morissette who else @ 7:45

Devils still on PP

Face off in the Blaze zone

GGGGGGOOOOOAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Matthew Myers

@ 9:18

Assists for Gleason Fournier & Joey Martin on Devils 1st goal

Andrew Hotham & Sean Bentivoglio get the assists on 2nd goal

Blaze exerting pressure as Devils 4th line trapped in their zone

Gametime 12:30

Blaze icing

Blaze score @ 13:04

Brett Robinson

Gleason Fournier goes close

pologies for not updating scoreline too much rioja

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils Penalty Sean Bentivoglio 2 minutes for roughing

@ 16:01

Robinson also gets 2 minutes for roughing

4 on 4

Devils Matt Pope gets 2 minutes for hooking @ 16:30

Devils clear zone

Now 5 on 4 for Blaze

Devils Full Strength

Final minute

Assists for Lake & Pattersonb on Blaze opener

Blaze icing

End of 1st period DEVILS 2 Blaze 1

Latest scores Steelers 4 Panthers 0 - result; Storm 2 Stars 0 after 28 mins; Flters 3 Caps 0; Clan 1 Giants 0; MKL 0 Flames 1 all after 1 period

Apologies it was Clan 2 Giants 0

SoG for 1st period DEVILS 9 Blaze 8

Teams are back

Puck dropped

Blaze offside

Too many errors by Devils I am told

End to end to start 2nd period

Nastiuk saves from Pope @ 22:47

Matthew Myers shots high after an excellent passage of play

Blaze score @23:53

Devils caught in posseession befhind their net

Scoer Ben Lake

Ben Bowns covers

Devils chance wasted by Bryce Reddick

Save by Ben Bowns

Devils penalty Patrick Asselin 2 minutes for tripping @ 26:29

KILL DEVILS KILL

Devils clear zone

Devils clear zone as Blaze fail to keep pick in

1 minute killed

Devils Full Strength

Blaze Penalty coming

@ 29:22 Robinson 2 minutes for hooking

Nastiuk saves from Asselin

Lets Go DEVILS Lets Go

Blaze Full Strength

Nastiuk saves from Gleason Fournier

Gametime 33:33

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils net dislodged

Face off in the Devils zone

No clear cutchances for Devils, better chances for Blaze

Devils offside

Gametime 37:44

Devils icing

Final minute

Letrs Go DEVILS Lets Go

End of 2nd period DEVILS 2 Blaze 2

Told Devils need to find their top game before it is too late

Storm 4 Stars 0 after 51 minutes

Clan 2 Giants 1 after 2 periods

Flyers 8 Capitals 1 also after 2 periods

MKL 0 Flames 2 after 2 periods

SoG for 2nd period DEVILS 11 Blaze 7 making it 20-15 after 2 periods

Ice ready

Teams back on ice

3rd period underway

Face off in the Devils zone

Lets Go DEVILS Lets Go

Mark Louis 2 minutes for elbowing @42:17

KILL DEVILS KILL

Devils SH breakout folied

Blaze Penalty 43:39 Lake 2 minutes for slashing

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils go on PP

GGGGGGOOOOOAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Joey Martin PPG

@ 44:41

Assists Jake Morissette & Matt Pope

Devils offside

Penalty Devils Matt Pope 2 minutes for high sticks @ 48:09

KILL DEVILS KILL

Big shot from Strachan marginally high

Devils Penalty Justin Faryna 2 minutes for slashing @ 49:21

KILL DEVILS KILL

Pope redturns

Blaze Score

Dingle @ 50:15

Still 3-3 with hits galore

Gametime 55:49

high sticks high sticks high sticks

Blaze had a great chance

Come on U DEVILS

Final 2 minutes

Sorry final minute I meant

Ben Bowns covers with 220 secs left

Blaze icing

End of regulation DEVILS 3 Blaze 3

O/T next

O/T starts finally after some problem with goal line technolgy

Devils change to Pope, Asselin & Hotham

Blaze keeping possession

Blaze offside

3 minutes of O/T gone

Devils penalty

Andrew Hotham 2 minutes for hooking @ 64:04

Blaze time out

Blaze have now 4 on 3

Devils clear zone

Ben Bowns makes a great save at the buzzer

End of O/T

Now penalty shots

Blaze Dingle scores

Devils Martin saved

Blaze Valeraand Bowns save

Morrissettye scores

Now 1-1

Paquette misses

Asselin saved

Morrissette saved

Pietrus Bowns save

Martin save

Dingle misses

Pope hits post

Vallerland Bowns save

Haddad scores

Contested

Given

Dingle scores

Haddad scores

Vallerland misses

DEVILS WIN 4-3

What a game

DEVILS 10th win on the trot

Giants lose 3-2 Clan

Blaze MoM - Ryan Dingle

Devils MoM - JOEY HADDAD

Join me tomorrow night when the DEVILS take on the Blaze again, this time in Coventry

Flyers 10 Capitala 1 result

Join me tomorrow night when the DEVILS take on the Blaze again, this time in Coventry

GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE - NOS DA PAWB