

Welcome Good Hockey folk. Please join me (Russky) from about 5:45pm for usual pre game shenanigans, predictions and comments and then play by play text commentary once the puck drops.
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Until then please enjoy your afternoon.
Just to clarify tonights game is a LEAGUE fixture. The 2nd leg of the CC 1/4 final is next wednesday, where Chris will bring you our coverage of that game.
Evening all. Its almost gametime. Tonight is a big psychological marker for the Devils if they win tonight, ahead of their CC 1/4 2nd leg next wednesday, against the same opponents.
Devils news is that Crowder took full part in the warm up and is kitted out for the game. Paris and Batch are scratches tonight. Lord is on Bench duty.
One prediction thus far from David Rees who sees it as a close game with the Devils winning 5-4 in OT
Ben Davies is getting some good natured 'stick' from the assembled masses of the Red Army. 'get your hair cut' has been heard to be shouted.
As far as I am aware there is no webcast available tonight but no doubt I will be corrected on this.
A further prediction comes from Rob Batch, who predicts a 4-1 win for the Devils.
The scheduled officials for tonights game are Jan Smejkal and Matt Thompson with Lee Young and Andrew Cook as the Linos
50p for the meter in Guildford please, the lights have been out for ages but no intro started as yet
Teams take to the ice at long last
Mark Gough just wants another professional disciplined non dramatic 14th win for the Devils
Anthem time. God Save the Queen on CD, no one joined in.
Welsh Mae hen wlad fyi nhadau from the Red army gets a respectful round of applause
Devils start with crowder Faryna and Haddad
followed by Pope Morrisette and Martin
Bowns called into action early on and saves a Flames shot
Devils go up ice and Haddad shoots
wide.
Haddad and Faryna combining well
Hotham and Martin go close in quick succession
Flames pen Lundin 2 minutes for 2 minutes for holding @ 4:57
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL
Fournier scores a PPG
@ 6:28
Fournier with a PPG
Pope and Mo combine on attack but Mo's shot is saved.
Dr Piggott is getting a shift now
Flames shoot but Puck out of play
gametime 9:46
flames shoot but Puck out of play
Fournier with a speculative shot from halfway but its saved.
Haddad on breakaway, passes to Faryna, puck pushed up over the bar footie style.
Pope forces turnover but his shot is saved.
Devils 3rd line is Benti Ulmer and Asselin
Louis shoots from the point but its saved.
Faryna throws a bomb of a hit
5:47 to go in period
Devils 3rd line is Benti Ulmer and Asselin
Faryna lays a bomb of a hit
Hotham gets away with a accidental high stick on Ben Davies
Neutral zone face off
Flames pen Dunbar gets 2 minutes for high sticks @ 15:45
Flames pen Flames Dunbar gets 2 minutes for high sticks @15:45
Martin sets up Morrisette but it goes just wide
now Haddad shoots wide
Flames FS
Myers gets a rare shift with Benti and Asselin
Devils offside
and thats a wrap on the first period as the buzzer goes.
Forgot to say our texters tonight are Jon and Cenwyn, and they are doing a fab job.
waiting on SOGs info.
Cenwyn says: the Devils are playing a good road game by keeping the Flames wide to the outside. Whilst the Devils have created some great chances, we still have a few gears to go through before they are really firing. Having Louis on the blue line, the D looks very solid. Reddick is limiting his forays forward which is great discipline. The Devils probably deserve to be 3 or 4 up. Ben Davies is keeling over at the slightest touch. Refs are letting the game flow which is great to see.
Still no SOGs info. Just got time for a cuppa methinks.
teams back for the 2nd
and we are underway
Devils go offside 10 seconds in
Flames stickwork leaves a bit to be desired
showing the deft touch of a Rhinocerous according to our texter
well thats a new one on me
Stewart the Flames NM covers a Bentivoglio shot.
Red Army think they are Village people and join in on a chorus of Y M C A
I just wonder who is the red indian!
Fournier skates the length of the pad and then has his shot saved.
Face off in the Flames zone
Devils pen Haddad no idea why says texter
this comes after Bownsy thwarts a Flames breakaway.
Interferance is apparrently the call against Haddad.
Benti with a SH chance
Bowns saves and Hotham clears the rebound
@24:04
Flames score
possibly an og off Reddick
possibly an og off Reddick
possibly an og off Reddick
in last few seconds of PK
in last few seconds of PK
goal came at 24:45
Ben Davies goes offside. he debates it with the Lino and then gets some stick for it from the Red Army.
Louis lays a big hit behind Bown's goal.
Face off in the Devils zone
gametime 27:39
I am told no SOGs info available as yet for 1st period
Mo in 1 on 1 with stewart a la penalty shot but its saved.
Stewart saves from Ulmer
Bowns lifted in favour of extra attacker
Flames pen Yadlowski 2 minutes for boarding @ 10:39
Devils offside at 11:17
Asselin goes close
Flames FS
Flames called for icing
Bowns gathers stray puck
@14:36
sorry 34:36
game gone quiet in
Guildford.
Bowns catches Ben Davies shot that was bound for top shelf
Face off in the Flames zone
3:09 remaining in period
Asselin shoots wide
most of the other games this evening have now started
Flames player fails in his attempt to skate around Strachan.
Buzzer goes to end 2nd period.
Cenwyn says: Devils came out very flat, content to allow the Flames time in their end zone. They created a few decent chances which Bowns was equal to, making a great couple of saves. He then couldnt keep a cross crease pass from going through his 5 hole. To be honest the goal was coming. Devils stepped up their pace some and forced Stewart into making some saves. Apart from the first 8 mins of 2nd we deserve to be ahead and not level
he goes on to say that we need to pepper Stewart with shots and get some traffic in front of him aka Myers and get Faryna Asselin and Benti to pounce on any rebounds
Ulmer forced stewart into an amazing save but we need to really push and pressurize Stewart where we can. Cenwyn says if he were a betting man he'd reckon on it finishing 3-2 to Devils
please ignore that last comment timed at 19:08 some gremlins are present in the page.
Jon says 1:1 is a fair reflection of the game. Flames hustled the Devils that period and they struggled to keep possesion. He also has no idea of the SOGs
Also the Game centre on the ELite League website does not appear to be working so we cant give you the latest scores at the moment.
if you have this information please text it to me at 07746271233 and i will then re-post it here.
Teams are back to ice and the third is underway
Hotham has a shot saved.
Devils pen Haddad 2 minutes for high sticks
FOurnier has a shot saved
Belfast 3 Steelers 0
flames score on rebound Carozzi with the goal
Flames pen Craige not known what nature of call is
Been informed that FLames NM is Carozzi not Stewart
Panthers 3 Storm 1
Dundee 1 Edinburgh 2
MKL 0 Blaze 1
Fife 0 Braehead 0
GGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL Fournier from Martin
Game time 49:50
Morrisette has shot pushed out of play
ok thanks to all the texts with the latest scores.
particularly Phil Egan and Damian Diafol
and Peter in Talygarn
Bowns pads shot away
Crowder goes close with a shot
5:10 remaining in regulation
Face off in the Devils zone
Information I am getting from texters is that Martin got the tip ins on both Devils goals
if so, it would take him to 101 Devils goals in all comps
Haddad has a shot saved.
Devils pen with 3:28 left on the clock
Reddick 2 minutes for slashing
game stopped as one of Bowns' leg pads comes loose.
game restarts
Devils clear zone
last two mins of regulation
Devils FS
Bowns covers puck 1:11 left
Bowns saves again 26 secs remaining
into OT we go
flames score 47 secs into overtime
Dunbar scores the goal for the flames.
Thanks to our band of texters tonight, Jon and Cenwyn at the game, and also our texters with the latest scores, Diafol, Phil and Peter.
Safe trip home to all and of course the Red Army.
Join me tomorrow night at the Panthers come to the IAW.
Until then
Rutkis announced as Devils MOM - curious! Goodnight All Nos Da Pawb
Join me tomorrow night for MNL coverage, as the Panthers come to the IAW.
Devils MOM announced as Rutkis - curious!!! I dont think he iced a single shift.
Flames MOM Dunbar
Until then
Good Night All - Nos Da Pawb