Match Night Live

Good Afternoon. There is nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal. The Devils will be hurting following last nights defeat in Nottingham. Join Me (Russky) from about 5:30pm for your usual dose of Devils flavoured text commentary once the puck drops.

If you wish to interact with us here, please do so by emailing your comments and or predictions to matchnightlive@gmail.com and we will do our best to include them during our coverage this evening.

Until then, entertain yourselves however way you wish.

Welcome back.

The warm up is well underway at the IAW. Devils without Drew Paris and Luke Piggott. Andrew Lord is still observing from the Bench.

Three predictions thus far received. Hazel goes for a close 3-2 Devils win, where as Pete goes for his customary 6-1 prediction.

Dai Rees sees the game as 5-2 for a Devils win

Good News as Josh Batch is listed on the game sheet tonight. It will be interesting to see how much ice time he gets.

The scheduled refs tonight are Mike Hicks and Matt Rose with Sam Motton and James Ions who are the Linos tonight.

More good news in that Fife have made it to the IAW from snowbound Scotland.

This is my first game hosting in a while, I hope i can remember what to do. Thanks to the sterling service of OJ and Chris who have been hosting inbetween times. With alot of midweek games coming up, OJ wil be a busy man. I dont finish work until 7pm so I dont get home much before 8pm so I am unable to host these games.

or host MNL coverage for these games, I should say.

Many thanks once again for your numerous messages of condolences following my mothers passing. We were finally able to 'lay her to rest' this week.

There are 5 other games being played tonight and we will bring you the latest scores from them during the period breaks.

Pat says: after a terriable game last night, the Devils need to get their act together and get some wins, starting tonight.

Waiting to hear that our texter is in place.

at the IAW and not in the nearest watering hole.

The Zamboni is doing its usual laps of the ice pad. Just hope Philip and Holly are'nt driving it!

Lights have gone down at IAW for a new pre-game intro video

featuring Joey Martin!

now the usual pre-game intro sequence.

The Devils take to the ice

Devils in their usual all red outfit. Fife are in white shirts with yellow trim and dark shorts.

Fife are not to be underestimated having won against Nottinghm and Sheffield away from home.

Anthem time

A sprinkling of Fife Jerseys have been seen in the visiting fans block

Crowder Haddad and Faryna line

starts

Fife with early pressure

Haddad shoots high

fast end to end hockey

Martin Mo and Pope now on ice

Benti Ulmer and Asselin on now

short sharp shifts i'd say

Ulmer with a big chance denied by Iles

Iles in the Fife net tonight

Fife looking threatening

Devils clear

Reddick shoots after Faryna sets him up

Devils initially playing 3 lines at the moment

Fife pen Isaacs 2 minutes for cross-checking @4:51

nope Interference was the call

Martin fires the puck straight at Iles' midriff

Face off in the Flyers zone

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #1

@6:08 scored by Asselin

assist details to follow

Face off in the Devils zone

assists to Bentivoglio and Hotham

Devils pen Faryna 2 minutes for roughing @ 6:50

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils clear the puck

Fife are very capable on offence

to cause Devils D unit problems.

Bowns saves and holds on to puck

Face off in the Devils zone

Fife offside neutral ice face off

Devils FS as are Fife

Face off in the Devils zone

game time 9:00

Face off in the Devils zone

sell out tonight at the IAW

game gone into stoccato phase

Face off in the Devils zone

Schaber marshalled away from the Devils goal well

Hotham mistake results in a Fife breakaway

shot goes wide from Heelis

Fife go offside.

neutral zone face off

GGGGGGGOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #2

Fournier scores at 11:55

waiting on assist details

Martin backhander denied by Iles

Devils keeping the Flyers at bay at the moment

Louis takes exception to a hit by Birzins

Devils pen roughing for Louis

Fife getting feisty.

Fife pen 2 minutes for slashing

Louis pen now expired

Fife pen 2 minutes for Bloodoff the slashing culprit

Pope with a chance but tangled with mosey

Face off in the Flyers zone

Devils now 5 on 3

Gauthier back on ice after his slashing pen

Devils now 5 on 4

FIfe FS

Joey Haddad credited with only assist on Fournier's goal

Crowder and Faryna combine for a chance

inside last minute of period

Iles covers with help of team mates

Face off in the Flyers zone

buzzer goes to end first period

Latest scores: Coventry Blaze 0 Manchester Storm 3; Guildford 0 Belfast 0; MKL 1 Nottingham 1; Edinburgh 1 Sheffield 0; Dundee 0 Braehead 0

Waiting on SOGs stats.

no SOGs info available at moment.

This is a good game says our texter. Fife still look dangerous on the counter attack.

SOGs now in : Devils 11 Fife 6

Fournier goal was a thing of beauty. A rasping shot topshelf above Iles' left shoulder.

teams back on the ice.

Devils PP at 33% success rate tonight 1 goal from 3

we are underway in the 2nd

Gauthier hits post.

Devils slow start to the 2nd

Devils pen Haddad 2 minutes for hooking @ 20:32

neutral ice face off

Devils not with it at the moment

Jake Morrisette fires one wide on breakaway

Devils pen @ 2:41 2 minutes for hooking

Devils PK working ok

Devils FS

Bowns covers

Face off in the Devils zone

Layne Ulmer with some very savvy hockey play to hold up the fife attack

Crowder shoots Fife clear their goal line

Iles was all at sea there

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils just win the draw

Pope shoots but deflected wide

Iles denies Myers.

Devils pen 2 minutes for slashing @27:30 Reddick the culprit

Face off in the Devils zone

Fife attack breaks down at the point

game gone a bit scrappy says texter

Fife pressing

Bowns saves with his blocker

Face off in the Flyers zone

Devils cant get anything set up and Fife clear

Bowns gloves the puck

after a quick fife counter attack

Face off in the Devils zone

Flyers starting to build some pressure

Fife score

Devils playing statues on D

not good.

Faryna denied twice in quick succession

Belfast leading 3-1 in Guildford

Fife sniffing round for an equaliser. they have upped their game in the 2nd

Devils now chasing the game some despite the scoreline. Fife have the upper hand at moment

Face off in the Devils zone

Bowns covers puck

after Fife breakaway

Face off in the Devils zone

game time 37:30

Devils go offside

long range shot easily gathered by Iles

inside last minute of 2nd

Pope with long shot and wide of Iles it goes

thats a wrap for the 2nd period

Latest scores: Coventry 2 Manchester 5; MKL 3 Nottingham 3; Edinburgh 1 Sheffield 4; Guildford 1 Belfast 3;Dundee 2 Braehead 0.

MKL 4 Nottingham 3

Devils intensity dropped abit in that period. Fife took advantage and got the in-game momentum.

No SOGs stats forthcoming at moment

Again the EIHL site's game centre playing up again tonight.

Devils need to reassert their authority in this game and close it out in the 3rd

Schaber was the scorer of the Fife goal at 32:00

both teams back on ice

some repair work to the ice taking place hence delayed start to 3rd

We are underway in 3rd

Morrisette denied early by Iles

centre ice activity as the Devils try to set up

Ulmer then Benti have chances

but cleared by Fife

Crrowder's shot tipped wide of the fife goal

Bowns goes wandering but manages to clear the puck

Ulmer shoots straight at iles

Face off in the Flyers zone

GGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #3

Scored by Joey Martin assisted by Batch @44:37

Fife go close but cant find goal finding touch

Faryna denied by Iles

Devils still persisting with long passes.

Face off in the Flyers zone

Storm beat Coventry 5-2

Myers with a chance. blocked by Jorghensen

Correction Panthers scored the 4th goal at MKL. Score now 7-3 to Panthers

Crowder loses possession at vital time

with Haddad waiting

Crowder fres over net

Hotham taken down

hes up and ok

game time 50:00

Panthers beat MKL 7-3

great turn from Hotham but couldnt bury the biscuit

Fife now with a chance but wide it goes

Iles keeping his team in this game

Strachan fires wide.

Josh Batch getting more icetime in the third period

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL #4

Crowder scores assist Faryna @ 52:57

Devils now in control of this game

Pope fires one from the point and hits the crossbar

Fife look tired

Fife look tired

Devils pen 2 minutes for cross-checking Reddick 55:05

Bowns saves

Face off in the Devils zone

Fife trying to set up but Devils keep them wide

Devils have 3 on1 but waste it

Devils FS

Face off in the Devils zone

its about game management now. wind down the clock and take the 2 points

neutral ice face off.

someome on the fife bench takes a puck to the body.

Fife score. Goal reviewed

it came off moorings before the puck crosses the line.

goal still being reviewed

Discussions still taking place.

Matt Rose and Mike Hicks vviewing a momitor in the centre ice box

to try and determine if it was a goal or not

goal is washed out after 17 mins

Face off in the Devils zone

1:45 left in game

inside final minute

Moyer shoots Bowns pads it wide

20 seconds left

game over Devils win 4-1

Sheffield beat Edinburgh 7-1

Fife MOM Andy Iles

Belfast beat Guildford 3-2

Devils MOM Justin Faryna

Thanks to our texter tonight. great work.

Join OJ on wednesday as we hopefully bring you coverage of the Devils visit to Braehead.

Hope Fife team and supporters have a safe trip home to snowbound Scotland.

Latest score in Scotland: Dundee 3 Braehead 1

Goodnight all Nos Da Pawb