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Hi there folks . welcome to today's coverage of the continuation of the Devils/Blaze rivalry here on MNL

After last night's last gasp winner from Asselin, the Blaze will be out for revenge.

so far just two predictions, Leanne goes for 3-2 whilst Kieran sees it as 4-1 both in favour of the Devils.

Dai Rees reckons that the Devils knocked the stuffing out of the Blaze last night so an slightly easier game with the Devils winning 3-0

Devils without Fournier tonight suspended after his challenge on Ferrara last night.

Lights are down at the Supedome Intros in progress

Our texter is in place and itching to get started. We also have Cenwyn giving his end of period analysis of how the game is going from a Devils perspective.

Anthem time

Devils in white shirts with green and red trim, red shorts and red, green and white socks

Blaze in all dark blue

we are underway

early sparring. and Bowns gets and early pad save

Face off in the Devils zone

Icing called against Devils

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils D unit working hard

Pering and Hogarth are the refs tonight

Blaze showing alot of intent and play early in period

Cornwall Taffy predicts an 4-2 Devils win

nothing really of any note from the Devils

shot from Devils as Martin cant get it past Nastiuk

Face off in the Blaze zone

Drew Paris still missing for Devils

Richardson with a shot through traffic but it fails to get to Nastiuk

Devils finding their way into the game now

its end to end but final quality missing on goal

Haddad running the game now for the Devils

Face off in the Blaze zone

Shot from Martin at the point goes sailing over nastiuks goal

Devils starting to dominate

Marin with another shot on Nastiuk who pads it away

Batch replacing Fournier on D

Strachan working hard along the boards and wins the puck

Face off in the Blaze zone

Blaze just about clear the puck

Nastiuk saves on a wraparound effort

Reddick with a shot thats padded away

Blaze pen Vallarand @7:28 Hooking

Nastiuk with a good save on back door

GGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Morrisette with PPG on rebound

goal at 8:11 assisted Martin and Reddick

Face off in the Blaze zone

Blaze D switiched off and it almost cost them

icing called

Blaze clear puck

centre ice face off

won by Blaze

Puck out of play

game time 10:08

Steelers leading 4-0 against Giants in 1st

game gone into scrappy mode

Martin's shot directed away from goal by Noble

Paquette shoots wide of goal

nice poke check by Devils player to keep Devils presssure on

Devils almost caught out by Blaze counter attack

Blaze Pen Interference by Vallarand @12:28

Face off in the Blaze zone

Myers to tussle for it

Morrisette and Dingle collide

DIngle comes off the worse

Nastiuk with another massive save

Bowns saves in 1 on1 against Lake

great save from Bowns to foil that breakaway

Blaze looking dangerous on break

Haddad loses puck at wrong time

as he's about to shoot

GGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL

Asselin scores assist Bentivoglio @ 16:17

Nastiuk keeping Blaze in this game

Vallarand denied by Bowns

Benti driving up the centre of the ice

Bowns saves from Venus

fast frantic pace tot he game

neutral zone face off

Robinson feels a hit and goes off

Face off in the Blaze zone

Blaze good on face off draws tonight

another Neutral zone face off

PAcquettea and myers tussle for puck

hand pass called

Face off in the Blaze zone

Richardson intercepts a pass meant for Lake

Bowns saves on a 3 on 1 breakaway

and the buzzer gpes to end the period

I need to get my breath back after that.

Discussion taking place centre ice with refs

Blaze have worst PP and PK apparrently

nothing really came of that discussion

Cenwyn says:n its been a close game with Devils just edging possession. Blaze had a few chances. Devils have peppered Nastiuk who has made some wonderful saves. The goal by Asselin was a beautiful backhand take after a steal by Benti at the goal line. Blaze are quick and competitive but the Devils have that extra quality thats putting them ahead. Blaze's period for the first 5 mins until the Devils took over. Blaze questioning some of the calls. Never knew you could be called for Icing from a deflection.

Latest scores ( in face off time order) : Steelers 4 Giants 0; Manchester 1 Braehead 1

no SOGs info as yet

The other games tonight see MKL@ Guildford; Dundee @ Edinburgh and Fife hosting Nottingham which is the last to face off.

Dont forget to join us on wednesday when we will have coverage of the 1st leg of the CC semi final at Ice Sheffield between the Devils and Steelers. OJ will be in the hosting hot seat for that one.

teams are back out in Coventry.

1st period SOGs Blaze 9 Devils 16

Blaze bench penalty from end of period

we are underway

bench pen was 2 min minor abuse of official

Lets go Devils

Devils in control untril a Blaze poke check breaks up attack

Blaze FS

Face off in the Devils zone

Nastiuk makes a miracle save on an odd man rush by Faryna

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils keeping pressure on Blaze D

2 on 1 Blaze and they score Vallarand the

scorer

@23:14

Devils D pushed up too far leaving the massive space behind

Nastiuk saves from Richardson

Face off in the Blaze zone

Strachan trying to create something.

Steelers 5 Giants 0 in 2nd

Devils break out denied by Nastiuk glove save

Blaze miss a great chance puck goes wide

its end to end

Myers hits venus hard

Devils pen Reddick 2 minutes for roughing @26:15

Correction:interference not Roughing

KILL this pen Devils. Reddick exacting revenge for a late hit by Noble

40 secs left on PK

Louis marshalling well on D

Devils FS

Devils creating a chance on the fly.

Face off in the Blaze zone

game time 28:30

Nastiuk covers

Face off in the Blaze zone

Bowns saves haddad clear rebound

Bowns saves from Paquette

Dingle scores for Blaze on breakaway

@30:00

Blaze have momentum here.

Devils have breakaway but denied by Nastiuk

Face off in the Blaze zone

its really high tempo end to end play

Lake's shot cleared before it gets to Bowns

Blaze pen Noble 2 minutes for Slashing @31:03

Face off in the Blaze zone

Reddick with a howitzer from the point goes just wide

Devils pressuring on PP

Nastiuk saves from Reddick

44 secs on PP remaining

Hotham with a chance but whistled down for player in crease

Dundee 3-0 up at Edinburgh

MKL 1 Guildford 0

Courchaine fires puck wide of Bowns

Game's tempo has dropped a little.

Face off in the Blaze zone

Pope shoots high and wide of Nastiuk's goal

Blaze FS

game time 35:20

Blaze had better of this period

Asselin shoots high

Neutral zone face off

Strachan with shot from wide into Nastiuks pads

Bowns saves

Bowns having to work hard. Blaze stepped it up this period

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils getting caught at back on breakways and odd man rushes

Face off in the Devils zone

Haddad clears puck

with Bowns sprawling in crease

Devils looking stretched on D at times

1 min left of period

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils unusually struggling at face offs

Pope and Noble clashing

Devils pen Pope 2 minutes for holding @39:22

and the buzzer goes to end the 2nd.

Its a game of 3 periods not 2 but Blaze win that one.

well that was eventful.

but not in the way we wanted.

Cenwyn says: we came out flat PP was awful. Blaze score a fluke goal and it energises them. Strachan is on the ice for ages. They get a breakaway 1 on1 and score. Blaze are now flying. suddenly Bowns is having to save the Devils a few times. The Devils are going to have to raise their game in the final 20n aned stop thus run and gun. Pope takes a stupid pen in last minute. Noble holding his glove so he held onto him fooling the ref. Period to forget

Latest scores in Face off order Steelers 5 Giants 0; Manchester 1 Braehead 2;Edinburgh 0 Dundee 3; Guildford 0 MKL 1; Fife 0 Nottingham 0

game in fife, start delayed due to zamboni broken down.

Still awaiting SOGs info in Coventry.

just a reminder that Devils have an away double header in Belfast next friday and then Saturday. We will hopefully have coverage of both games. so its a tough schedule for the Devils with the Steelers away on Wednesday too

2nd Period SOGs Blaze 12 Devils 10 ; Blaze 21 Devils 26 overall

teams back on to ice.

Latest Steelers 6 Giants 0

we are underway

1:10 to kill by Devils

Vallarand hits one from distance.

Devils pen Hotham 2 minutes for cross-checking @ 40:43

Blaze pen Paquette 2 minutes for embellishment

Devils pen 2 minutes for slashing Haddad @ 41:27

Devils back on PK

having just killed off Pope pen

Face off in the Devils zone

Blaze trying to create and Devils clear

Bowns saves with pads

Scramble infront of Bowns

Devils clear the puck out

Devils FS

Haddad with a great chance, Nastiuk saves

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils win draw

Benti with a chance, Denied by Vallarand

Devils have upped their play

Gametime 4:27

in 3rd

44:27 overall

Morrisette fires puck into side netting

Devils back to their 1st period tempo

Nastiuk saves

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils Back to FS now

Dingle with big hit on Hotham

Blaze pen Dingle 2 boarding

Reddick not Hotham the victim

Face off in the Blaze zone

Nastiuk with big pad save from hotham

Neutral zone face off

Neutral zone face off

1 min remains of Devils PP

Nastiuk makes two quick saves

Blaze pen Vallarand 2 minutes for tripping

Devils have short spell of 5 on3

Blaze back to 4 players

Puck wont sit nicely for Devils at the momen t

Another great save from Nastiuk

denies bentivoglio

Nastiuk grabs rebound.

Devils ramping up the pressure on the PP

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL

Morrisetten scores

even handed

@50:08

Blaze went back to FS about 5 seconds before Mo scored

Blaze clear puck out

Devils needing to defend now

Blaze shot goes into side netting

Devils called for icing.

Gametime 53:01

Devils big hit forces turnover

Martin denied by Nastiuk

Face off in the Blaze zone

offside against Devils

Result: Steelers 8 Giants 0

3rd period fairly even

just over 5 mins remaining in regulation

Nastiuk covers

Face off in the Blaze zone

winning more face offs now by the Devils

Face off in the Blaze zone

Nastiuk deserves MOM for Blaze. he has saved them from a real thrashing

Devils pen Asselin 2 minutes for slashing @15:58

Blaze trying to walk puck into net on PP

Haddad almost made it safe. Shot went into side netting

Poor PP by Blaze

conversely great PK by Devils

Devils FS

2 mins left in regulation

Bowns saves on and rebound is cleared.

Blaze throwing everything at Bowns

Bench pen Blaze too many men

@58:24

Face off in the Devils zone

that should have been called by refs but wasnt . Even strength hockey!

1 min left

45 seconds left

Face off in the Blaze zone

30 seconds left

icing called.

time out called

24 seconds remaining

game resumes with face off in Devils D zone

Nastiuk puled

game over Devils win

that was a good game aside from the 2nd period

Cenwyn says : Devils played really well that period. Nastiuk had a blinder. Blaze hustled the Devils all night but a good 4 point weekend

Devils MOM Joey Haddad

Latest scores Guildford 0 MKL 2; Manchester 4 Braehead 2

Fife 0 Nottingham 0

Blaze MOM Kevin Nastiuk

Thats it from me tonight. Join OJ for MNL coverage on wednesday for the CC Semi final First leg at Ice Sheffield.

Goodnight All. Nos Da Pawb

NB Results: Sheffield 8 Belfast 0; Manchester 5 Braehead 2; Guildford 3 MKL 2; Edinburgh 3 Dundee 6; Latest score Fife 0 Nottingham 1 end of 2nd period