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Good Afternoon all. Croeso - welcome to our coverage this evening of the game at the IAW: Devils v Giants

Three predictions so far in Dai sees it as a close game 3-2 to Devils. Hazel sees it as 4-2 Devils where as Pete goes for his customary 6-1 Devils.

Tonights refs are scheduled to be Mike Hicks and Dean Smith with James Kavanagh and Danny Beresford as the Linos

The warm up is drawing to a close.

the early game today is in progress with the Steelers leading Fife 3-0 at the moment.

Right be honest, who thought Germany would beat Canada in the men's Olympic hockey semi the other day? Not me. I rate it as a big an upset as the Miracle on Ice in 1980 when the USA beat the Soviet Union, as they were then,4-3

The other games today see MKL v Coventry; Edinburgh v Nottingham; Manchester Storm v Guildford. We will be keeping a close eye on that game giving you the score updates as soon as we can. The other scores will be given during the period breaks.

warm up finished.

Tonights game is a full dress rehearsal for next sunday's Challenge Cup Final.

Latest score MKL 1 Coventry 0

Belfast missing James Van der Meer. But Ashley Tait playing for Giants. I thought he had retired.

Belfast also have former Devil Matt Towe in their Line up

names to watch out from Giants, Darcy Murphy and Brendan Connolly as well as hockey journeyman Brandon Benedict.

Still no Mark Louis tonight for the Devils. Dr Piggot is also a scratch for the game tonight.

our texter tonight is Phil Egan, who will also be giving his end of period insight and analysis

lights down at IAW

Intro in progress

Pat says a 2-1 Devils win will do.

Devils tonight in all red

Giants in white tops with dark shorts

After last nights disappointment in Altrrincham the Devils need a the two points tonight that a win would bring.

Anthem time

Bowns and Whistle are the netminders between the pipes tonight

Dean smith preparing to drop the Puck

and we are underway

Ulmer Asselin and Benti start

Asselin shot gets deflected.

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Benti scores

Assist to Hotham at 28seconds into the game

Martin Haddad and Pope on now

Faryna Mor and Crowder on

Belfast score thru Matt Towe

wow what a start

Giants pen #10 2 minutes for slashing

Lets go u Devils

Sylvestre was the guilty man on the Penalty

Devils not making the most of this PP

GIants FS

gametime 5:00

Devils dump the puck to change lines

alot of odd man rushes going on

a very open game

Whistle covers

Face off in the Giants zone

Devils pen Josh batch 2 minutes for hooking @7:25

Benti 1 on 1 with Whistle but Whistle gets to the puck first

and clears it

Devils FS

Paris shoots high and wide

Face off in the Giants zone

cleared by Giants

from face off

Haddad shot blocked

Benti denied by Whistle

Asselin fires one wide

Connoly clears puck from Faryna

Giants shot deflected high into net behind the Devils goal

Hotham gets tripped but no call

hotham gone to changing room to change his boots

neutral ice face off

Bowns saves from Shields

game time 14:35

Bowns covers

Devils and GIants both making errors

Devils offside

Crowd at IAW a little pensive says our texter

Bowns saves from Benedict

Hotham back on the ice

Save by Whistle from Reddick

Apparrently the wifi has been installed at IAW

Myers couldnt quite finish a fine move created by Haddad

Giants called a time out

1:12 remaining in period

game restarts

Face off in the Giants zone

Benedict blocks shot by Martin

GIants pen holding the call on Shields @19:47

another GIants pen 2 minutes for cross-checking by Martinelli @19:57 so the Devils will start 2nd 3 seconds into a 5 on 3 PP

Buzzer goes to end 1st

fair scoreline our texter says

1st period SOGs Devils 9 Giants 3

Guildford 2 Manchester 0 at Spectrum in Guildford

Latest scores: Edinburgh 0 Nottingham 5; Sheffield 7 Fife 0 (EO 2nd); MKL 3 Coventry 2

time for some more cough mixture i think

I am barking like a rabid dingo at the moment

for those that dont know a dingo is an Australian wild dog thats prevailant to the outback

Come on Guildford. Do us a favour and make that result last night in Altrincham irrelevant.

Benti scored one of the easiest of the season on the back door. Morrisette will want the one Matt Towe score back though.

I have had confirmation that the WIFI at the IAW is now in full operational mode.

This is good news for easier future MNL coverage from the IAW

teams are back on the ice for the 2nd period

Devils have 1 min 50 of 5 on 3

Hicksy gets the 2nd underway

Devils setup fails

Giants clear

Devils trying just too hard and too anxious ar moment

Giants back to 4skaters

Giants FS

Devils score at even strength

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Faryna scores

assist Ulmer and Reddick@ 22:05

Crwder goes close.

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Bentivoglio scores at 23:56

assist Ulmer and Asselin

Devils pen Haddad 2 minutes for tripping @24:19

1:07 remaining on PK

Face off in the Devils zone

Bowns denies Seviano

Devils clear rebound

Devils FS

our texter says its so much easier now the wifi is working

easier to send texts i think he means

Devils offside as Benti is denied a hat trick chance

Face off in the Devils zone

Bowns saves

Devils attack breaks down with a stray pass

Devils cant clear their D zone

game time 29:00

Crowder shoots straight at Whistle

easy save for Whistle

Still 2-0 in Guildford.

Face off in the Giants zone

Steeler 8-1 on Fife

great save from Whistle

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Patrick Asselin scores assist Hotham #32:00

MKL 4 Coventry 3

Offside Giants

neutral zone face off

Face off in the Devils zone

after bowns saves a long shot

now Guildford 3 Manchester 0

game gone into lull

giants score

Goulakos scores

Fournier gfts that goal to Giants

sloppy defensive work costs the Devils there

gametime 37:00

Goulakos goal comes at 35:56

Bowns saves

Giants getting back into game since their 2nd

Devils dropped a bit in their intensity

Pope gets hit hard by Connolly no call

Pope and riley have a dose of handbags

Riley sitting in Sin Bin

discussion taking place in front of sin bins

Riley gets 2 minutes for roughing @ 39:03

buzzer goes to signal end of 2nd

Hicks in discussion with Adam Keefe

RESULT: Sheffield 8 Fife 1

Latest scores: Edinburgh 0 Notthingham 7; MKL 4 Coventry 3; Guildford 3 Manchester 0 (end of 2nd at Centrum)

2nd period SOGS Devils 9 Giants 10 making it 18-13 overall

2nd period break proposal gets a 'yes'

Game going to Devils liking in Guildford at the moment.

Edinburgh 0 Nottingham 8 end of 2nd

4-4 in MKL now

our texter seems to have gone awol, or to the bar at least!

teams back on the ice.

and our texter is back from the bar!

slight delay to start of 3rd

we are underway

Devilson PP

nothing yet on PP

very poor

Giants FS

Devils cant keep possesion

Crowder has his shot save.

Texter says we are playing better than we did last night. Giants getting away with alot of cheapshots behind the play. we are missing a tough guy to stop that happening!

offside texts

3-1 now in Guildford

Face off in the Giants zone

nothing comes from it

Belfast still look threatening on break

Ulmer clears the puck in the nick of time

Bowns saves and Devils clear

Devils finaly break out of their D zone

Face off in the Giants zone

GIants clear

Fournier lucky to get away with a holding and slashing

Bowns covers

Devils pen Hotham 2 minutes for slashing @ 47:45

CORRECTION: Still 3-0 in Guildford

penalty shot

for Devils

Haddad v Whistle

at 48:56

Whistle saves

time to consign that play to the bin Joey, it doesnt work

Bowns plucks puck in mid air

Bowns gloves the puck again

Devils FS

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Joey Haddad with a howitzer

assist Pope and Martin @ 50:52

a huge Sigh of relief almost visibly goes around the IAW

it is now 3-1 in Guildford.

Giants pen 2 minutes for cross-checking for Sylvestre@ 52:22

big turnaround in MKL: now 7-5 to Coventry

Edinburgh 1 Nottingham 10

Devils not created anything of note on the PP

game time 54:30

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils working hard to clear puck

Giants getting bounce of puck

game time 55:36

Time out called by Lord

Face off in the Devils zone when game re starts

Bowns saves

Bowns saves thru traffic in front of him

Devils apparrently running down the clock

Face off in the Devils zone

game time 56:30

Whistle lifted

6 on 5 in Devils D zone

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Guildford 4 Manchester 1

inside last minute

Game over DEVILS WIN

assist to Reddick on Devils 6th GOAL

Giants MOM Spiro Goulakos

Thanks to our texter Phil Egan for his hard work.

Devils MOM is Patrick Asselin.

Devils now play against Storm next friday at the IAW. Join OJ as we bring you coverage of that one.

A big psychological marker made tonight ahead of next sundays game in the challenge cup final against the same opponents.

it looks like a 10 point lead at the top of the League for the Devils.

Result MKL 5 Coventry 8

Latest score Edinburgh 1 Nottingham 10; RESULT: Guildford 4 Manchester 1

Latest score Edinburgh 1 Nottingham 10; RESULT: Guildford 4 Manchester 1

Thats it from me. Be sure to join OJ for MNL coverage on friday as the Storm come to the IAW.

Goodnight all. NOS DA PAWB