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Good Morning Hockey Folk. Join me (Russky) from 5:30pm for the usual MNL Build up and Live unrivalled text commentary once the puck drops

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Until then I hope you have a great Easter Sunday.

Croeso - Welcome folks.

Its time to finish the job started by the Devils last friday.

The score displayed is the aggregate score and will as such remain through out the game

one prediction in so far, Dai Rees sees it as 3-1 to Devils tonight so 7-3 overall

I stand to be corrected (please feel free to do so via email !) but I think the Devils would play the winner of the Panthers/Giants game should they progress.

Tonights Refs are Matt Thomson and Dean Smith with Danny Beresford and James Kavanagh being the Linos.

Warm up completed at IAW

Latest score Manchester 0 Fife 1 (agg 4-2)

Coventry without their top scorer Vallerand

our ubiquitous anonymous texter is on duty tonight for the last time this season.

He cant go to Nottingham next week due to work commitments unfortunately.

He cant go to Nottingham next week due to work commitments unfortunately.

Thank you for your kind words Margaret Mason. Also for confirming that we will be facing Nottingham or Belfast next weekend should we successfully complete the job tonight. Not counting our chickens just yet!!!

so we will be focusing our score updates on that game but as it doesnt face off til 7pm at NIC strangely!

Intro Video in progress at IAW

Devils take to the ice wearing their all red uniform

Coventry in predominantly white shirts with Blue trim and Blue shorts.

Blaze travelling support taking up a block and a half of seats at IAW

Bowns and Nastiuk are the respective netminders,

Anthem time

Cornwall Taffy sees it as 5-2 tonight 9-4 overall

we about to get undweray

and off we go

Dingle scores for Coventry

after 34 seconds

Blaze have the jump

Richie gets turned over, Bowns saves

Face off in the Devils zone

Fournier gives Kloz a big hit

Paris fires one wide

very open end to end game texter says

Blaze Pen 2 minutes for tripping for Lake at 2:54

Devils not created much yet on PP

Nastiuk saves

Face off in the Blaze zone

Blaze clear

Blaze FS

Bowns saves from Lake

Bowns with a huge save

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils clear from Face off

Faryna hustling and bumping Kloz

icing called against Blaze

game time 6:30

pope denied chance by Blaze D

Face off in the Blaze zone

Blaze clear

Bowns saves from Ferrara

Benti hits petruis

Blaze pen 2 minutes for roughing Pertruis @ 8:47

Come on U Devils

Give us a PPG

Myers denied by Nastiuk

Haddad's slapshot stopped by Nastiuks pads

Blaze FS

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils turned over mid ice

careless D play unnecessarily putting themselves under pressure

Pope denied by Nastiuk at close quarters

Dingle making a real nuisance of himself

Devils need to shut him down

Devils not able to go from Defence to transition, Blaze pressing

Offside against Blaze

Face off in the Blaze zone

Fournier creates a chance for himself but shoots wide

game time 17:09

Face off in the Blaze zone

Richardson can quite get onto Asselin pass

inside last two mins of 1st period

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL# 1 Faryna scores

assist Morrisette

Benti fires high and wide

Benti feeling the effect of a high stick not called

Blaze pen 2+2 for high sticks Alnelov the guilty man @ 19:07

period ends with Devils on PP

Bit of verbals shouted across the benches.

Danny Stewart seeking clarification from refs

Luke Piggott not icing tonight but on bench duties

waiting for SOGs details

Flyers 3-0 up at Manchester

SOGs Devil 8 Blaze 7

Guildford 1 Steelers 2 (3-7 aggregate)

Nottingham v Belfast faces off at 7pm

Ryan Finnerty wont be a happy Chappie

Havent heard if OJ's horse won today? He's probably cleaned out the local Bookie though.

3-1in Altrincham now 5-4 to Storm overall

Devils back on the ice

great play by Morrisette to set up Faryna on Devils goal.

we are underway in 2nd

Devils on PP for 3 mins 20 seconds

Benti shoots Nastiuk pads it away

2nd period started fast and furious

end to end play

Devils giving up alot of odd man rushes

Nastiuk covers puck

Face off in the Blaze zone

Blaze clear

Devils couldnt put puck in net with Nastiuk sprawled on ice

Blaze FS

Face off in the Blaze zone

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils have momentum at moment

Asselin puts Noble on his bum

Asselin sits 2 for Boarding at 24:01

Blaze score Robertson scores

sorry Robinson not Robertson

Pacquette and Louis having words

Face off in the Devils zone

Haddad sees hit shot saved by Nastiuk

bit of a feisty edge in this game

Face off in the Blaze zone

Devils not having it all their own way at the face off

Bowns saves from Venus

Hotham having words with Venus then Clements

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils not really firing says texter

Nastiuk saves from Pope

Myers shoots Nastiuk covers

Face off in the Blaze zone

Batch misses a chance

Devils had good phase there

game gone a bit scrappy

gametime 30:00

Nastiuk saves from Morrisette

Noble being a pain in Blaze D unit

Bowns saves from Paquette

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils not quite firing

surely Blaze cannot keep up their intensity and forechecking

they are sure to tire in 3rd

Louis loses his stick

Nastiuk saves from Haddad

Face off in the Devils zone

Faryna and Noble tussle on boards

big scramble in Nastiuks crease

Faryna 2 minutes for goal tender interference

Noble 2 roughing

at 33:13

Asselin and Robinson collide

Devils on PP

Bowns saves from Dingle

gametime 34:48

Devils PP misfiring tonight

Blaze FS

5 on 5 hockey

Blaze icing called

Face off in the Blaze zone

flyers 5-5 at Manchester

gametime 37:00

Devils trying all they can to find a way past Nastiuk

game tied on aggregate

Blaze scored thru Patterson

correction venus from Patterson and Kloz at 37:42

game set up for barnstorming 3rd

Fournier shoots saved by Nastiuk

Asselin feels the force of a Slapshot

Bowns saves

Face off in the Devils zone

Face off in the Devils zone

Period ends with game tied on aggregate

Hopefully Blaze will tire in 3rd. Next goal could be a game winner.

Devils need their big game players to step up and show us what they can do

Bowns will want both goals back says texter

SOGs Devils 12 Blaze 8 so 20-15 overall

our Doncaster based correspondant Maria is 'a little concerned'

Guildford 2 Sheffield 4 (4-9 on Aggregate)

Nottingham 0 Belfast 2 (3-6 on Aggregate)

Devils need one of their famous barnstorming 3rd periods

Adam Temme says we havent been great,Ben Bowns has been caught napping twice on his near post.

all this from social media

Flyers and Storm still tied at 5-5 on aggregate in Altrincham

Joey Martin has been having a very quiet game

Claire says: Dont think we are playing well. Bowns given a soft goal but also kept us in the game! We're getting battered.Shouts of 'we need a ref' as the refereeing is appalling.

we are underway in 3rd.

Devils need to shoot on sight and not try to create perfect goal says Claire

Layne Ulmer makes agreat play in D

Morrisette shot deflected wide

Face off in the Blaze zone

Nastiuk saves

Crowder takes across check which isnt called

GGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL#2

Batch assist Myers

@42:47

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #3 Martin scores

Pope scored assist Martin and Strachan at 43:26

Flyers win in OT at Altrincham which means that Devils will play Flyers now as they are the lowest seeded team

Blaze called time out after Devils 2nd goal this period

this game has turned on its head

Nastiuk saves again

great save by Nastiuk

Great result for Fife who lost their home game 4-1 last night.

not sure if Lord shuffled his lines for 3rd period

Hotham shot saved by Nastiuk

Devils have to be careful not to let the Blaze back in to this game

Devils in driving seat in this game

Bowns saves

Devils trying to create something for another goal

8mins left in 3rd

Myers working hard to create a chance

Lake shot padded away by Bowns

Dingle and Lake still trying to get something back for Blaze

Face off in the Devils zone

5:49 remaining

Asselin denied an ENG by Kloz

Bowns saves

Nastiuk lifted for last two minutes

Lord calls time out

Face off in the Devils zone

3:23 remaining

Martin denied by Patterson

GGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #4 Empty net goal for Faryna

at 58:03

assists to Morrisette and Martin

Bowns saves

Face off in the Devils zone

Game over Devils 4-3 on the night 8-5 on aggregate

Devils will face Fife Flyers next weekend at the NIC in Nottingham

Thanks to our texter tonight. Also not forgetting the contributions from Claire, Maria and Adam

Blaze MOM Ryan Dingle

Ryan Dingle getting a standing ovation from the Blaze fans

on his retirement

Devils MOM is Josh Batch

Thats it from me tonight. Join us next saturday as we bring you MNL coverage of the Devils v Fife in the Play offs Semi-Finals in Nottingham

Latest score Nottingham 2 Belfast 2 (4-5 Agg) at end of 2nd

Result: Guildford 5 Sheffield 4 ( 7-9 aggregate)

Result Manchester 1 Fife 5 OT

Goodnight ALL - Nos Da Pawb