A great example of play off hockey tonight. If we thought Blaze were simply going to roll over and let us win they proved just how much they wanted to qualify as well. I didn’t particularly like their tactics, however, their late hits and cheap shots worked for them as it really got under our skin and affected our style of play for 2 periods. At 3-1 down, Blaze were working their socks off and causing us untold problems. We nearly got caught out even when on power plays and better sides would have punished us. We woke up in the third period and deservedly tied it up at 3 apiece. Fair play to Stewart, he made a brave call to pull their net minder with 5 full minutes to go and they nearly scored with a couple of good chances that Bowns saved which made up for his poor attempts for 2 of Blaze’s earlier goals.
A great turn out by Blaze fans who were very vocal and loud which lifted their team no doubt. A sour note was hearing some of our fans booing the English national anthem when sung by Coventry, have some respect folks !