05:39	|	home	|	SHG	|	1-0	|	Ciaran Long (Mike Hammond)
14:22	|	home	|	PPG	|	2-0	|	Dane Byers (Dallas Ehrhardt, Mike Hammond)
18:51	|	away	|	PPG	|	2-1	|	Shawn Pauly (Kevin Morris, Ross Venus)
21:41	|	away	|		|	2-2	|	Timothy Crowder (Ben Lake, Justin Haché)
27:22	|	home	|	PPG	|	3-2	|	Dallas Ehrhardt (Luke Moffatt, Ciaran Long)
32:39	|	away	|		|	3-3	|	Thom Flodkvist (Ivan Puzič, Alex Nikiforuk)
62:58	|	away	|		|	3-4	|	Alex Nikiforuk (Nicolai Bryhnisveen, Thom Flodkvist)

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Chris Auger	|		|		|		|	-1
Declan Balmer	|		|		|		|
Adam Barnes	|		|		|		|
Chance Braid	|		|		|		|	-1
Dane Byers	|	1	|		|		|
Dallas Ehrhardt	|	1	|	1	|		|	-2
Mike Hammond	|		|	2	|		|	1
Rob Linsmayer	|		|		|		|	-2
Ciaran Long	|	1	|	1	|	2	|	1
Logan MacMillan	|		|		|		|
Luke Moffatt	|		|	1	|		|	-1
Felix-Antoine Poulin	|		|		|		|	1
Evan Richardson	|		|		|		|
Harrison Ruopp	|		|		|	2	|	-1
Linden Springer	|		|		|	4	|	-1
Riley Stadel	|		|		|	2	|	1

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Nicolai Bryhnisveen	|		|	1	|	2	|
David Clements	|		|		|		|
Timothy Crowder	|	1	|		|		|	1
Luke Ferrara	|		|		|		|	-1
Thom Flodkvist	|	1	|	1	|		|	1
Dominik Florian	|		|		|		|
Alexander Forbes	|		|		|		|
Justin Haché	|		|	1	|		|	1
Chris Joyaux	|		|		|		|	1
Ben Lake	|		|	1	|	6	|	1
Dillon Lawrence	|		|		|		|
Kevin Morris	|		|	1	|	2	|
Alex Nikiforuk	|	1	|	1	|		|	1
Kevin Noble	|		|		|		|
Shawn Pauly	|	1	|		|		|
Ivan Puzič	|		|	1	|		|	1
Ross Venus	|		|	1	|		|	-1

 

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Matt Ginn	|	54	|	4	|	62:58	|	92.59
Adam Long	|		|		|		|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Matt Hackett	|	27	|	3	|	62:58	|	88.89
Jordan Hedley	|		|		|		|

 

It’s fair to say that games involving Coventry usually involve goals of late, but tonight they were on the better side of a narrow scoreline in Manchester.

The Blaze must have thought a repeat of last night’s defeat to the Storm was on the cards as they went down two goals in the opening period – Ciaran Long got the ball rolling shorthanded at 5:39, before Dane Byers doubled the hosts’ lead at 14:22 on the powerplay. Shawn Pauly’s goal with 1:09 to play in the period meant the Blaze started the next 20 minutes only a goal behind, and they wasted no time in getting back on level terms – Tim Crowder the scorer at 21:41.

Although the Storm where back ahead before the midpoint of the game through the ‘Player of Week 19’ Dallas Ehrhardt, a bad line change allowed the Blaze to break and Thom Flodqvist – Player of Week 18 – to fire past Ginn and level the scores at 32:39.

No goals in the third period meant the game went to overtime. A high-sticking minor on Riley Stadel gave the Blaze an powerplay opportunity that they didn’t miss, Alex Nikiforuk with the winner at 62:58. An important point for the Storm who stay in the playoff places, but more so for the Blaze whose win keeps them only a point behind.

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