16 Mar 2025, 18:00 | Regular season | Guildford Spectrum |
Guildford Flames | 2-4 | Dundee Stars |
Periods: Shots: | 1-1 (7-13) | 0-0 (17-19) | 1-3 (13-15) | Total: 37-47 |
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Referees: #25 Andy Dalton, Ions  |  Spectators: 1825 |
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Goals and assists
Dundee Stars kept their six-point gap on Manchester Storm chasing for
a playoff place with an excellent 4-2 road win in Guildford over the
Flames in front of 1,825 fans at the Spectrum.
"We wanted a
response from yesterday, it's crunch time now" started Brendan Harms who
scored two goals on the night. "We didn't play great in Cardiff but I
thought the guys came in here and played a great game. We need wins and
it's big to get those two points."
The game started at a fast pace
with chances at both ends. Travis Brown received a penalty for illegal
equipment, which Guildford managed successfully, after he picked up a
Dundee stick and discarded it.
In the final five minutes of the
opening period, Dundee scored. Phillippe Sanche's shot from the point
took a deflection and creeped passed an out of position Eamon McAdam to
put the Stars ahead. On the very next play, McAdam denied the Stars a
second at Brett Gravelle broke through to keep it a one-goal game
heading into the break.
Guildford tied the game with 45 seconds
left in the period. While killing a James Shearer penalty, Jack Jacome
dumped the puck and the on-rushing Daniel Catenacci picked it up and
fired high into Jarrett Fiske's net.
"I didn't feel like we really
had it from the get-go tonight unfortunately," said Flames goalie Eamon
McAdam after the game. "It was a draining one for us in Sheffield last
night, and to lose late in that game and the one before against Belfast
was a bit demoralising. That's a hurdle we have to figure out how to get
over in the next few weeks if we want to be in the race for a trophy
this season."
Period two was a quieter affair and ended without
scoring at either end. The Flames had the better of the chances, but
neither side was necessarily deserving of a lead through 40 minutes.
"I
thought we had a pretty good two periods," continued Harms. "We knew
Guildford have a very good goalie in Eamon McAdam, so it was about
getting pucks on net and trying to get hold of rebounds which we managed
to get a couple of tonight."
27 seconds into period three,
Brendan Harms got on the rebound of a Spencer Naas backhanded effort to
put the Stars back ahead. Just under three minutes later, Zach Tsekos
poke-checked Lewis Hook skating across his own slot and turned the puck
past McAdam to put the Stars 3-1 ahead.
Ethan Strang put home a
rebound from a Josh Waller shot at 46:54 to get the Flames back to
within one, but a deflection by Harms on a Naas shot restored the
visitors' two-goal advantage that they held to the final buzzer.
Concluded
McAdam: "It's been a weird year with the injuries, but we have to focus
now on the fact that we can still finish the season with a trophy.