Excel Hull Stingrays 4-5 Coventry Blaze
After falling behind by five goals, the Excel Hull Stingrays nearly produced an incredible comeback against the league leading Coventry Blaze, eventually losing out by five goals to four after battering the Blaze in the final two periods to hit four consecutive goals.
The Blaze were ahead by the five goals after just 20 minutes and 17 seconds thanks to a double from Luke Fulghum and further goals from Dan Carlson, Adam Calder and Russ Cowley. But a change of netminder later, with Stingrays backup Andrew Jaszcyzk replacing Tommy Sandahl after the fourth goal, turned the game on its head.
The comeback began with Jason Silverthorn adding what looked like a consolation goal less than two minutes after the Blaze fifth marker and Curtis Huppe, against his former team, and Lee Mitchell then further narrowed the gap between the sides heading into the third.
British forward Shaun Thompson then added his first in a Stingrays jersey to put the home side just one goal short of the Blaze, however, despite the momentum clearly swung in their favour, they could not find the all important tying goal.
The two sides now meet again tomorrow night in Coventry with Sylvain Cloutier hoping that his current side can top his former side for the first time in eight meetings this season.
SOG: 33-35
PIM: 17-17
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