Sunday 13 February 2011

Rays suffer OT loss to Blaze

Coventry Blaze 3-2 Excel Hull Stingrays (AOT)

The Excel Hull Stingrays tonight narrowly lost out to ownership siblings the Coventry Blaze, twice coming back from a goal down before eventually falling in overtime.

Goals from Brits Jonathan Weaver and Aaron Nell put the Blaze 1-0 and then 2-1 ahead but on both occasions an in-form Jereme Tendler was able to level for the Stingrays - who outshot the Blaze 43- 37.

Tendler's double eventually proved enough to give the Rays an invaluable point, however, despite fighting their way back into the game, a powerplay goal from Coventry's Greg Owen 1.37 into overtime handed the fifth placed Blaze the extra point.