Game notes
-The Excel Hull Stingrays lost their opening 08/09 EIHL fixture as the Manchester Phoenix took a 4-3 win out of the Hull Arena.
- The Stingrays trailed 3-0 before a goal from Pavel Gomenyuk brought the score in the first period to 3-1.
- A fightback from the Stingrays leveled the scores at 3-3 in the second period before a third period goal of pure luck handed the victory to the Phoenix.
- Stingray goals: Jeff Glowa, Troy Neumeier and Slava Koulikov
-MOM: Stingrays- Slava Koulikov, Phoenix- Alex Dunn
-F Block Blog MOM- Matt Reynolds, Phoenix- David Beauregard
- Strach said: ""I'm thoroughly disappointed to lose, but we competed hard and finished our checks. All in all I thought the whole team played well, once we settled down. Manchester's fourth goal was the flukiest ever scored. The puck hit Stuart Kerr and then Pasha Gomenyuk and went in. We had our chances to score more goals, but as the saying goes you have to bury them to win."
