- A second two goal night in a row for Jeff Glowa was not enough to stop the Stingrays falling to the high flying Manchester Phoenix.
- Stingrays defenceman Stuart Kerr limped off during the second period and did not return after blocking a shot. The rangy Canadian looked to have blocked a shot with his foot, although it is unclear, the injury is suspected to be a broken ankle, leaving the Stingrays without Kerr for a number of weeks.
-After going down to 3-1, the Stingrays fought back to tie the game at four with roughly five minutes left. Unfortunatly the Rays could not hold on to their lead as Phoenix forward Nathan Ward sealed victory for the Manchester side.
-Strach said: "Give our guys credit, they played hard, but it didn't help losing Stuey. All in all I'm not going to fault anyone. We played as hard as we could for as long as we could. If that effort is there every week then we will be successful more than we will be unsuccessful this season."
-Phoenix coach Tony Hand said: "We played well again, but were perhaps a little guilty of easing up with a two-goal lead and they made us pay. I thought we were always in control, but I credit the Hull side for their never-say-die attitude even after losing Stuart Kerr in the first period. They made us play the full sixty minutes the pleasing thing is that we stuck at it and got the result. I think we're a stronger team than last year, and so are Hull. It might not have been a classic, but there was no shortage of endeavour from both sets of players."
-MOM: Stingrays- Konstantin Kalmikov, Phoenix-Nathan Ward
-F Block Blog MOM: Stingrays- Jeff Glowa, Phoenix- David Beauregard
-SOG: 34-25
-PIMs: 4-20
