Coventry Blaze 7-1 Excel Hull Stingrays
Despite debuts from Antti Turunen and Richie Thornton, which brought the defensive corps up to five, the Stingrays were on the receiving end of a beating from a Coventry who had won just one of their last five games.
With the Blaze in such a poor run of form they looked to blow away the cobwebs early in the game against the ninth placed Stingrays.
Indeed they did that firing nineteen shots and two goals past Curtis Cruickshank, to which the Stingrays could muster just four in return. The Blaze continued to dominate the second period, firing a further five goals past Cruickshank, all but ending the tie as a contest before Matt Reynolds scored a second period consolation for the Stingrays.
A Dan Carlson goal finished the scoring after 35 minutes before a check from behind and ensuing fight from Jason Kostadine saw him thrown out and in turn completed an unimpressive Stingrays performance.
SOG: 50-26
PIM: 17-38
