Excel Hull Stingrays 3-5 Coventry Blaze
The Excel Hull Stingrays were mathematically eliminated from the Elite League Challenge Cup with a 5-3 loss at home to the Coventry Blaze.
Goals from forwards Curtis Huppe, Sylvain Cloutier and Konstantin Kalmikov were not enough to earn the Rays a much needed victory, in a game that saw the Blaze ice their backup netminder Tom Murdy.
Doubles from Adam Calder, Brian Lee and a lone Joe Henry goal handed the Blaze, who are also mathematically out of the Challenge Cup, the victory.
Without Lee and Craig Mitchell, Pavel Gomenyuk and James Hutchinson, one positive from the game, aside from the constantly improving team performance, was the appearance of youngster Thomas Jefferies, who impressed in front of home fans after joining from the Peterborough Phantoms on Saturday to boost the Rays numbers.
SOG: 41-48
PIM: 8-6
