Coventry Blaze 5-4 Excel Hull Stingrays
The Excel Hull Stingrays came from two goals down to lead the Coventry Blaze before the Skydome side hit back with two more goals to win the game with just under ten minutes remaining.
The home Blaze opened the scoring after just over a minute, as Danny Stewart beat Tommy Sandahl in the Stingrays net for the first of five goals for Paul Thompson's men. However, Stingrays forward Jason Silverthorn, making his third Elite League debut, quickly pegged the Blaze back in the eighth minute with a powerplay strike.
Adam Calder, on the powerplay, and Russ Cowley opened up a 3-1 lead but the Stingrays finally hit their stride in the 24th minute, with goals from Curtis Huppe, assisted by debutant Silverthorn, Konstantin Kalmikov and Jeff Gllowa coming in the second period to give them a one goal lead.
A minute into the third the Blaze leveled the scores, thanks to Greg Owen, before Fulghum scored after 51 minutes to seal a deserved two points for Coventry, as they out shot the Rays 48 to 34.
SOG: 48-34
PIM: 4-16
