Coventry Blaze 5-2 Excel Hull Stingrays
A day after ending an eight game losing streak, the Excel Hull Stingrays were put on another skid by the title contending Coventry Blaze, as Sylvain Cloutier's former side ran out comfortable 5-2 winners over his current side at the Coventry Skydome.
Defenceman Stephen Burns scored his second and third goals of the season for the Stingrays but that was not enough to stop a rampant Coventry side run away with the game with three third period goals.
A physical second period saw the Stingrays trail by two goals to one, that physicality would later escalate in the third period with the Rays Adam Knight and James Sanford both dropping the gloves against Coventry's Derek Campbell and Danny Stewart respectively.
Two 42nd minute goals from Adam Calder and Greg Owen, giving the Blaze a 4-1 lead, would prove fatal for the Stingrays, ending the game as a contest. There was still time for Burns to register his second of the night, however, the game was rounded off by a Campbell goal for the Blaze, sealing the score at 5-2.
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PIM: 22-29
