Newcastle Vipers 4-7 Excel Hull Stingrays
A second Jereme Tendler hat-trick of the season tonight helped the Excel Hull Stingrays to a three goal victory over bottom side Newcastle in Whitley Bay.
The Stingrays, once again without Lee Mitchell who underwent surgery on his troublesome knee during the Christmas break, found themselves 3-2 down thanks to Newcastle goals from Dale Mahovsky, Jamie Carroll and Adam Reynolds with coach Sylvain Cloutier and Tendler bagging goals for the visitors.
Jason Silverthorn's first of the night levelled the scores four and a half minutes into the second only for Mike Prpich to restore the Vipers lead six minutes later. However, with less than five minutes remaining in the period Drew Bannister bagged a timely first goal for the club, shorthanded, to equalise at four each heading into the final period.
Tendler took matters into his own hands nearly three minutes into the third, giving the Stingrays the lead for the first time before sealing his second hat-trick of the year six minutes later.
Silverthorn's second of the night, an empty net goal with 85 seconds to play, then sealed the result in favour of the Rays with Newcastle due to travel to Hull tomorrow night.
