Coventry Blaze 1-2 Hull Stingrays (OT)
Netminder Ben Bowns tonight stopped 43 shots and Matty Davies netted the game-winning goal on his return to the team as the Hull Stingrays defeated the Coventry Blaze 2-1 in overtime at the Skydome.
Having outshot their visitors 14-7 in the first period but come away empty handed, it was the Blaze that eventually opened the scoring through Ashley Tait 1.04 into the second period.
Tait would be handed a chance to extend Coventry's lead later in the game with a third period penalty shot on 43.14, however, Bowns would this time get the better of his GB teammate.
Coventry would go on to regret that miss though as just over 30 after Tait's miss Jereme Tendler leveled the scores with his 30th goal of the season on the powerplay.
In a niggly game, screened live on Premier Sports the Blaze time and again came up empty handed against Bowns - particularly on the man advantage, which went 0 for 6 - and it would be the Stingrays that would make the most of their powerplay opportunities.
2.07 into the overtime period Davies would pop up on his return from injury to bag the game winning goal with assists from Carl Lauzon and Nikolai Ladygin.
The win is the Stingrays second in five games against Coventry this season and nudges them a point closer to the Blaze - who now lie just one point ahead of Sylvain Cloutier's side in sixth.
Netminder Ben Bowns tonight stopped 43 shots and Matty Davies netted the game-winning goal on his return to the team as the Hull Stingrays defeated the Coventry Blaze 2-1 in overtime at the Skydome.
Having outshot their visitors 14-7 in the first period but come away empty handed, it was the Blaze that eventually opened the scoring through Ashley Tait 1.04 into the second period.
Tait would be handed a chance to extend Coventry's lead later in the game with a third period penalty shot on 43.14, however, Bowns would this time get the better of his GB teammate.
Coventry would go on to regret that miss though as just over 30 after Tait's miss Jereme Tendler leveled the scores with his 30th goal of the season on the powerplay.
In a niggly game, screened live on Premier Sports the Blaze time and again came up empty handed against Bowns - particularly on the man advantage, which went 0 for 6 - and it would be the Stingrays that would make the most of their powerplay opportunities.
2.07 into the overtime period Davies would pop up on his return from injury to bag the game winning goal with assists from Carl Lauzon and Nikolai Ladygin.
The win is the Stingrays second in five games against Coventry this season and nudges them a point closer to the Blaze - who now lie just one point ahead of Sylvain Cloutier's side in sixth.
