14 Feb 2024, 19:30 | Regular season | SkyDome Arena |
Coventry Blaze | 4-3 OT | Glasgow Clan |
Periods: Shots: | 1-1 (13-6) | 1-1 (9-10) | 1-1 (5-10) | 1-0 (2-0) | Total: 29-26 |
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Referees: Miller/Good  |  Spectators: 1449 |
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Goals and assists
Coventry Blaze picked up their twelfth overtime win of the season
thanks to a JD Dudek hat trick, after Glasgow Clan had tied the game
late to earn themselves a point.
An enjoyable opening period of
hockey at the Skydome saw the teams level at one each after 20 minutes
of action. Kevin Lindskoug was the start of the show early with a
point-blank kick save, and a flash of the glove, keeping the Blaze out.
The Clan went ahead at 15:48 with Reece Kelly's shot taking a huge
deflection and flying past a helpless Taran Kozun. Coventry levelled 55
seconds before the first buzzer on a delayed penalty with Alexander
Kuqali jumping into the play to put home Ian McNulty's feed.
Clan
lead again 93 seconds into period two when Gary Haden forced the puck
over the line on a loose puck in front of Kozun, but again the Blaze
fought back. It was a moment of major from JD Dudek, taking the puck out
of the air and then deke-ing a defenseman before calmly slotting past
Lindskoug to tie the game at 30:14. On a Cody Sol Interference minor,
the Blaze saw a shot cleared off the line and another bounce back off
the iron as period two ended all square.
The Blaze took the lead
for the first time on the a little over five minutes into period three.
Mitch Cook picked up the puck off a turnover in Clan's zone, threw the
puck on the net, and it took a deflection off Dudek in front of
Lindskoug to wrong-foot the Clan goalie and float into the net at 45:58.
With nine minutes to go, McNulty opted to shoot on a 2-on-1 but
Lindskoug made the save to keep Clan in the game. Clan through
everything at Kozun's net in the closing stages and were eventually
rewarded - new signing Stephen Desrocher scoring on his debut in purple
with a slapshot with only 46 seconds remaining.
For the fifth
time this season, these sides went beyond 60 minutes. Sol was given a
minor for taking too long on a line change when told otherwise. That
came back to bite his team when Dudek fired home his hat trick goal to
win it for the hosts 2:45 into the bonus period.