17 Dec 2023, 17:30 | Regular season | SkyDome Arena |
Coventry Blaze | 3-2 OT | Glasgow Clan |
Periods: Shots: | 0-0 (18-8) | 1-1 (15-12) | 1-1 (8-11) | 1-0 (3-0) | Total: 44-31 |
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Referees: Pering/Wells  |  Spectators: 1629 |
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Goals and assists
Coventry Blaze extended their unbeaten streak to eight games and
logged their seventh straight win in the league with an overtime win
over Glasgow Clan at the Skydome - their second OT victory over Clan
this weekend.
Alessio Luciani almost opened the scoring inside the
opening 22 seconds but only found the pads of Antti Karjalainen while
clean through on a breakaway, while Aiden Spellacy hit a post and Kim
Tallberg missed an opened net as the Blaze somehow failed to score in
the opening 20 minutes.
Clan come out for period two and had some
chances of their own, eventually taking the lead at 25:22 off a bad
turnover by the Blaze in their own zone leading to Darien Craighead
setting up Luke Lynch for the finish. Coventry were level before the
period was out with a Tallberg tip off a Danny Kristo shot beating
Karjalainen low to tie things up with 33:17 played. Ian McNally had a
golden chance to put the hosts ahead a couple of plays later but
Karjalainen got across his crease to make the save.
Bryce Reddick
put Clan back ahead with 11:26 to play as Clan turned defense into
attack within a matter of seconds. The visitors should have made the
game save with a late 2-on-0 opportunity but they couldn't find the
decisive pass to settle the game. That backfired with the Blaze pulling
Kozun at the 2:30 to go mark, and Tallberg found a loose puck in the
crease to tie the game at 58:33.
In overtime, Kristo let an excellent shot fly from the wing which sailed past Karjalainen to get the Blaze the bonus point.