17 Jan 2024, 19:30 | Regular season | Guildford Spectrum |
Guildford Flames | 2-3 OT | Coventry Blaze |
Periods: Shots: | 2-1 (13-7) | 0-0 (12-8) | 0-1 (9-11) | 0-1 (0-1) | Total: 34-27 |
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Referees: Ions/Matthews  |  Spectators: 1409 |
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Goals and assists
Captain Brady Norrish scored Coventry Blaze's winner in overtime for
the second successive game in a 3-2 road victory over Guildford Flames
on Wednesday night.
The Flames went on the offensive from puck
drop and had an early Patrik Bajkov shot calling Taran Kozun into an
early save. Coventry's best chance of the opening six minutes came in
the form of Kobe Roth capitlaising on a mistake in the Flames own end,
but Eamon McAdam was alert to the pass to Alessio Luciani. While
Guildford had the better of the chances in the opening period, it was
Coventry who took the lead thanks to a James Shearer shot through
traffic with 10:18 played. That lead, however, lasted barely three
minutes when Matt Tugnutt got on the end of a Lewis Hook pass to the
crease to tie things up at 13:08.
Less than 90 seconds later, Matt Alvaro tipped a Kyle Locke shot at the top of Kozun's crease to put the Flames ahead.
Neither
side managed to change the scoreline in the middle period, although the
Flames came closest with a couple of odd-man rushes that they were
unable to take advantage of. As the period wound down, Coventry saw
their third powerplay of the night end without anything to show for it.
Mitch
Cook scored his second goal in as many games as a Flames mix-up in
their own zone ended with the Blaze forward firing past McAdam to tie
the game with just under nine minutes to go. Peter Crinella and Lewis
hook almost combined to put the Flames back ahead immediately but found
only the side netting of Kozun's net.
Guildford survived a late
Bradley Lalonde penalty as he took evasive action to prevent a breakaway
after tripping on an offensive zone shooting opportunity, while Patrick
Bajkov made a huge block on a Brady Norrish slapshot with 35 seconds
left in regulation.
Steven McParland was giving a Boarding minor
on the buzzer to put Coventry on a 4-on-3 advantage in overtime. 84
seconds into the extra period, the visitors finally made a powerplay
count with a Brady Norrish slapshot from the point earning them the
win.
The win moved Coventry into fifth, while guildford's point puts them second.