05 Mar 2025, 19:30 | Regular season | Altrincham Ice Dome |
Manchester Storm | 2-5 | Dundee Stars |
Periods: Shots: | 0-1 (18-7) | 1-2 (10-12) | 1-2 (18-8) | Total: 46-27 |
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Referees: #2 David Good,#9 Joe Sewell (UK)  |  Spectators: 1567 |
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Goals and assists
Dundee Stars took a huge step to securing a playoff place with a 5-2
win in Manchester, pulling themselves up to seven points clear of the
Storm.
With a lot on the line in this game, the opening period very much
had the feel of a playoff game. Storm had the better of the early
chances but it was Dundee who led after 20 minutes - Brendan Harms
winning a battle at the net and putting the puck home off a Zach Tsekos
pass at 14:42 on the powerplay.
Manchester pinned Dundee int their zone for large spells at the
start of period two, but without levelling the scores. Jarrett Fiske
made two excellent low pad saves to keep his team ahead, and then the
Stars hit the other way - Phillippe Sanche scoring at 30:58 to make it
2-0.
Ryan Hughes got Manchester back into the game at 33:14 while
Spencer Naas was sitting a hooking penalty, but just over three minutes
later Kameron Kielly beat David Tendeck blocker side to put the Stars
back up by two.
Storm had the better of the chances in period three as well, but
just couldn’t get shots on target – or beat Fiske when they did. Running
out of time, Mike Morin pulled Tendeck with just over four minutes to
play - but it backfired with Brendan Harms netting with 2:48 to play to
make it 5-1. Dallas Ehrhadt did get one more on the board for Storm with
2:16 to go, but when Tendeck was pulled again Spencer Naas slotted into
the empty net with one second to play to wrap up a huge road win for
the Stars.
The teams meet again in Dundee on Sunday in a game Storm now cannot afford to lose.