11 Jan 2025, 19:00 | Regular season | Braehead Arena |
Glasgow Clan | 5-4 OT | Guildford Flames |
Periods: Shots: | 0-1 (7-14) | 3-1 (15-5) | 1-2 (10-10) | 1-0 (1-0) | Total: 33-29 |
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Referees: #43 Graham Rodger, #20 Pavel Halas  |  Spectators: 3489 |
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Goals and assists
There was all kinds of drama at Braehead Arena on Saturday night for
the near sell-out crowd to enjoy, culminating in Glasgow Clan beating
Guildford Flames 5-4 after overtime.
The opening period ended with
the visitors ahead. A terrible turnover in their own end by Clan put
the puck on a plate for Brett Welychka to set up Daniel Tedesco for a
far-post tap-in with 5:32 played. Eamon McAdam in the Flames net pulled
off a fantastic sliding, pad save to deny Tyson McLellan as the Clan
broke 2-on-1 midway through the period, while Keaton Jamieson saw a huge
slap-shot come back off the post as the Flames stayed ahead heading
into the break.
An eventful second period saw four goals and a change of the
lead. Guildford had the better start with Ethan Strang beating Landon
Bow five-hole on a breakaway 2:35 into the period, but Clan changed
things around over a ten-minute spell. Felix Pare got them on the board
at 25:10, followed by a wonderful tic-tac-toe play that ended with Cole
Ully tipping a Brett Finlay shot past McAdam at 30:13.
After that goal, the game officials went back to review a
possible major penalty and, after finding it on the video, ejected Brett
Welychka for a butt-end after a faceoff that began the play.
That put Clan on a five-minute advantage, and they made full use of it with Deven Sideroff firing home in the slot at 33:16.
A rocket from Ethan Strang off a Brett Ferguson feed tied it for
the Flames 5:11 into period three, and they were then handed a
five-minute advantage of their own when Rylan Schwartz was ejected for
boarding. The home side killed off the full five minutes to an excellent
reception from their home crowd.
Clan piled pressured on McAdam's
net in the final few minutes, and were eventually rewarded by a moment
of brilliance from Deven Sideroff who broke through and bear McAdam over
the pad to put Clan ahead with only 56 seconds to play. Guildford
eventually got the puck deep and McAdam pulled with 10 seconds to go,
and stunned the home crowd when an excellent Charlie Curti pass down low
fed Charlie Dodero at the far post to level with only three seconds
remaining.
The game headed into overtime when Clan really should
have been already celebrating a win, but they weren't to be denied
vicotry - 1:42 into the extra period, Ully's speed set him free to beat
McAdam with a similar move to Sideroff's and win the game for the Clan.