Curran the Blaze's OT hero

Photo: Mark Ferris

John Curran struck with 32 seconds left in overtime to earn Coventry Blaze a road win against Manchester Storm.

Storm led by two after 20 minutes thanks to Jesper Ohrvall's powerplay goal at 10:42, followed by a neat wrist shot from the blue line from Joe Hazeldine at 17:31. 

The Blaze got themselves back level in under five second-period minutes. Colton Yellow Horn nicely finished past Hyaden Lavigne at 22:27 on the powerplay, and on another man advantage, Nathanael Halbert levelled at 27:05 into Lavigne's top corner.

Czech forward Radek Veselý put the Blaze ahead for the first time on the night at 44:12, but that was cancelled out by Jake Brickell some four minutes later. 

Kim Tallberg had Coventry ahead again with 8:50 left to play, but the game was tied by the impressive Ohrvall who beautifully delayed his shot past a sliding defenseman before firing top shelf at 53:45.

In overtime, Brady Norrish's stretch pass sent Curran through 1-on-0 to win it for the visitors.