Sunday's pre-season results
Photo: Derek Black
This weekend's pre-season came to a close with four more games across Sunday.
Cardiff Devils made it six straight pre-season wins with a four-goal victory over Glasgow Clan at a 2616-strong Vindico Arena crowd. Ben Davies and Josh Waller scored under two minutes apart to put the Devils up by a pair in the mid-part of the second period, although a Bryce Reddick goal against his former team pulled Clan back to within one. Ryan Barrow and Jamie Arniel hit another quick pair for the Devils to put them three ahead, with a Robert Lachowicz one-timer making it 4-2 after 40 minutes. Barrow and Evan Mosey added third-period goals to make a final scoreline of 6-2.
Nottingham Panthers responded to a 4-1 defeat in Sheffield on Saturday night with a late winner to beat the Steelers 4-3 on Sunday in Nottingham in front of just under 5,000 spectators. Mathieu Lemay gave the hosts an early lead in just over four minutes, but Sam Jones levelled for the Steelers at 7:53. 46 seconds later, Daniel Ciampini picked up the puck nicely to shoot past Mike Robinson to give the Steelers the lead, however Didrik Henbrandt cancelled that out 80 seconds later. Otto Nieminen had the only goal of the middle period at 30:34 to put the Panthers back ahead, but they were pegged back with 12:07 to play in the third by Brett Neumann. Nieminen poked the puck home from close range with 2:44 to play to give the Panthers the win.
Fife Flyers avenged their home OT defeat to Dundee 24 hours earlier with an impressive four-goal blanking of the Stars on Tayside. Johan Eriksson got the only goal of period one with a rebound at 17:31, while namesake Anton made it 2-0 three minutes into period two. Ben Hawerchuk slotted home a rebound from a Teemu Pulkkinen shot for the three-goal lead just over two minutes later as the Flyers took control. Finn Page slotted home at the back post with 52 seconds remaining to round off the Flyers' win, with Shane Owen stopping all 29 shots he faced.
Finally, Coventry Blaze were 5-2 winners over NIHL National side MK Lightning in Milton Keynes. JD Dudek and Kim Tallberg both scored a pair each, with Kobe Roth adding the Blaze's other goal. The hosts rallied from two down to tie things up in the middle period, but a quick double from the Blaze saw them comfortably through the exhibition game.
Documents
- PS11 Dundee Stars 0-4 Fife Flyers 100923 (*.pdf, 3.3 MB)
- PS10 Nottingham Panthers 4-3 Sheffield Steelers (*.pdf, 3.4 MB)
- PS09 Cardiff Devils 6-2 Glasgow Clan 100923 (*.pdf, 3.5 MB)