Blaze bag important road win
Coventry Blaze picked up an important road win against Fife on Sunday night, surviving a late Flyers push to skate out of Kirkcaldy with a 3-2 win. On the day Finland won their first ever Winter Olympic gold medal in ice hockey, it was an excellent night for the Blaze’s two Finns as well. Michael McNicholas slapped home from the high slot to tie the game at 32:04, but the Blaze were back ahead before period two was out when Ross Venus deflected Mitch Cook’s pas in front past Shane Owen at 34:51. After the Flyers had some good opportunities to try and get back on level terms at the start of period three, a speculative Janne Laakkonen shot beat Owen high to put the Blaze 3-1 ahead with just over 15 minutes to go. Motte pulled off an excellent sliding save soon after to keep his side ahead....
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