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Until then I hope you have an enjoyable day.

NB just a word to the wise, please note the scheduled Face off tonight is at 7:15pm

Good Evening all. I have managed to tear myself away from the Rugby. Welcome to our coverage of the Devils road game in Fife.

Lets hope its a lot more purposeful than their last trip to Scotland ten days ago.

Also that they have left their defensive frailties behind, after last weeks game at the IAW.

Just waiting on our texters Gillian and Andy to report in from the Kirkcaldy Ice Arena.

Tonight's ref is scheduled to be Toby Craig, with Alan Craig and Andrew Dalton as the Linos on duty.

The game in Kirkcaldy is the latest game to face off.The other 5 games face off at 7pm. We will bring you the latest scores in the period breaks

The other games are Storm v Panthers the only CC game tonight, Blaze v Giants, Dundee v Guildford, MKL v Steelers, Clan v Caps

very quiet on the predictions front, just the one so far from our regular, Dave Rees who sees it as 6-4 Devils win

So come on lets see some more predictions please folks. Send them to matchnightlive@gmail.com

Mark Gough just wants the two points for the Devils

Graham Clarke goes for a 6-3 Devils win

Pat reckons on 5-3 Devils win.

predictions flooding in now

Rob Batch thinks it will be 5-1 to the Devils, Thank you for your enquiry, I am fine.

Susan Alfred reckons on a 5-2 Devils road win.

Just waiting on Andy to report in now,

Hazel reckons on a tight tough game so predicts a 6-5 scorline in favour of the Devils

I hope its not that tight as I don't think my old ticker could stand that!!!

Andy is on route to Kirkcaldy.

Wales getting a lesson in taking your opportunities from the All Blacks

Liverpool FC defence and Devils Defence must be related as they both show some amazing frailties at times

Lets hope the Devils have lost theirs en route to Fife.

Wales have to wait at least another year before they can break their losing run against the All Blacks

We are underway in Fife.

Fife score LeBlanc 58 seconds

texts delayed in coming through out of sequence

A cheeky prediction fron Alan Ross, he thinks it wil be Fife 8-6 win, Not again I hope.

Andy reports its a loud full house in Fife today

Assists from Jorgensen and Bloodoff

Devils called for icing

Fournier clears the D zone

Devils pen Fournier 2 minutes for hooking @4:58

Puck out of play

Face off in the Flyers zone

Devils FS

According to the gamesheet Louis is still scratched as are long term injuries of Haddad and Moore, Although I heard Haddad has resumed light training.

Face off in the Devils zone

Bowns saves at 8:19

Tom Rutkis is on the gamesheet so it will be interesting to see how much ice time he gets

Fife score with a slapshot through Bowns 5 hole

Bloodoff the scorer assist Jorgensen @10:38

again delays in texts getting through to me. profuse apologies

GGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL

Ulmer scores assist Morrisette @11:51

Face off in the Flyers zone

great goal by accounts. Ulmer on break out with Mo, gets the puck and slams it in.

GGGGGGOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL #2

Joey Martin with his 96th goal for the Devils

assist Fournier at 12:43

Fife offside.

@14:08

Martins goal timed at 12:43

Fife now called for icing

wow what a two minutes

Devils pen Myers 2 minutes for hooking @14:57

Hope the Devils PK is better than last week!!!!

Crowder break, Lordo slips as he shoots and its saved

Face off in the Flyers zone

Bowns saves. game now end to end

it is improved so far. Devils FS

Hotham pen.

illegal equipment call I think

Fife pen Gauthier 2 minutes for elbowing

Bloodoff in the bin not Gauthier at 17:59

Hotham's pen at 17:20

Devils FS

5 on 4 Devils short pp about 40 seconds

and that's a wrap for the 1st period. sounds a great game

Rob Batch says: he loves the idea that hotham went on the ice with illegal equipment. he asks was it a chainsaw or shot gun, Brought a smile to my face, I tell you.

SOGs Fife 10 Devils 7

Latest scores: Storm 1 Panthers 1 CC;

Blaze 2 Giants 2

Dundee 0 Guildford 3

MKL 1 Steelers 0 Go Ligthning!!!!!!

Braehead 3 Edinburgh 1

Gillian says Both Bloodoff and Gauthier were in the box for separate penalties.

thanks Gillian

So to Recap: Gauthier 2 minutes for elbowing @17:20; called at same time as Hoth's illegal equp pen. Bloodoff 2 minutes for hooking @ 17:59

hope that has clarified it for you.

right, time for quick cuppa.

it was Gillian who corrected me not Andy

So thank you Gillian.

the teams are back out for the 2nd

and we will be underway shortly

and here we go.

still getting text out of chronological sequence. not the fault of our texters!!

Andy and Gillian doing a fine job.

we are underway

Finucci takes a hit, that will be sore tomorrow

no penalty called though

quiet start to 2nd

GGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL

Fournier scores at 24:21

Stockton gone off injured

unassisted goal for Fournier

Fife net off moorings. 2000 fife fans notice what the ref fails to.

Flyers offside @26:18

the Devils make the same mistake 7 seconds later

Stockton back on the bench. Reddick seems to be gunning for Fife's Ian young

Devils have sharpened up on their passing game so Andy says

Devils icing call @29:25

This game is merely my hors deuvre for the cricket later!!!

but I am enjoying the game.

Devils icing again at 30:23

and again at 30:46

Reddick appears to be playing more as a forward tonight as Rutkis is being 'eased' in to icetime

Fife pen Moyer called for interference

Benti seems to have got away with a stick holding

@33:39

Fife 3 on 1 breakeaway foiled

ref whistles down play as Martin and Asselin look threatening, goal off its moorings again

Another Fife break out is denied.

Flyers FS

looks like Fife NM has been taking lessons from a former Coventry NM as the net is off again!!!!

Flyers called for icing now

@36:04

Face off in the Devils zone

Bowns saves a shooter

another Face off in the Devils zone

Reddick stops Schaber crashing into bowns

Bowns ok

game time 37:50

Ice maintenance called to re drill the goal pins

hopefully that will solve the problem

Dr Piggott on Bench duties tonight not playing

Puck out of play

Face off in the Flyers zone

Flyers 2 on 1 chance snuffed out

1 min left of 2nd period

Devils offside again!

and the buzzer goes to signal end of 2nd. goodish period for Devils i'd say.

Mark Gough says he thought Brian Stewart went to Guildford not Fife. his words not mine.

2nd Period SOGs Fife 4 Devils 13 making it 14-20 overall

Latest scores:Braehead 6 Edinburgh 2; Manchester 4 Panthers 2 CC game; Dundee 0 Guildford 4; Coventry 3 Belfast 4

and finally one which gladdens my heart:

MKL 4 Steelers 0

way to go Lightning!!!!

that last scoreline is courtersy of Phil Egan, the Eilte site still showing it just as 1-0 to MKL. I smell a conspiracy here

all the other games are up to speed except that one. co-incidence? I think not!

Flames are 5-0 up in Dundee

both teams back out ready for 3rd

we are underway in the 3rd period

4-4 in Coventry now

a quiet start to 3rd

apologies for somewhat sporadic nature of the updates but perhaps not much is actually happening

Flyers icing : 42:20

Puck out of play

Face off in the Flyers zone

Bownsy with a good pad save

Fife have upped their tempo and are looking for the equaliser

they are a strong fast team

we saw evidence of that last week at the IAW

Fife icing at 44:24

Puck out of play again

no Delay of game pen though

Fife are outskating the Devils and finishing their hits. where as the Devils are coasting a little

gametime 46:00

Devils Pen Benti 2 minutes for hooking @46:03

Devils clear the puck

Devils have gone into a lull

they were under pressure there

Bowns saves at 47:22

Face off in the Devils zone

puck cleared but out of play

@47:45

Devils FS

Devils seemingly playing within themselves

Fife are really pushing and are all over the Devils

game time 49:10

Devils need to snap out of this lacklustre spell

Lordo call a time out

please!!!!!

Devils icing all the time. which seems to me to be lazy hockey, just my opinion folks

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL

LORD SCORED!

@50:58

UNASSISTED!

Andy says no time to relax, Fife proved last week they aint beaten til the final buzzer

Flyers pen

no, andy says sorry his mistake.

Steelers lost 7-2 woooohooooo!

5 mins to go in game

now 4 mins

Flyers icing

one thing the devils have is Bounce back ability!

Reddick clears off the line and an open goal

3 mins left now

Flyers time out. I smell an ENG may be on for the Devils

not now, Devils pen

Iles pulled 6 on 4 in Fifes favour

Devils culprit was Morrisette 2 minutes for tripping @56:57

Devils facing a relentless onslaught from Fife

Devils clear

Flyers score

Gauthier at 59:06

Iles back in Fife net

for now

Iles pulled again

Puck out of play 27 secs left

Face off in the Devils zone 18 secs left

Game over Devils win, Andy says Pheeewwwww!!!!!!

thanks to our texters Gillian and Andy who did a great job tonight,

Join me tomorrow as the Giants come to the IAW

Devils MOM Gleason Fournier

Flyers MOM LeBlanc

Results: Manchester 5 Nottingham 3; Coventry 4 Belfast 5; Dundee 0 Guildford 5; MKL 7 Steelers 2; Braehead 8 Edinburgh 2

That's it from me tonight, Join me tomorrow from 5:30 pm as the Devils face the Giants at the IAW.

GOODNIGHT ALL. NOS DA PAWB.