Well, it could have been worse.

So we return to the norm for our games against the Blaze (or Blades as the tickets issued by the rink had it), by losing.

And, in my opinion, 6-2 was perhaps a touch flattering towards our visitors from Coventry. The first 2 Blaze goals had a significant element of luck to them, and Smurph had a real 'off' night. The forwards did good though, trying right to the end to get us back into the game. On any other night Fulghum could have bagged a hat trick with ease, but the luck just wasn't there. Ah well, there are always the games on Tuesday and Thursday to look forward to (should be 4 points, but if not...).

My only major gripe really was the fact we only had 2 on ice officials. 1 ref, 1 lino, which in my opinion isnt good enough for the 'top' league in the country. The EIHL likes to posit itself as a professional league, comparable to mainland Europes best, yet I cannot imagine a DEL game happening without a full quota of officials present. This naturally affected the reffing, as Boniface (for twas he), was consistently behind the puck as he had to cover 1 of the blue lines looking for offside infractions.

Ah well. As long as we beat the Bison and the Capitals midweek I won't complain too much. 4 points from 6 will be more than respectable.