The Flyers visited the Blaze for the first time this season and indeed the Blaze were the last team that the Flyers had still to meet. The visitors went with the same roster as the previous evening meaning that Janis Voris, Austin Farley, Maxim Musorov, Fynn Page, James Spence and Aiden Wilson were all scratched. The Blaze returned home after an overtime victory in Dundee the night before and their one scratch was Alexander Kuqali as they lined up with a full bench.

The Blaze made the perfect start to the game after only 18 seconds when they gained the Flyers zone and Grayson Constable put the puck on net from the right wing, Owen got a pad on it but the puck landed on the stick of Jakob Stridsberg who had the easy task of hitting the gaping net. The Flyers were in a deeper hole after just 60 seconds when Olivier LeBlanc was forced to trip a Blaze player who was driving the net and the home side soon made their man advantage count. Owen made an initial save on Jackson Cressey before the Blaze recycled the puck and Zach Heinz’s attempted pass across the crease struck a Flyers skate and landed perfectly on the stick of Chase Cresock who made no mistake from the slot giving Owen no chance. Owen made a solid save in the 4^th minute when Seitz was camped on the edge of his crease and got a tip on the puck which the netminder did well to shut down. It was all Blaze at this point and they stretched their lead in the 7^th minute with an individual goal when Alessio Luciani took the puck around behind the net and his wraparound attempt went into the net off the inside of Owen’s pad. The Blaze went back on the powerplay in the 8^th minute when Drake Pilon was called for delay of game when he shot the puck over the glass. The Blaze were once again clinical with their advantage and Michael Regush took advantage of some static defending as he toe dragged the puck around the Flyers marker and picked his spot on the glove side of Owen who had earlier made a good glove save on the same player and had shutdown Kim Tallberg who had a short side effort. In the 14^th minute a giveaway in the Flyers end presented Archie Hazeldine with a chance but he was denied by a sliding block by a Flyers defenceman. The Flyers were much more in the game now but struggled to create any quality chances and their best came in the 19^th minute after Phélix Martineau had put a big hit in along the boards and Lucas Chiodo retrieved the puck to play it back to his linemate but Mat Robson in the Coventry net made a solid save out at the top of his crease.

The Flyers survived a scramble around their net in the opening minute of the second period. In the 22^nd minute Robson made a glove a save on a Jordan Stallard shot who was went down the right wing. Moments later the home goalie was again in action as he scrambled the puck away twice with Madi Dikhanbek and Drake Pilon looking to open the visitors account. In the 26^th minute Pilon went inside outside on his man in the neutral zone as he went in on goal and he shot high on Robson who snapped the puck in his glove. Owen made a very good save in the 27^th minute when he denied Mike Kennedy who tipped a shot in the slot as the Fife keeper was out of his crease and took away the angle. The Flyers went on their first power play of the game in the 28^th minute when Morten Jurgens was called for a cross check. It took the visitors 6 seconds to find the net as they won the face off and the puck was worked over to Michael Cichy who let a wicked one timer go from the circles that whistled over the glove of Robson and into the top of the net. Less than a minute later Owen was lights out with a save on Regush who was all alone in the slot and as the Blaze man tried to deke the Fife netminder he was stoned by a great pad extension save. The Flyers were much more of an attacking force in the period and following a nice move in the 31^st minute Martineau fired the puck over the cross bar from the top of the slot. Robson made a routine pad save from a Patrick Kyte point shot in the 34^th minute. The Blaze threatened again in the 36th minute with a 2 on 1 break with Luciani holding on to the puck and trying to beat Owen at his near post, the Flyers keeper made the initial save but the puck was recycled and eventually it landed out front and with Owen sprawling Seitz lifted it into the net on the back hand. The Flyers used their Coaches Challenge for goalie interference but the call of goal on the ice was upheld and the Blaze went back on the power play. Owen made one good save when he gloved a Heintz shot but otherwise the Blaze despite lots of controlled possession were unable to create any other quality chances as the Flyers completed the kill. In the 38^th minute Owen made a kick save on Brynley Capps and with a minute left in the period David Clements was called for holding as the Flyers ended the period on the power play. Robson made the final save of the period when he gloved a shot from the point.

The Flyers started the third period with the remainder of their powerplay and with time running down Robson made a save from Cichy as he connected with cross ice pass from Chiodo. The Blaze were called for another infraction as Stridsberg took a cross checking penalty with three seconds remaining and the Flyers went on a short 5 on 3. At 5 on 4 the Flyers got a goal back when Cichy controlled the puck in the Blaze zone and fed Noah Delmas who was up supporting the rush and he went bar down on Robson for a beauty of a finish. In  the 43^rd minute the visitors nearly got another one as Robson scrambled around in his crease but the bouncing puck just wouldn’t fall to a Flyers stick. The Blaze were a man short again in the 44^th minute when Jurgens took a holding penalty on Kay in the Flyers end of the ice. The visitors had numerous attempts to get set up in the Blaze zone but the home side came up with a determined kill that disrupted the Flyers attempts and Robson wasn’t called upon to make a save as the Blaze completed the kill. Hazeldine was denied by a right pad save in the 46^th minute as he stepped in off the blue line to get his shot away. In the 49^th minute Luciani drove the net and just couldn’t get a clean contact on the puck as it bobbled wide and the same player a minute later was all alone in the crease but he couldn’t finish as his back hand came back off the post. The Blaze looked like they could score with every attack at this stage and Heintz blasted a shot wide from the high slot. The sixth goal did however come in the 51^st minute when Jurgens held off the checking attempts of Krenželok to slip the puck over to the back post where Hazeldine had a slam dunk into the empty net. It was almost another a minute later but Terrance Amorosa was denied by his own player in behind Owen who blocked his shot with his backside on the line. The Blaze were back on the power play in the 53^rd minute as Patrick Kyte was forced to hook Luciani who was about to shoot at an empty net with Owen out of position. 17 seconds later Heidt lifted the puck over the glass to give the Blaze a two man advantage. Owen smothered a shot from Gresock after the Blaze had had two big blasts that missed the net. A goal came however when Regus ragged the puck in the high slot and Seitz in the slot got a tip on his shot that beat Owen. At this point the Blaze relieved Robson by putting Will Bray in net. Still on the power play the Blaze added an eighth when Regus again put the puck towards the net and Seitz again with a deft flick of his stick redirected the puck just inside the post for his hat trick. The Flyers were in disarray and Capps missed the chance of the night in 55th minute when he skied the puck with a wide open net. In the 58^th minute Gresock stick handled his way through three Flyers players and the puck was played to Regush whose back hand shot was saved by Owen. Seitz almost got his fourth in the 59^th minute when he went streaking through on his own from the centre red line but he lifted his shot over the cross bar. Seitz then turned provider with just 14 seconds remaining as he set up Heintz with the Flyers again at sixes and sevens and he beat Owen to complete a torrid affair for the Flyers.

Pic Credits – Scott Wiggins

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