ICE HOCKEY LIVE: Slough Jets v Swindon Wildcats
Updated 9:28pm Sunday 3rd March 2013 in Sport
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9:08pm
Time to get some reaction, which you can read in a full report in the Adver tomorrow. Don't miss it!
9:07pm
@SwinWildcats win in shootout round 8 step up thomas fojtik!! What a game!!! #swindonwildcats
— @jackl86 03 March 2013
9:03pm
The curse is broken. #penshot win! 5-4 in slough after sudden death penalty shots #wildcats
— @moorsy88 03 March 2013
9:03pm
That was a superb end to a great game. Cracking stuff.
9:00pm
@SwinWildcats @nedpayne1 The overtime curse has been broken! #swindonwildcats #barmyarmy
— @charrabi1 03 March 2013
8:59pm
Swindon have won in overtime at the 11th attempt this season. About time!
8:57pm
Fojtik wins it! Stunning drama at the Hangar! He fooled Rockman and tapped in. Some huge bottle from Cats there and great stuff from Tom Murdy in particular.
8:56pm
Wales misses.
8:56pm
And Melichar scores too!
8:56pm
Alex Barker rounds Murdy superbly. Goal.
8:55pm
Betteridge misses. Tension is unbelievable.
8:54pm
Mindy Kieras misses.
8:54pm
Loris Taylor goes mighty close.
8:53pm
Koulikov sees his shot blocked by Murdy with his pad.
8:53pm
Aldridge misses his shot to win it!
8:52pm
Pavel Gomeniuk misses.
8:52pm
Hoog scores!
8:51pm
Murdy saves from Bakrlik.
8:51pm
Matias Perkkio misses.
8:51pm
Darius Pliskauskas scores.
8:50pm
Nell fires off the post. So unlucky.
8:50pm
Davies sends his wristshot over.
8:47pm
Penalties it is.
8:47pm
Slough call a time out with three seconds left.
8:45pm
Great save Murdy from Dan Davies!
8:44pm
One minute left.
8:42pm
Three minutes left.
8:39pm
Overtime underway.
8:38pm
@Ulli2311 wooohoooo come on you cats!!!! #swindonwildcats
— @ThatCurlyBird 03 March 2013
8:37pm
Just to remind you, Swindon have lost 10 games out of 10 in overtime or on penalty shots this season.
8:36pm
We're going to overtime (gulp), but it's a point at least for Cats.
8:35pm
A minute left.
8:35pm
GOAL! Slough 4 Swindon 4, 58.10
And there's the equaliser! Nell with his second of the night from Hoog and Ollie Betteridge. Long gets a 10-minute misconduct penalty in the aftermath.
8:33pm
Two minutes left for Cats to save this.
8:31pm
GOAL! Slough 4 Swindon 3, 54.47
The puck bounces out off the boards and Koulikov is steaming in unnoticed. He duly smashes into the left corner with Murdy unfortunate not to get across goal quickly enough.
8:28pm
Lots of Jets pressure.
8:26pm
Fancy overtime?
8:26pm
Squeaky bum time #again #swindonwildcats
— @Dunster43 03 March 2013
8:24pm
Seven minutes left.
8:23pm
Cats back to full strength.
8:23pm
Four decent saves from Murdy in a matter of seconds.
8:22pm
Come on cats, keep fighting, we all know you're capable of doing it :-) @SwindonWildcats
— @rebeccabrace1D 03 March 2013
8:20pm
Baird called for boarding.
8:20pm
GOALS! Slough 3 Swindon 3, 47.47 and 49.01
Well that's one way to score a goal. Long clearly barges Murdy into the back of the net and Bakrlik taps in. How did that count? Just over a minute later Slava Koulikov catches the visitors on the hop and the teams are level. That's a tough one to swallow for Swindon but they just have to crack on now.
8:12pm
Less than 15 minutes left.
8:07pm
Period three has started.
8:05pm
And here come the teams.
8:00pm
Four minutes until the players return.
7:55pm
Time to find those extra reserves of energy for period three. And then a bit more.
7:49pm
That's the end of the second period.
7:48pm
GOAL! Slough 1 Swindon 3, 37.27
Cats counter and Sam Bullas pokes the puck into the slot for Joe Baird of all people. The D-man squeezes his shot into the narrow gap between Rockman and the post and it's 3-1.
7:45pm
Three minutes left in period two.
7:43pm
GOALS! Slough 1 Swindon 2, 33.00, 34.03
Matias Perkkio finds plenty of space in front of the net and doubles the lead from Ryan Aldridge and Jan Melichar. However, the Jets immediately hit back. Long scores from Bakrlik.
7:39pm
Penalty killed. Opportunity missed for the visitors.
7:37pm
Now it's five on four.
7:37pm
Frankie Bakrlik called for delay of game. Five on three.
7:35pm
Two minutes for Ciaran Long for tripping.
7:33pm
Jets have redoubled their efforts but have had no change out of Murdy yet.
7:31pm
Seven minutes played of period two.
7:29pm
Penalty killed.
7:27pm
@slapshot6032 Putting the jets drummers to shame tonight! #swindonwildcats #loudandproud
— @charrabi1 03 March 2013
7:26pm
Jets powerplay. Nell called for cross-checking.
7:21pm
And we're away in period two.
7:21pm
Players are back out.
7:20pm
Slough's programme is a touch out of date. Talks about Michal Kapicka and Chris Jones!
7:17pm
A remarkably bare gamesheet so far. It was a better game than that suggests.
7:10pm
Thoughts? #swindonwildcats
7:08pm
Cats were under heavy pressure early on but Murdy stood firm and made a few useful saves. The shorthanded goal by Swindon skipper Nell really knocked the stuffing out of Slough and they didn't look quite as dangerous after that. Long way to go, though.
7:06pm
So far, so good.
7:05pm
That's the end of the first period. Cats lead 1-0.
7:02pm
Two minutes left.
7:01pm
Cats growing into this game. It hasn't been all that busy but it has been fascinating.
6:59pm
Murdy has made some seriously sharp saves this period.
6:54pm
Some 12 minutes played here at the Hangar. Swindon now back to full strength of course.
6:52pm
GOAL! Slough 0 Swindon 1, 9.47, SH
Swindon deliver a short-handed sucker punch. Nell breaks free one-on-one and baffles Rockman in net to put Cats ahead. Assists go to Jonas Hoog and Paul Swindlehurst.
6:49pm
Murdy a busy man at present.
6:47pm
Delay of game bench penalty being served by Loris Taylor.
6:46pm
Pretty much all Slough so far.
6:43pm
Lots of short shifts for Swindon, as you would expect.
6:40pm
Tomas Fojtik squashes Michael Wales against the boards.
6:34pm
The first period is underway.
6:33pm
Difficult game for Wildcats but i think we will have enough to win. 5.3 to #swindonwildcats #ooosh
— @AndyGee8 03 March 2013
6:33pm
Anthem done. Let's do this.
6:30pm
The players are being introduced.
6:29pm
Feel free to follow/tweet/abuse me on Twitter on @nedpayne1.
6:28pm
@nedpayne1 Gooo Cats! Predicting a 5-4 win to cats! #redarmy
— @charrabi1 03 March 2013
6:27pm
Excellent work with the hashtag there. Don't forget to have your say on tonight's match on Twitter using #swindonwildcats. Or just comment below. The best comments will be reprinted in this liveblog.
6:24pm
@charrabi1 @nedpayne1 4-3 Slough with my head, 5-3 Swindon with my heart. #swindonwildcats #otppredicts
— @slapshot6032 03 March 2013
6:20pm
We're about 10 minutes away from face-off.
6:17pm
The players have cleared the ice and we now have something resembling an ice disco at the Hangar. The Zamboni is out.
6:13pm
Referees tonight are David Cloutman and Thomas Gillingham. Linesmen are Ilya Antonov and Jason Earl.
6:11pm
C'mon @SwindonWildcats we can do this #2points #loud&proud in slough
— @J7gti 03 March 2013
6:09pm
C'mon @SwindonWildcats we can do this #2points #loud&proud in slough
— @J7gti 03 March 2013
6:09pm
C'mon @SwindonWildcats we can do this #2points #loud&proud in slough
— @J7gti 03 March 2013
6:08pm
In goal for Wildcats is Tom Murdy while Gregg Rockman is between the pipes for Slough.
6:07pm
Missing for Swindon tonight are Henri Sandvik, Shane Moore, Floyd Taylor, Lee Richardson and Jamie Hayes.
6:04pm
Slough have the edge in encounters between the teams this season, can shortbenched Swindon hit back?
5:59pm
Players from both teams are out on the ice and warming up.
5:52pm
Welcome to the Hangar, where threadbare Swindon take on Slough this evening.
