ICE HOCKEY LIVE: Bracknell Bees v Swindon Wildcats
5:18pm Sunday 14th October 2012 in Sport
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- Bracknell 3, Wildcats 2 (Bracknell win 1-0 in penalty shootout)
- Wildcats visit Bracknell in the EPL
- Second game of the weekend following 6-5 overtime loss to Sheffield last night
- Reporting by NED PAYNE
8:37pm
ADVER SPORTS WRITER NED PAYNE
Just a point for Swindon then, but it could quite easily have been two. Skinns add a few brilliant saves tonight, Paul Swindlehurst and Stevie Whitfield had super games at the back, too.
8:37pm
Lukas Smital has broken the deadlock, squeezing into the left corner.
8:36pm
Melichar shoots into the chest of Carl Ambler.
8:35pm
Skinns blocks from Rob Lamey.
8:34pm
Kapicka misses.
8:33pm
Petran misses. Will anyone score?
8:33pm
Nell misses.
8:32pm
Shaun Thompson fires high. 0-0 it remains.
8:32pm
Hoog misses. Still 0-0.
8:31pm
Skinns saves brilliantly from Jan Bendik.
8:31pm
Perkkio misses.
8:28pm
Penalty shootout it is.
8:26pm
Lots of speculative strikes raining in but very few genuine opportunities.
8:21pm
Overtime starts.
8:19pm
We're going to overtime. It's a point for Swindon at least.
8:18pm
Jan Melichar blocks heroically from Masa.
8:17pm
Kapicka returns with less than 20 seconds left.
8:15pm
Kapicka binned for slashing and it's all about survival now for Cats.
8:13pm
Three to go. This could go either way.
8:09pm
Cats think they've scored, but they haven't.
8:08pm
Play getting increasingly frantic. Six minutes to go.
8:05pm
Perkkio just nearly took out some poor bloke stood right at the top of the stand with a deflected shot. Well-ducked.
8:03pm
Lets see some goals here #swindonwildcats you are the better team
— @Ulli2311 14 October 2012
7:58pm
Kapicka is back.
7:58pm
Skinns makes a fabulous save, then the Bees claim they have it in the net. Masa leads the calls. No cigar.
7:57pm
Bracknell have had enough powerplay chances to last them a lifetime, six in total so far.
7:56pm
Bullas and Galazzi are back.
7:55pm
Kapicka binned.
7:52pm
Sam Bullas and James Galazzi binned.
7:50pm
It seems an awful long time since we had a goal in this game.
7:48pm
Skinns appears to have a facial problem here. Not clear what caused it. He's carrying on, anyway.
7:44pm
Third period is go.
7:24pm
ADVER SPORTS WRITER NED PAYNE
Strange sort of second period. Plenty of shots but no goals, could quite easily have been another four. All to play for at the Hive.
7:24pm
End of second period. Still 2-2.
7:23pm
Jones is back. Penalty killed.
7:20pm
Chris Jones binned.
7:16pm
Penalty killed.
7:16pm
Alan Lack binned. Apologies, bit late with that one.
7:12pm
Omg we had so many chances ,get in the goal puck ... #swindonwildcats
— @Ulli2311 14 October 2012
7:07pm
Swindlehurst back and that's back to back penalties killed.
7:05pm
Watt returns.
7:05pm
Swindlehurst binned. Ouch.
7:04pm
@nedpayne1 live update appreciated by those of us with babies to look after that aren't quite old enough for trips t'Hive! #swindonwildcats
— @stripes 14 October 2012
7:03pm
Nicky Watt binned.
7:02pm
Positive start to the second by Wildcats. No end product as yet, though.
6:59pm
The Swindon drum brigade are on particularly good form tonight. Deafening.
6:55pm
Watching the live updates, Let's go Wildcats, let's go!! #swindonwildcats
— @EmmaElmoPayn 14 October 2012
6:55pm
Second period underway.
6:38pm
ADVER SPORTS WRITER NED PAYNE
Swindon are level, but they have lost plenty of games like this in 2012/13 so far. This is a game that needs grinding out.
6:37pm
First period over.
6:34pm
Hoog lays into the path of Aaron Nell. Great chance. Denied!
6:31pm
GOAL (Bracknell 2, Wildcats 2)
The visitors have soaked up plenty of pressure and there's the sucker punch. It was Hoog that scored it, although the stadium announcer seemed to lose his bearings on that one. Eventually he calls it. Well done that man.
6:24pm
GOAL! (Bracknell 2, Wildcats 1)
With Swindlehurst out, Bracknell take advantage almost in slow motion. Shaun Thompson lays across goal for Martin Masa and he pokes in on the stretch when it didn't look like he could reach it. Strange sort of goal.
6:21pm
Swindlehurst binned for two minutes.
6:15pm
GOAL! (Bracknell 1, Wildcats 1)
The lead didn't last long. The Bees break and Rob Lamey lays inside for Marcel Petran to direct his shot past Skinns. Too easy for the hosts.
6:11pm
Three good saves by Swindon's Dean Skinns in quick succession, including from a two-on-one.
6:09pm
GOAL! (Bracknell 0, Swindon 1)
Wow. Just 16 seconds gone and that's one heck of an opening for the visitors. Jonas Hoog was left completely unmarked by the Bees defence and he flicked the puck calmly into the bottom left corner. Bingo.
6:07pm
And we're off.
6:00pm
Anyway, enough of me playing Mark Kermode. Here we go.
5:58pm
Rousing music from Pirates of the Caribbean being played to gee up the crowd. What an awful series of films they were.
5:55pm
Safe to say the Hive is not heaving tonight. Instructions being barked by the announcer. Six minutes now.
5:51pm
@SwindonWildcats good luck tonight lads
— @hegwighawks 14 October 2012
5:49pm
Not icing for Cats tonight are netminder Tom Murdy and defence and Shane Moore. No surprises there.
5:48pm
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5:46pm
WILDCATS HEAD COACH RYAN ALDRIDGE
“With Bracknell it will be business as usual.
“We went to watch them against Milton Keynes the other night and they were definitely crawling back into that game (Bracknell lost 4-3).
“They are a good side in their own building and we have to match that.”
5:45pm
WILDCATS D-MAN PAUL SWINDLEHURST
“Bracknell are playing really well this year so we’re not going to underrate them.
“The league is going to be very close this year and you can’t afford to go into any game thinking it’s in the bag."
5:42pm
The players have cleared the ice and we're 20 minutes away from face-off.
5:40pm
Yes! After no less than eight attempts, I've finally managed to get a picture of Wildcats warming up on our site. It's a thumbnail pic you can see in the Sport or Ice Hockey sections just before you click on this article. Was it worth the effort? Arguable. Enjoy anyway.
5:27pm
The Wildcats players have just hopped out on the ice and the warm-up is taking place as we speak. Two points tonight would be three for the weekend and a pretty decent return by all accounts. Easier said than done, though.
5:20pm
Welcome to the snappily-named John Nike Leisuresport Complex where Swindon take on Bracknell tonight. We'll just call it the Hive for now.
