Period Scores: 2 - 3, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 

Penalty Mins:    MK Thunder 24   Coventry ENL Blaze 24                       

Shots on Goal:  On MK Thunder’s           Mark Woolf – 34     

                        On Coventry’s                Dan Shea – 31      

MK Thunder: Ivan Turan 1+1, Mike Knights 1+0, Carl Stevenson 1+0, Tom Hurley 0+2, Paul Gore 0+1.

Coventry ENL Blaze: Joe Henry 1+0, Chris Wilcox 1+0, Tom Pease 1+0, Kieorn Papps 0+1, Aram Todd 0+1.

Man of the Match:          Carl Stevenson

In their last cup game of the season, Thunder decided to ice a full forward line of U18s with both Jamie Cox and Harrison Goode making their debuts and joining Martyn Snape on the fourth line.

By the end of the game, there was nothing to choose between the teams as the Coventry outfitted has improved throughout the season and are now a real threat against any opposition. It was Coventry that opened the scoring with a third minute powerplay goals from Tom Pease. Carl Stevenson equalised for Thunder at 7:45 as the game swung from end to end. Ivan Turan gave Thunder the go-ahead goal at 13:36 with a powerplay effort and it looked like the home side would hold on to their lead going into the period break, but back came Blaze with two goals in the last minute to take the lead, Chris Wilcox and Joe Henry the scorers.

Although the second period produced no more goals, the play was still frantic end to end stuff with both teams trying to find an opening and an advantage.

It wasn’t until midpoint in the final period that Thunder found that opening and Mike Knights slotted home the equaliser on another powerplay. 3-3 was the final score and in end honours even was the right outcome. Using that old cliché, Thunder can now concentrate on the league!