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Back to the drawing board for Flames
For the second consecutive night a game that could be had was lost for the Guildford Flames ice hockey club as they dropped a 3-2 score on the road in Peterborough against the Phantoms. One night earlier, Milton Keynes Lightning paid Surrey’s team a visit and dealt Spectrum’s tenants a 3-1 defeat.
In the weekend opener, the visitors took a 1-0 lead at 9:54 when Lukas Zatopek found his way past Mark Lee. The Lightning had a 5 on 3 powerplay for over a minute shortly after that goal but could not extend the lead before either advantage timed out. The single digit held up as the difference ahead of the second stanza and indeed into the final period after a scoreless middle session. In the 46th minute, while enjoying a powerplay, Rick Plant tipped a Nathan Rempel shot from the blueline; the re-direction eluded Barry Hollyhead to even the score at 1 each to the joy of nearly all of the 1841 people in attendance.
The Lightning struck back, though, near the midway point of the frame when a Flames clearing attempt was intercepted by Adam Brittle who quickly fed Monir Kalgoum in front of the goal, giving his side a 2-1 lead. The scoreline forced the trailing Flames to remove Mark Lee from the goal with 42 seconds on the clock for an extra skater, but Zatopek foiled the plan when he bagged an empty netter at 19:59 to complete the result.
In Peterborough, Spectrum’s tenants recovered from a very early 0-2 deficit to be all even in the final period before a Tom Carlon game winner went unanswered despite a 14-5 Flames final period shot advantage. Brent Gough staked his side to the margin of a pair when he netted at 3:54 and then shorthanded at 11:59. Lukas Smital replied for the Flames at 14:38 and a Martin Masa powerplay goal 16 seconds before the end of the opening frame evened the affair. The clubs traded a relatively even shot count in a scoreless middle session before Carlon’s strike at 49:55 clinched the result and the distribution of the league and cup table points.
Flames Head Coach Paul Dixon looked back on a weekend the club would rather forget:
“On the surface of it the answer is simple: we couldn’t score. When you only get 3 all weekend your odds for any points are slim indeed and we simply need to be outputting goals at a better level than that. It is high up on the ‘easier said than done’ scale but it doesn’t make it untrue.
"On Saturday night we did not play terribly, but getting in front of the net and creating solid scoring opportunities was very difficult. We got plenty of shots, but just couldn’t find the high percentage openings to take advantage of some of the territorial play.
"Despite that, we tied it up and had the momentum swing our way. We could have, and probably should have, taken a lead just after that goal, but it didn’t happen. As often happens when you do not take advantage in those situations, a defensive miscue proves exceedingly costly at a time when the game is yours to take. Suddenly you are on the back foot again.
"In Peterborough it is a similar sentiment especially as the third period went. We had plenty of shots and some clear opportunities to go ahead. We should have taken a lead, but missed the opening, and a sudden goal by them is the difference.
"It is not a time for panic. We will re-tool ourselves this week in training and we will come out next week more determined to get what we need.”
Photo of Flames Gary Clarke joining Flames supporters in celebration just as Rick Plant’s deflection of a Nathan Rempel shot enters the goal to tie Saturday’s game at 1 each. Photo by Alan Bone.
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