Flames Get Point But Lose on Penalties

Published on: 21 Dec, 2025
Updated on: 21 Dec, 2025

Guildford Flames took a table point with the game level through regulation, but despite a large shot and possession advantage over the visiting Coventry Blaze it was the road team who grabbed the win with a 2-1 penalty shoot-out result.

Blaze took the lead against the flow of play with a Grant Mismash strike about 11 minutes in and a 17-9 shot advantage for the hosts didn’t change the one goal deficit through the opening set.

Near the halfway mark, with Flames on a powerplay, a Blaze opportunity earned them a penalty shot but Jake Kupsky turned it away to keep the gap to a single. A few minutes later, Nick Seitz took his opportunity to level and Flames then killed a short-handed run of their own to take a tie game to the final frame and as it turned out the same score was still on the clock at the end of 60 minutes.

Action from last night’s match. John Uwins

In a three-on-three overtime a Matt Alvaro minor penalty put Blaze on a powerplay for the final minute and 54 seconds, but the hosts were able to melt the time away to keep a chance for a win in order with penalties on the way.

Across the first five penalty shots, Adam Robbins, Elijiah Barriga and Jere Vertanen scored for Coventry while Jack Jacome, Jake Coughler and Seitz keeping it even. However, In the sudden death round a miss each followed another Flames miss before Vertanen’s second of the tiebreaker tilted the result their way.

“We had the shots, the territory and the puck possession to win that game outright so we can’t help but be disappointed in the overall result,” said coach Paul Dixon, “but we picked up a point and will look to more of tomorrow’s game at Panthers.”