Swedish forward Kim Tallberg scored a hat-trick to help the Genting Casino Coventry Blaze to a four-point weekend in the Elite League with a hard-fought 5-4 victory over Manchester Storm at Skydome Arena on Sunday.
Canadian forward Johnny Curran opened the scoring with a smart move to beat Hayden Lavigne in the Storm goal at 15.07 but Coventry’s joy was short lived as they ran into penalty trouble.
On their first two powerplay chances of the night, Ryan Barrow converted for the Storm both at 18.32 and 19.57 to give the away side a 1-2 lead after the first period.
Tallberg’s first goal came at 24.25 to tie things, before Radek Vesely made it 3-2 on the powerplay at 27.12.
Blaze let the lead slip again, though, with Scott Simmonds (32.29) and new Storm signing Anthony DeLuca (38.06) scoring their third and fourth powerplay goal of the night.
While frustrated with proceedings, the home side weren’t to be deterred and their Man of the Match Tallberg came up with the game-tying and winning goal at 44.44 and then 56.41.
Blaze are back in action on Wednesday (12th October) at Skydome Arena (7.30pm) in a battle for top spot in the Challenge Cup group.
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