Cardiff Fire made the short trip up the M4 to Swindon to play the final league game of the season against the Wildcats. Fire started the game quickly with goals from Elis Sheppard and Josh Haslam. giving the Fire a 2 goal lead after the first period.
The second period started much like the 1st, with Ross Wilkinson scoring a power play goal after just 18 seconds. Swindon quickly responded with their first goal of the game, also in the first min of play. The Swindon goal took some steam out of Fire as they struggled to find the net. It wasn’t until the final 2 mins of the period that fire netted again, this time through Tamas Elias. Ending the period 4-1 to the Fire.
Fire knew that going into the 3rd period they needed to score more goals to match the goal difference of the teams in the East for play-off priority. So the third period Fire came out flying. Dave Christian opening his account after just 2 1/2 mins of play. Making it 5-1 to the Fire. Just one min later Jordon Powell made it 6-1 and now Fire were really finding their grove. On 48 mins Jackson Price scored a well deserved goal, quickly followed by a Robert Sedlak goal. Fire were not finished there, player assailant coach Dan Blakemore scored a screamer of a slap shot, followed up by a Ross Wilkinson goal, walking in from the blue line to fire Cardiff’s 10th goal past GK Bird. Swindon were to get a consolation goal through Daniel Sullivan. Game ending 2-10 to the Fire.
That ends the regular season for the Fire with a 100% win record in both league and cup. A remarkable achievement. Extending the winning streak to
Focus now turns to knock out hockey, the business end of the season. Cup finals weekend (held in Cardiff) on the 8th and 9th April. Followed by play-offs starting the very next weekend.
