Coventry Blaze beat Elite League leaders Cardiff Devils

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Coventry Blaze claimed a 5-4 victory over Elite League leaders Cardiff Devils at the Skydome on Sunday.

Greg Owen gave the home side the lead only for Devils to level before the first interval through Craig Weller.


Luke Fulghum (pictured) netted for Blaze in-between efforts from Stuart McCrae and Jon Pelle for the visitors.

Dan Carlson and Owen ensured Blaze led going into the final period and Arron Nell's goal put the game beyond Cardiff despite Weller's second.

With a 4-0 victory at Newcastle Vipers the previous night, Coventry have turned around their fortunes with wins in each of their last four matches.

Blaze coach Paul Thompson told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire: "They're a good team. You can see they're a good team and that they can turn teams over and I think we got the game plan right.

"We got a deserved win. In the second period we had to endure six or seven minutes of quite a lot of pressure in our end zone.

"[Brett] Jaeger made three or four outstanding saves that kept our noses ahead but I thought in the third period we were the better club and had the better chances."