Our first Ladlier League game of the 26/27 season saw the NIHL Blaze host the Bulldogs at the Skydome Arena.

The first period gave us two goals with one from each team. The opening goal was scored by Bulldogs' #98 Abigale Culshaw at 05:29 and the second was scored by Blaze's #24 Ethan Wheeldon at 17:57 with assists from #20 Ollie Dixon and #87 Arthur Brookes.

Second period gave us two goals by the Coventry Blaze at 29:10 and 31:07.

The first being scored by #3 Brodey Butlin, assisted by #24 Ethan Wheeldon and #42 Gregor Park, and the second being scored by #20 Oliver Dixon.

In the third period, we saw another two goals.

At 44:02, #51 Liam Bartholomew scored his first goal of the season with an assist from #93 Sam Prosser.

Then, at 45:24, Bulldogs scored their second goal completed by #11 Lucas Vince with assists from #89 Harry Harling and #18 Tyler Joseph Hall.

With 1:46 left of the first regular season game, Blaze called for a 30 second timeout.

After the final buzzer, Coventry Blaze celebrated their opening league game with and 4-2 win.

Mvp's for the game included Bulldogs' #98 Abigale Culshaw and Blaze's #51 Liam Bartholomew.

With a win for the blaze, they are excited and ready to go for their next league and cup game against Billingham Buccaneers on Saturday 19th September 2026, which will be an away game with a puck drop time of 17:30PM.