Cardiff Devils completed a perfect weekend yesterday, by beating Coventry Blaze for the second time in 24 hours as they booked their place at the ELite Ice Hockey League play-off finals weekend.

Having beaten the Blaze 2-0 in Coventry in the first leg on Saturday, the Devils gave the partisan crowd no little entertainment on Sunday evening.

The Blaze came out of the blocks the faster, levelling the quarter-final tie on aggregate, thanks to goals from Jackson Cressey and Morten Jurgens.

Brad Shoonbaert respond to put the Devils back ahead but the home side were pegged back again as the score read 3-1 to Coventry on the night.

The Devils proved that they have the mentality of champions, though, scoring five answered goals in the final period.

Strikes from Cole Sanford, Sam Duggan, Zach O’Brien, and Joey Martin sealed the Devils spot at finals weekend in Nottingham.

They will face old foes the Belfast Giants in a one-off semi-final on Saturday 19th April before playing the winner of Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers the next day.

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