ICE HOCKEY LIVE: Guildford Flames v Swindon Wildcats (From Swindon Advertiser)

9:48pm

Game over! Swindon have won, they didn't half do it the hard way, but they did it.

9:46pm

Seven seconds.

9:46pm

Just 35 seconds left for Swindon to hang on.

9:45pm

Goalie pulled.

9:35pm

More than 1,500 people at the Spectrum tonight. The vast majority of those look like they are going to go home unhappy. Swindon defending for their lives here.

9:34pm

Five minutes to play.

9:34pm

Swindon battled their hearts out against Basingstoke on Sunday and only got a point. They have battled even harder tonight. Two points, surely?

9:32pm

Flames back to full strength.

9:30pm

Powerplay for Cats. 

9:29pm

Watt is back.

9:25pm

Penalty killed.

9:24pm

Two minutes for Nicky Watt.

9:23pm

It's all Guildford at the moment but the visitors are defending manfully. Skinns not seriously stretched in the last few minutes.

9:21pm

This might be pre-emptive, but I reckon Wildcats are going to win this game, you know.

9:18pm

Sublime last-ditch defending from Stevie Whitfield to block a certain goal. Just got his stick out in time.

9:15pm

Guildford open up in determined fashion and this could be a long 20 minutes for the visiting supporters.

9:13pm

Period three has begun.

8:59pm

8:54pm

Referee Thompson chalks off a ghost goal from Lundin. Skinns is down in a heap. Considerable anger from a few of the home fans at that one.

8:52pm

Hoog races clear on goal and is by clearly brought down by a stick. As clear as day that one. Hoog misses his penalty shot, directing straight at Mark Lee. Great chance gone.

8:47pm

Swindlehurst returns.

8:45pm

Skinns seems to claw it practically off his own line but there was a stick in there as well. Dramatic times, these.

8:44pm

If Swindon come out of the next 90 seconds two goals up they will be quite happy with that.

8:43pm

Paul Swindlehurst into the bin for hooking. Five on the ice for the visitors.

8:42pm

Cats back to five on the ice.

8:39pm

Joe Baird gets two minutes now and the visitors are down to four.

8:38pm

No joy for player-coach Paul Dixon with a slapshot on the powerplay.

8:37pm

Chris Jones gets two minutes for hooking.

8:36pm

Skinns saves comfortably from Swindon old boy Jozef Kohut. Skinns has been a very busy netminder this season, but he has had a fairly comfortable time of it so far this evening.

8:32pm

Wildcats have pressed the self-destruct button on these kind of occasions a few times this season. Is tonight the night where they see out a lead?

8:28pm

Matias Perkkio hits the pipes in trying to make it 4-0, Guildford are absolutely stunned.

8:24pm

Curtis Huppe lifts over from a couple of yards out. Very good chance.

8:24pm

Penalty killed by Flames.

8:21pm

Second period is go.

8:09pm

Cracking first period. Fisticuffs, goals, plenty of speed and flair. Excellent.

8:06pm

There's a bit more nonsense at the final buzzer and there's plenty of needle in this EPL clash.

8:05pm

Handbags and Sharp was involved again. He gets 2+10 for roughing. Not sure who the Wildcats player was, impossible to tell from my angle.

7:54pm

Penalty killed.

7:52pm

Two minutes for Loris Taylor for tripping.

7:42pm

Jonas Hoog fires at goal for the first time but no cigar.

7:42pm

Not sure won the fight, really. Pretty decent tear-up, though.

7:38pm

Wow. Less than two and a half minutes in and Sam Bullas and Andrew Sharp are knocking seven bells out of each other. Nicky Watt called for Swindon to stand up for themselves in his brand new Adver column today. That's exactly what Bullas did there. It's 2+2s for both men.

7:37pm

Anyway, enough of that. Swindon netminder Dean Skinns has just been forced into his first save.

7:36pm

Apologies for the lack of pre-match updates. Let's just say the M4 and the M25 did not help matters. In fact they were horrendous.

7:35pm

7:35pm

And we're off.

7:34pm

Moments away from face-off here...

7:14pm

Welcome to Ice Hockey Live and Swindon's midweek clash against Guildford. The Wildcats will be looking to bounce back from the disappointment of two defeats at the weekend, and push their way up the EPL table.

Face-off is at 7.30pm, and all the updates will be here.