A SCORCHING performance on the road lit a fire in head coach Aaron Nell’s belly as the Swindon Wildcats rounded off their first four-point weekend of the season on Sunday.

After overcoming the previously unbeaten Telford Tigers on Saturday, Cats travelled to the Guildford Flames and a slow-burning display spectacularly erupted into life as Nell’s troops recovered from an early 2-0 deficit to run out 7-4 winners in Surrey.

A five-goal second-period blitz inspired the visitors’ impressive triumph and Nell was delighted with the character and verve shown by his side as they put on a show to outclass the Flames.

“I think we’ve turned a little corner,” said Nell.

“We could have easily had two losses this weekend and when you look at the weekend, there’s not many tougher than the one we’ve just had.

“We showed huge character and we deserved everything we got.

“It could have been (very different), especially after we had a goal disallowed that I’m pretty sure should have counted and then they scored two.

“We could have easily just pitched the tents and got spanked like we do quite often there.

“We showed great character and a got big goal to get back into it, and in the second period, we kind of took over – it was a perfect period.”

Nell was also chuffed to see his team run out such comfortable winners at the Guildford Spectrum, which has been far from a happy hunting ground for the Wildcats in recent times.

The Swindon chief was also enthused by Cats’ effectiveness – both offensively and defensively – on the power play.

He added: “If you do win there, it’s usually very, very close but we were very good.

“We stuck together and stuck to the game plan, and worked extremely hard – when we do that, we’re going to be successful.

“We’ve got a very good team and when we do that, we’re very good.

“We’ve always got a pretty good power play and it hasn’t always been firing but tonight, it was very, very good – it was a big part of the game.

“We let in three power play goals but we must have killed off seven, eight or nine, especially in that third period when it seems to be penalty, penalty, penalty.

“We worked extremely hard and it’s been a really good weekend.”