Wildcats gunned down by Jets (From Swindon Advertiser)

Wildcats gunned down by Jets

10:46pm Wednesday 17th February 2010 in

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SWINDON Wildcats were beaten 4-1 by high-flying Slough Jets at the Link Centre tonight, as their English Premier League play-off hopes continued to hang in the balance.

A lacklustre first period saw Ryan Aldridge’s men fail to capitalise on three powerplays and Jets gloveman Gregg Rockman was rarely tested.

Wildcats also suffered a blow when Jozef Kohut went off injured midway through the first period, following a collision.

Slough got off the mark at 21:32 as Blaz Emersic hit home on the powerplay, with Jan Krajicek serving time off the ice for a hooking penalty.

At 26:00 the lead was doubled through Michael Bowman and the visitors looked well in control of proceedings.

There were no further goals until 55:24, when the underrated Sam Bullas struck home Swindon’s first to put them back in it at 2-1.

But Emersic restored the two-goal advantage at 57:26, and after Swindon player-coach Aldridge pulled netminder Chris Douglas in a desperate bid to get the hosts back in it, Peter Poljacek was left with an easy empty net goal to make it 4-1 with 53 seconds left.

Swindon take on play-off rivals Bracknell Bees on Sunday.