Fone Blanks Phantoms

Manchester Phoenix 5-0 Peterborough Phantoms

Manchester Phoenix netminder Steve Fone continued his impressive start to the new season with a shut out performance against Peterborough Phantoms on Saturday night.

Peterborough, who lost both their opening fixtures last weekend, battled hard for forty minutes on Saturday with a short bench, but Phoenix wore them down and hit three goals in the final period to seal the win.

Phoenix broke a scoreless tie in the 23rd minute when Martin Cingel found the net before Ladislav Harabin doubled their lead in the 34th minute with a slapshot that squeezed through Phantoms netminder Stephen Wall.

At the opposite end, Fone sparkled when Phoenix hit penalty trouble late in the second period, keeping the visitors off the scoreboard with some smart saves as the Phantoms looked to capitalize on the powerplay.

But after Phantoms lost key player Jeff Glowa to a game penalty and Rick Skene to injury after blocking a Jaroslav Spelda shot, their resistance was broken and the visitors, with only two lines of players, were running on empty.

Juraj Faith raced in on goal twice to score back to back breakaway goals, one shorthanded, and Spelda found the net in the final minute to seal the points.