Kevin Conway makes his return to the Sharks side after an absence of eight matches
Strange lot these Blackburn lads
Robbie Brown causes problems for the Hawks defence
Shaun Kippin opens the scoring for the Sharks
Rogers clears the lines for Blackburn
The opening minutes were constant pressure on the Hawks defence
… and it was no surprise when Shaun Kippin added a second goal after eleven minutes
It could have been more if Baxendale had not made several good blocks
Struan Tonnar sees his effort deflected wide by the keeper
Robbie Brown also sees the netminder save this chance
Blackburn broke whenever they could and always looked dangerous around the Solway goal
Euan Edgar brings possession around behind the Sharks goal
Baxendale gets down to smother once more
Euan Edgar and Bentham fight for possession from this face-off
Robbie Brown tries to force the puck through a crowd of players
I can explain the Shark but the other one …………
Thirkettle took over in the Blackburn goal at the mid-way point and was quickly called into action
If I dinnae see you through the week I’ll see you through a windae
Mark Gallagher reacts first to a loose puck close to the Blackburn goal
… and prods it home to put the Sharks four-two ahead at the second intermission
Briggs fires in a shot from the left-hand boards early in the third period
Davies comes close but Dewar Anderson makes the save
Another long range effort on the Sharks goal
Dewar Anderson is called into action to make a pad save on this occasion
Tim McKay watches this effort drift just wide
Bentham tries his luck once more but can’t quite beat the Sharks netminder
New head coach Paul Heavey obviously can’t believe what he’s seeing here (maybe they gave the Hair Bear some ice time)
