In our first game of the night, at 9:00 pm, we had Novotel Spitfires going against Siam Mandalay. This was a back and forth game with the Spitfires taking an early lead with goals by Major Ingkharratphithakon and Ken Kindborn. Siam Mandalay fought back tying things up with goals by Turner Johnson and Darius Konotopetz. In the second period, Novotel took the lead again with a goal by Christoph Anliker. Siam Mandalay tied it up again when Konotopetz scored his second of the night. Late in the second period, Sen Verdy put the Spitfires back in the lead but Win Kruhakeaw tied it up again for Siam Mandalay. The Spitfires took the lead for the third time that night with two goals by Tomas Stastny and a from Mangkorn Sukwiboon. Siam Mandalay’s Johnson did score one more goal, but there just wasn’t enough juice in the tank for them to tie it up again and the final score was Novotel Spitfires 7 Siam Mandalay 5.
The Rolling Stone Pizza Player of the Game went to Mangkorn Sukwiboon for his goal and three assists all night.