MATCH REPORT: Swindon Wildcats 5-6 Telford Tigers

The Swindon Wildcats were narrowly on the wrong end of a 6-5 scoreline against bitter rivals, the Telford Tigers despite Jan Kostal's hat-trick.

Sam Bullas got Swindon off to the most perfect of starts, making it 1-0 inside the first 44 seconds when he was assisted by Floyd Taylor.

The second goal of the game took a lot longer to come about. At 13:47 Telford levelled the scores through Doug Clarkson, who was assisted by Corey McEwen and Matty Davies. 

Jason Silverthorne turned the match around at 19:58 to give Telford the lead for the first time with Danny Rose and Lubomir Korhon getting the assists this time around as period one ended 2-1 to the Tigers.

Jan Kostal tied the contest up again at 23:46 with Adam Finlinson and Phil Hill playing their part in the build-up - the latter was making his Wildcats debut against his former employers.

Kostal got his second to turn the game on its head for a second time at 26:16 and exactly 10 minutes later he bagged his hat-trick goal to give Swindon a bit of breathing space at 4-2, even though it counted for nothing in the end.

Clarkson netted his personal second and Telford's third at 37:34 which had the score at 4-3 going into the third and final period.

As the third began, Clarkson got a hat-trick of his own for 4-4 at 41:04 and then he turned provider to set up Adam Taylor in the latest comeback in a higgledy-piggledy icing at the Link.

Tomasz Malasinski got his customary goal to restore parity for one last time at 51:03 but Telford found the time to win it and break Swindon hearts.

Milan Kolena struck at 56:47 to win the match for Telford, which is sure to rile the Wildcats considering their open hatred for the Tigers.