The Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues and the Sydney Bears faced off in the second of the home game double header this weekend at Bundall Iceland on Sunday night. In a relatively clean game, with only 8 penalties called all night (3 on the Blue Tongues and 5 on the Bears), the full house crowd was treated to exciting, end-to-end hockey. The Bears continued to close the Blue Tongues' shooting lanes down in their offensive zone with great positioning and communication on the ice. The Blue Tongues, putting 46 shots on the Bears' goaltender, Sheldon Baerg, hit the post or the cross-bar more times than they'd like to.

Matt Amado opened the scoring halfway through the first period with the lone goal of the period to give the Blue Tongues the 1-0 lead, assisted by Mike McRae, just 20 seconds after Bears' Assistant Captain Brett Nelson-Bond returned to the ice from a slashing penalty. The Bears had managed to kill off all three penalties sustained in the first period, and the teams went to the first intermission with the Blue Tongues leading 1-0.

In the second period, the Blue Tongues killed off a slashing call on Matt Amado. At 9 minutes and 48 seconds, just 14 seconds after Amado returned to the ice from the slashing penalty he served expired, he scored his second goal of the night, assisted by Dave Upton. Just 10 seconds later, Mike McRae sank the puck past Baerg, assisted by Tobias Falk and Matt Amado. Scoring his hatrick, Matt Amado netted the third quick goal in 21 seconds, assisted by Mike McRae and Tobias Falk.

The Bears narrowed the gap to 4-1 when Tony Demelinne scored an unassisted goal with 8 minutes and 20 seconds left in the second period. The crowd was treated to some of the most entertaining and exciting hockey of the season for the rest of the second period as both teams battled for the puck and continued to check each other on open ice and along the boards. They went to the second intermission with the Blue Tongues leading 4-1.

The Bears closed the gap again to 4-2 thanks to a goal by Michael Schlamp, assisted by Brett Nelson-Bond and Tony Demelinne only 1 minute and 25 seconds into the third period. The Bears were unable to close the gap any further though. When Matt Amado smashed the puck past Sheldon Baerg with 8 minutes and 58 seconds left in the game, Baerg stared at his glove in disbelief, opening and closing it as if looking for the puck which had bounced out and over the top and into the goal behind him. Matt's fourth goal of the night was assisted by Mike McRae and Tobias Falk.

The Blue Tongues were given a powerplay opportunity with just over six minutes left in the game when Sydney's Michael Schlamp was penalised for hooking, however they were unable to convert on the man advantage. The Blue Tongues skated away with the 5-2 victory at full time.

Next weekend the Blue Tongues fly south to Melbourne to play the Melbourne Ice and The Mustangs.

They return to Bundall Iceland for the final home game weekend against the Melbourne Ice on August 6 and 7. Puck drop will be at 4pm.