Let's try again: G's v Caps

Blog From Door 8

Whoever thought that a match against the Capitals would be cut and dry are sorely mistaken. Saturday's match was fairly even with both teams playing equally as defensively and offensively as each other. The night started off pretty much like every other arrival at the Odyssey, a drink in Rockies followed by the purchase of some 50/50 tickets and shirt tickets, this week would have been a particularly good win as it was Coach Thornton, our ex quiz buddy. Handed a voting form for the awards dinner I filled in; best defensive player: Tom Walsh, best forward: Craig Peacock, fan favourite: Tom Walsh, and fan MVP: Tom Walsh. I know Tom may not win anything because he's a stay at home 'd' man who quietly fulfils his purpose, at least he knows that he's appreciated!

Anyway... we made our way to the bridge (for obvious reasons) and watched the players warm up. It was funny to see Sean coerce 'that boy Sharp' into agreeing to an arranged fight. The drills over we made our way to our seats to watch the looooooong and convoluted entrance video, I mean it was good for the first ten times it's been shown but bring back the original video! Both teams came onto the ice and looked determined to say the least. The players lined up for the opening face off, Sean skated away to the bench disappointed that Sharpy didn't take the bait and go toe to toe with the Sheriff. The puck dropped and it was looking promising as only 34 seconds in Colin Shields found the net, the light went on and the celebrations began.

The first period ended and I grabbed a hot drink, ironically I thought that it was going to be a long match and that I would need to warm up. The period ended as the second period ran, equally matched with no goals and both teams struggling to break the deadlock. Then the strangest thing happened! A mad scramble around Murph's net with Caps players and Giants players digging the puck, then the whistle blew and Murph alerted the officials to what appeared to be a huge hole in the ice. Todd Kelman and Doug Christensen decided to try and fill the hole and add the three or so minutes onto the third period.

Settling down for the long wait to see what was going to happen with the ice news filtered through that Hull had beaten the Chavs and that Nottingham had lost also. It was so important that the Giants capitalized (no pun intended) on this opportunity to grab two points. The hole was filled in with loose ice and water and blasted with carbon dioxide. The zamboni did its best to rectify the ice and Doug and Todd decided that the players should give it a go, to check and see if the ice was stable enough.

The clock ran down, the players very suspicious of the hole in the ice and skating around it very cautiously avoiding that area of the ice. At 39:58 the clock stopped and the players left the ice and the task of plugging the hole began again. Todd apologised (for something may I add that wasn't his fault) and I sat back with my i pod touch playing some games and watching the start of a programme. When the officials finally dropped the axe on the game Todd announced that it was too dangerous for the skaters to continue on the compromised ice. Again, (and I know I'll face criticism for saying this, but I don't care because it's my own personal opinion) there was a lot of boos, what could Todd do? Wave a magic wand? It wasn't his fault but...um lets just put it this way....there's not an awful lot of rationalization around. For the philosophers in the world its not like Todd was impeding on the positive liberty of the Giants, but hey, I don't imagine a lot of people would get that.

The game has been rescheduled and as I see it, well we're getting an extra match before the end of the season that we weren't supposed to get. The next hurdle is Hull on Thursday, lets see if the Fortress Dundonald can hold up to it's reputation.

Cardiff	v	Edinburgh
11th February 2012 19:00
Dundee	v	Hull
11th February 2012 19:00
Nottingham	v	Belfast
11th February 2012 19:00
Sheffield	v	Coventry
11th February 2012 19:00
Fife	v	Braehead
11th February 2012 19:15
Braehead	v	Fife
12th February 2012 00:00

Dundee	6-2	Fife
5th February 2012 18:30
Cardiff	4-5	Braehead
5th February 2012 18:00
Sheffield	2-4	Belfast
5th February 2012 17:00
Coventry	6-1	Fife
4th February 2012 19:30
Belfast	4-1	Cardiff
4th February 2012 19:00
Nottingham	6-2	Dundee
4th February 2012 19:00

	Club	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Belfast Giants	41	33	8	3	167	83	69
2	Nottingham Panthers	40	30	10	2	182	87	62
3	Sheffield Steelers	35	30	5	0	133	77	60
4	Coventry Blaze	40	25	15	1	153	113	51
5	Cardiff Devils	39	20	19	10	124	112	50
6	Braehead Clan	39	22	17	2	146	127	46
7	Hull Stingrays	41	11	30	4	107	165	26
8	Edinburgh Capitals	38	11	27	3	89	170	25
9	Dundee Stars	40	7	33	5	95	163	19
10	Fife Flyers	39	7	32	5	79	178	19

Peterborough	v	Guildford
8th February 2012 19:45
Swindon	v	Basingstoke
11th February 2012 17:45
Guildford	v	Peterborough
11th February 2012 18:00
Slough	v	Sheffield
11th February 2012 18:30
Milton Keynes	v	Bracknell
11th February 2012 19:00
Manchester	v	Telford
11th February 2012 19:00

Slough	3-0	Basingstoke
5th February 2012 18:30
Guildford	4-2	Milton Keynes
5th February 2012 18:00
Manchester	6-3	Swindon
5th February 2012 17:30
Telford	6-8	Peterborough
5th February 2012 17:30
Sheffield	3-0	Peterborough
4th February 2012 19:30
Milton Keynes	1-3	Manchester
4th February 2012 19:00

	Club	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Guildford Flames	38	26	12	3	172	111	55
2	Manchester Phoenix	39	24	15	3	145	123	51
3	Slough Jets	37	24	13	2	167	117	50
4	Sheffield Steeldogs	38	22	16	4	119	101	48
5	Milton Keynes Lightning	37	22	15	1	116	99	45
6	Basingstoke Bison	38	21	17	2	135	126	44
7	Swindon Wildcats	39	15	24	5	126	134	35
8	Bracknell Bees	37	13	24	8	107	142	34
9	Peterborough Phantoms	38	14	24	2	123	164	30
10	Telford Tigers	39	9	30	2	106	199	20

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