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Blaze slay Giants
Photograph of Belfast Giants' Craig Peacock in action against the Coventry Blaze last night copyright of Mark Tredgold: www.tredders.com
Coventry Blaze returned to form as they pulled off an excellent 2-0 victory over Elite League leaders Belfast Giants at the Skydome.
Blaze, the defending champions, had lost their last two games – both in the Challenge Cup – but made it seven league wins in a row thanks to goals from Brad Cruikshank and Brian Lee.
After a scoreless first period, Coventry opened the scoring 61 seconds into the second session with a powerplay marker from Cruikshank – his fifth game-winning goal this season.
The home side doubled their advantage four minutes into the final period, again on the powerplay, with defenceman Brian Lee beating Belfast netminder Stephen Murphy, who produced yet another fine performance.
Brett Jaeger became the first goaltender to blank Belfast this season, making 35 saves to register his second shut-out of the season.
Coach Paul Thompson said: “We needed a response and we got one. We knew they were a couple of bodies down and we played a physical game. They were a tired club with a short bench although they still had a lot of quality out there.
“They are a hugely-talented team and if you give them time and space and allow them to dictate the game they will hurt you. But we trapped well and finished every hit and we got the win by good hard graft which has been missing.
“Both netminders played well but Murph made some big saves, he has really come of age. Not many teams will shut-out Belfast this year but our netminder made saves when he had to and everyone battled in front of him.
“That’s seven league wins in a row for us. Somebody had to put the breaks on Belfast. They had been squeaking out a few wins but that is a sign of a good team.
“We have to play like that at home, a high-energy game with passion. We call it Blaze hockey and we played Blaze hockey tonight.”
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