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Cup win eludes Stingrays
Hull Stingrays are still searching for their first win in the Challenge Cup after going down 7-4 to Cardiff Devils in South Wales.
Stingrays, who arrived late after their bus broke down, fell behind to a short-handed Max Birbraer marker in the sixth minute but Jozef Sladok levelled with his first goal for the club before Konstantin Kalmikov put the visitors ahead.
However, player-coach Gerad Adams restored parity within 17 seconds and then a 3-0 second period, courtesy of goals from Birbraer and Tylor Michel (2), saw Devils surge 5-2 ahead.
Stingrays, though, never know when they are beaten and Matti Uusivirta – his fourth goal in three games – and Jereme Tendler, with his sixth in four, cut the deficit to one.
Aivars Gaisins then saw his shot hit the crossbar before Stingrays ran into penalty trouble and Devils took advantage with two powerplay strikes from Jon Pelle to secure the points.
Cloutier said: “It’s been a long day. We were meant to leave at 10.30am but our bus broke down and we didn’t end up leaving until 2.30pm.
“But I thought we played a decent first period, a terrible second period and we battled back in the third but suffered with a couple of five-on-three powerplay goals.
“The second period was frustrating as small mental mistakes hurt us. But we got back in the game and Aivars rattled the crossbar which would have made it 5-5.
“We then got called for a couple of penalties and they get a couple of powerplay goals. But give Cardiff credit, they capitalised on those powerplays.”
The sides meet again in the Elite League tomorrow and Cloutier is hoping his side can build on their three-point haul from their last two league encounters.
He added: “It’s a massive game for us tomorrow, we need those two league points.”
Cloutier also praised the performance of debutant Dean Tonks, who came in to bolster a roster missing Craig and Lee Mitchell, Ryan Lake and Lee Esders through injury.
The former Great Britain Under-18 international is playing for Solihull Barons in the English National League this season and has posted 32 points in five games.
Cloutier said: “Dean came in, played well and did a great job for us. He got quite a lot of ice time until we decided to cut back the bench in the third period.
“He is a young kid you just has not had the chance at this level before. I don’t know why he isn’t playing in the EPL, he is a good player with good hands. I hope he will play some more games with us.”
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5-3 |
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4-5 |
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1-4 |
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4-4 |
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2-4 |
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5-1 |
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4-1 |
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5-2 |
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3-7 |
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1-1 |
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