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Giants come out on top against Caps
Last Saturday night, the LBM Belfast Giants took on the Edinburgh Capitals in the first of their two weekend games. The Giants played short of Steve Thornton and George Awada, due to their excess imports. This brought Pierre-Luc Faubert back into the lineup after an ankle injury picked up before Christmas.
Off the first period faceoff, Sean McMorrow and Andrew Sharp went toe-to-toe at centre ice, just 3 seconds into the game. This spurred both teams on, with the Capitals first to pick up their offensive game, on the Giants’ net. The Giants quickly returned up the ice, with a few chances in the Capitals’ zone.
Pierre-Luc Faubert managed to pick up his game, with perfect passes to the front of the net, all of which were deflected by Cody Rudkowsky in the Capitals’ net. Shortly after the halfway mark, McMorrow and Sharp dropped the gloves again, with McMorrow coming out on top again.
Right after, the Giants pushed to the front of the Capitals net, with an excellent opportunity. Passing in Capitals zone, the Giants found Pat Bateman at the back post, with the netminder out of position. A missed shot from Bateman left the Odyssey Arena crowd more anxious, awaiting the first goal of the game.
The Giants managed to break the deadlock at the 15:47 mark, as Tim Cook registered his name on the score sheet. A few passes in the neutral zone, left Tim Cook at the red line as the Capitals changed lines. A slapshot rifled from the red line found the net past Rudkowsky after a few bounces on the ice, with assists from Shane Johnson and Brandon Benedict.
In the last few seconds of the period, the Giants picked up a powerplay, with Ben O’Connor picking up a slashing penalty. The period finished 1-0 in favour of the Giants.
The Giants got off to a good start in the second period, with a just under 2 minutes of a powerplay. The Giants picked up their powerplay from the previous weekend’s games, with point shots and the forwards in front of the net screening the puck.
Just 10 seconds after the powerplay finished, the Giants managed to pick up their second of the night, at 21:50. A slapshot from the middle of the blue line from Colin Shields found the bottom corner of the net past Cory Rudkowsky, with Faubert and Benedict picking up assists on the play.
The Giants then found themselves in penalty trouble, as Kevin Phillips and Sean McMorrow picked up penalties one after the other.
The Giants then managed to kill another penalty, as Pat Bateman visited the box after he reacted to a dirty hit from Kyle Horne. The Giants looked at an advantage, as Jeff Szwez found the puck for a breakaway. A shot which was deflected found Faubert’s stick. As Szwez found his footing again, he roofed the puck past Rudkowsky as he lay on the ice, at 33:52, for a shorthanded goal. The period finished 3-0 to the Giants.
The third period was a lot slower and less intense than the first two. There was a lot of end to end play in the first 9 minutes, until the Capitals found the net at 49:05, to put Stephen Murphy’s shutout hopes to bed. A pass from Jeff Hutchins in the Giants’ zone to Dan Welch, who carried the puck through the Giants’ defence to roof it past Murphy, to leave the score at 3-1.
The Capitals started to pick up their offense, as they tried to pull the game back. They pulled netminder Cody Rudkowsky just over 1 minute before the end of the period, but neither team were able to find the net again.
The game finished 3-1 with the Giants coming out on top. Pierre-Luc Faubert picked up man of the match for the Giants, while Cody Rudkowsky picked up man of the match for the Capitals.
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| Club | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 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 |
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| Club | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 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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