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Jim Lydon and Ronnie Nichol present this week's round up from the bmibaby Elite Ice Hockey League.

Saturday

Hull Stingrays 2 Cardiff Devils 3 (after overtime)

An always tight, tence and chippy encounter saw the visiting Devils grab the extra point with an overtime strike on the powerplay by Dave Iannazzo timed at 62.56.  For the home side it was their third straight loss starting life in the bmi Elite League but at least they are now on the board points wise.  The opening period was goalless but noteable for 72 penalty minutes, including fighting majors for Devil Paul Sample and Stingray Simon Rizk, a 5+game for boarding on Devils' Brad Voth and a match penalty for headbutting on the home sides Kevin Young.

A powerplay goal by Tyson Teplitsky saw Devils ahead in the 28th minute and Mark Smith doubled the advantage in the 36th.  Stingrays however pulled one back in the 39th minute thanks to Nikolei Ladygin to set up an interesting third period.  On a delayed penalty call Justyn Scholler tied it up in the 44th minute and despite outshooting the visitors 16-8 the game produced no more goals before the 60 minutes were up but when Ladygin was binned for tripping at 62.15 Devils made the extra man count.

Period Scores: 0-0, 1-2, 1-0, 0-1 = 2-3

Penalty Mins: 32-40, 12-6, 8-6, 2-0 = 54-52

Shot On: 12-10, 15-10, 8-16, 2-2 = 37-38

 

Basingstoke Bison 5 Mobilx Vipers 1

Impressive home win for Bison with a second period surge proving crucial.  No goals in the opening period although the home side did outshoot Vipers by 15-9 but the breakthrough came in the 28th minute as Blair Manning counted. Brad Cruikshank added a second 5 minute later and it was 3-0 in the 38th minute with Eric Braff netting. Vipers could find no way back and a double strike by Kevin Bergin saw Bison go nap by the 52nd minute.Vipers only consolation was to break the shutout hopes of Nick Boucher in the 55th minute thanks to Brantt Myhres.

Period Scores: 0-0, 3-0, 2-1 = 5-1

Penalty Mins: 6-10, 8-2, 2-4 = 16-16

Shots On: 9-15, 10-10, 11-10 = 30-35

 

Belfast Giants 6 Sheffield Steelers 5 (After overtime)

A tremendous game in Belfast saw the home side come back from 3-0 and 4-1 deficits to score the game tying goal in the final minute of regulation time and then snatch a powerplay winner in overtime. The visiting Steelers were quickly out of the traps and Shawn Maltby opened in the 4th minute followed by Dan Tessier on the powerplay 2 minutes later. That's how it remained until Rod Sarich extended the advantage, again on the powerplay in the 27th minute.

Mark Morrison pulled one back 2 minutes later but Giants then hit serious penalty trouble losing Todd Kelman to a 10 minute misconduct and Shawn Skiehar to a 2+10+game+match before the second break. It looked all over for the home side when Sarich netted again early in the third period but inspiration came from within the Odyssey Arena and goals by son Ruff and George Awada both powerplay, followed by Jeff Hutchins in the 53rd minute made it 4-4. This crazy game was not yet finished - far from it - A powerplay goal by Shaun Sutter saw Steelers ahead again but Awada took it to overtime with a goal at 59.07. Steelers' Jonathan Phillips went on a 2+10 for checking from behind in the first minute of overtime and the home side took full advantage as Curtis Huppe shot home the winner at 61.19.

Period Scores: 0-2, 1-1, 4-2, 1-0 = 6-5

Penalty Mins: 8-12, 75-10, 4-8, 0-12 = 87-42

Shots On: 12-10, 8-13, 6-16, 0-2 = 26-41

 

Sunday

Basingstoke Bison 3 Belfast Giants 5

Belfast secured the win with a last minute empty netter to go to the top of the bimibaby Elite League.  An even 1st period saw both teams trade goals Mark Morrison opend the scoring for the visitors on the 7 minute mark. The home side then hit two goals from Cruickshank (PP) and Owen in less than a minute to take the advantage with 12 minutes on the clock. This lead was short lived as the visitors tied it up 3 minutes later with a goal powerplay from Dutiaume.  A goalless 2nd period meant there was all to play for in the 3rd period.

The visitors were quick of the mark in the 3rd period as Dutiaume with his second of the game and Kelman open up a two goal advantage with 44 minutes on the clock. With less than 4 minutes to play the hosts pulled one back through Sheppard. As time was running out for the home side they pulled goalie Boucher for the extra man, but it was Belfast that took advantage as Hutchins found the empty net.

Period Scores: 2-2, 0-0, 1-3, = 3-5

Penalty Mins: 4-2, 2-4, 4-2,  = 10-8

Shot On: 12-11, 9-10, 10-13, = 31-34

 

Edinburgh Capitals 3 Cardiff Devils 4

Cardiff made it a 4 point road success with the game winner coming in the 50th minute, all the goals on the night came by the way of special plays. It didn't take the visitors long to get on the board, with the home side in early penalty trouble with a man in the box with only 30 seconds on the clock then again on the 2 minute mark. Cardiff took full advantage with two powerplay goals from Mark Richardson and Russ Cowley. The rolls were reversed on the 6 minute mark as the hosts scored on the powerplay through  Pavel Kowalczyk. Cardiff restored their two goal advantage as Tyson Teplitsky scored with a short handed goal to lead 3-1 at the end of the first period.

Two powerplay goals from the home side the first from Gregor Slak on 25 minutes and then  Pavel Kowalczyk with his second of the night at 37.47 tied the game up at 3 apiece. With the game all square Brad Voth hit home the game winner to give Cardiff the point for a tremendous weekend

Period Scores: 1-3, 2-0, 0-1 = 3-4

Penalty Mins: 8-20, 6-4, 10-6 = 24-30

Shots On: 13-9, 13-14, 12-8 = 38-31

 

Hull Stingrays 3 Moblix Vipers 1 (Challenge Cup Game)

The home side picked up their first win of the season as they saw off the Moblix Vipers. The hosts were quickly out of the traps as Lee Mitchell found the back of the net with only 42 seconds on the clock. the doubled their lead with a poweplay goal from Kevin Young on the 6 minute mark. With 8.15 on the clock Simon Rizk of the home side and Jeremy Cornish of the visitors were binned on a 5 minute penalty for fighting, Cornish got an additional 2+10 for being the instigator. Then at 17.05 Rizk went again on a 5 for fighting this time with Andre Payette.  Things calmed down in a goalless second period where there was only 10 minutes of penalties handed out. David Longstaff with a short hand goal pulled one back with 5 minutes to play. However it was the hosts who had the final say as Sergiy Kharchenko secured the win with just over two minutes to play.

Period Scores: 2-0, 0-0, 1-1,  = 3-1

Penalty Mins: 16-22, 6-4, 24-33, = 46-69

Shots On: 9-17, 12-7, 12-23, = 33-47

by Ronnie Nichol and Jim Lydon

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