A Jereme Tendler double tonight helped the Excel Hull Stingrays gain revenge over the Braehead Clan for the 6-2 defeat they suffered in Glasgow on the opening weekend of the year, with the Canadian's pair giving the Rays a 5-4 win north of the border.
Without just Lee Mitchell on the sidelines the Rays came out strongly having suffered defeat in their only other game of 2011 last weekend in Belfast, opening the scoring through Jereme Tendler just 150 seconds in.
Jordan Krestanovich would reply for the Clan in the second period only for Tendler to give his side the lead six minutes and 31 seconds into the third with his sixth shorthanded goal of the year.
However, that marker was cancelled out by Ryan Campbell, who tied the scores at two 13 minutes 42 seconds into the second.
Once again though the Stingrays opened the period well, player-coach Sylvain Cloutier netting the only powerplay goal of the game in ten attempts early in the third, before Andrew Coburn continued a run that has seen him score eight goals in ten games to give the Rays a 4-2 lead after 45 minutes.
The home side once again came back with Campbell hitting the twine for his second of the game but Trevor Read's goal, which gave Drew Bannister his third assist of the game, all but sealed the game in favour of the Rays on 48 minutes.
Dominic Noel would make it a one goal game at 5-4 with less than eight minutes to go but the Rays did enough to hang on for their third win in four over the Clan and just their second win of the season in Scotland.
Cloutier's side could potentially complete a four point weekend tomorrow night against the Nottingham Panthers (6pm). The new side of former Stingrays coach Rick Strachan lost a barnstormer in Cardiff tonight, going down 6-5 having held leads at 4-3 and 5-4, they will be particularly eager to make sure this isn't a winless weekend.
