Two Jeff Glowa goals with less than a minute to go secured the Excel Hull Stingrays a point against the Cardiff Devils at the Hull Arena on Saturday night.
The Stingrays, who trailed by three Cardiff goals from Mike Prpich, Jason Silverthorn and Jay Latulippe, scored what many expected to be a consolation goal through Konstantin Kalmikov with less than five minutes left on the clock. However to everyones surprise the Rays pulled one back in the last minute through Jeff Glowa with Curtis Cruickshank pulled for the extra skater. Less than 19 seconds later and the game was tied at three as Glowa again benefited from some lax Cardiff defending to score his team leading 12th of the season.
The game went into overtime and then a shootout before a Mike Prpich penalty shot and a Stingrays miss handed the Devils the extra point
Coach Rick Strachan however was pleased with the unexpected point:
"We looked down and out at 3-0 but we got a goal back and the bench woke up. We showed a lot of character towards the end of the game. It's always nice to pick up a point. Two would have been better but we have to be happy with what we got and if we can get a win in Edinburgh tomorrow night it will have been a good weekend.The Stingrays now move on to a fixture in Edinburgh tonight with revenge on the cards after the Capitals 6-1 record away victory at the Hull Arena last weekend. Edinburgh current sit in 8th place in the Elite League, three points ahead of the Stingrays, after a shootout loss against 9th placed Basingstoke last night.
