Edinburgh Capitals 1-3 Hull Stingrays
The Hull Stingrays tonight bounced back from a tough loss to the league leading Belfast Giants by defeating the Edinburgh Capitals for the second time this season.
Jason Silverthorn opened the scoring for the Stingrays against his former club - netting his second shorthanded goal in two games - in a one-goal first period.
Buoyed by one of the biggest crowds at Murrayfield for a number of years, Edinburgh equalised through long-time tailsman Martin Cingel, only for captain Kurtis Dulle to give the Rays their second lead of the game heading into the third and final period.
Jereme Tendler then sealed the contest in favour of the visiting Stingrays with an empty net goal with less than two minutes remaining.
Importantly,the victory gives the Rays five points out of six against the Capitals this season following a 6-3 home win and 4-3 shootout loss.
Sylvain Cloutier's face five consecutive crucial Gardiner Conference fixtures in the next two weeks.
Next weekend sees the Rays return to Scotland to face the Fife Flyers - whom they lost 4-3 against earlier this week - before home games against Braehead on the following Sunday and Thursday.
They round off the crunch period with a double header north of the border on which they take on Braehead for the third time in three games on Saturday 1st December before a return to Edinburgh on Sunday 2nd December.
The Hull Stingrays tonight bounced back from a tough loss to the league leading Belfast Giants by defeating the Edinburgh Capitals for the second time this season.
Jason Silverthorn opened the scoring for the Stingrays against his former club - netting his second shorthanded goal in two games - in a one-goal first period.
Buoyed by one of the biggest crowds at Murrayfield for a number of years, Edinburgh equalised through long-time tailsman Martin Cingel, only for captain Kurtis Dulle to give the Rays their second lead of the game heading into the third and final period.
Jereme Tendler then sealed the contest in favour of the visiting Stingrays with an empty net goal with less than two minutes remaining.
Importantly,the victory gives the Rays five points out of six against the Capitals this season following a 6-3 home win and 4-3 shootout loss.
Sylvain Cloutier's face five consecutive crucial Gardiner Conference fixtures in the next two weeks.
Next weekend sees the Rays return to Scotland to face the Fife Flyers - whom they lost 4-3 against earlier this week - before home games against Braehead on the following Sunday and Thursday.
They round off the crunch period with a double header north of the border on which they take on Braehead for the third time in three games on Saturday 1st December before a return to Edinburgh on Sunday 2nd December.
