Edinburgh Capitals 4-5 Hull Stingrays - SO (Pre-season)
The Hull Stingrays tonight completed a pre-season double over the Edinburgh Capitals, leaving it late to come from behind and tie the game before going on beat the Scottish side on penalty shots at Murrayfield Ice Rink.
Sylvain Cloutier's side comprehensively beat an vastly understrength Edinburgh side 9-0 on Wednesday night but tonight would prove to be a different proposition altogether as the Rays found themselves three goals down after 30 minutes.
As they did on Wednesday night at Ice Sheffield against the Sheffield Steeldogs though, the Rays rallied and netted their first of the night through Jason Silverthorn - who bagged his first goal of pre-season.
The home side again extended their lead to three goals through Curtis Leinweber before Caps coach Richard Hartman switched netminders - as he did on Wednesday night with Craig Holland relieving number one Tomas Hiadlovsky between the pipes.
The third period began with the Stingrays trailing 4-1, however, Guillaume Doucet - who has so far been a revelation in a Rays jersey - notched his second shorthanded goal of pre-season.
Later in the third period Silverthorn added his second of the game and pre-season to reduce the deficit to one and give his partnership with Derek Campbell and Tom Squires a welcome confidence boost - after the first line took the plaudits in the opening two games of pre-season.
Player-coach Cloutier then levelled the scores at 4-4 with time running out, sending the game straight to sudden death penalty shots - where Jereme Tendler converted the winning shot following misses from Omar Pacha and two Capitals.
Following the 5-4 victory on penalty shots, the Stingrays now hold a 2-0-1 pre-season record, though there have been both positives and negatives on display during the team's opening three fixtures.
Still, it is very early days and even Cloutier would admit there is lots to work on before next week's opening fixture against the Nottingham Panthers and also before this season's roster resembles an end product.
Indeed, the Stingrays - like the Capitals, albeit to a lesser extent - have yet to ice a full strength roster. Still awaiting the arrival of Carl Lauzon, who will further add to their offensive options, the signing of the final import - who will be a defensive replacement for the injured Chad Huttel - is expected within the next few days.
It seems unlikely either will arrive in time to play a part in the Rays final pre-season game on Wednesday in the winner takes all second leg of the Bradfield Brewery Cup against the Sheffield Steeldogs with the scores finely poised at 5-5.
The Hull Stingrays tonight completed a pre-season double over the Edinburgh Capitals, leaving it late to come from behind and tie the game before going on beat the Scottish side on penalty shots at Murrayfield Ice Rink.
Sylvain Cloutier's side comprehensively beat an vastly understrength Edinburgh side 9-0 on Wednesday night but tonight would prove to be a different proposition altogether as the Rays found themselves three goals down after 30 minutes.
As they did on Wednesday night at Ice Sheffield against the Sheffield Steeldogs though, the Rays rallied and netted their first of the night through Jason Silverthorn - who bagged his first goal of pre-season.
The home side again extended their lead to three goals through Curtis Leinweber before Caps coach Richard Hartman switched netminders - as he did on Wednesday night with Craig Holland relieving number one Tomas Hiadlovsky between the pipes.
The third period began with the Stingrays trailing 4-1, however, Guillaume Doucet - who has so far been a revelation in a Rays jersey - notched his second shorthanded goal of pre-season.
Later in the third period Silverthorn added his second of the game and pre-season to reduce the deficit to one and give his partnership with Derek Campbell and Tom Squires a welcome confidence boost - after the first line took the plaudits in the opening two games of pre-season.
Player-coach Cloutier then levelled the scores at 4-4 with time running out, sending the game straight to sudden death penalty shots - where Jereme Tendler converted the winning shot following misses from Omar Pacha and two Capitals.
Following the 5-4 victory on penalty shots, the Stingrays now hold a 2-0-1 pre-season record, though there have been both positives and negatives on display during the team's opening three fixtures.
Still, it is very early days and even Cloutier would admit there is lots to work on before next week's opening fixture against the Nottingham Panthers and also before this season's roster resembles an end product.
Indeed, the Stingrays - like the Capitals, albeit to a lesser extent - have yet to ice a full strength roster. Still awaiting the arrival of Carl Lauzon, who will further add to their offensive options, the signing of the final import - who will be a defensive replacement for the injured Chad Huttel - is expected within the next few days.
It seems unlikely either will arrive in time to play a part in the Rays final pre-season game on Wednesday in the winner takes all second leg of the Bradfield Brewery Cup against the Sheffield Steeldogs with the scores finely poised at 5-5.
