Cardiff Devils 3-5 Hull Stingrays
The Hull Stingrays tonight produced their first win of the season over an Erhardt Conference side in the league beating the Cardiff Devils 5-3 in South Wales.
Importantly for their confidence, after being shut out at home by the Belfast Giants on Saturday night, the Stingrays got on the board first through a Jason Silverthorn shorthanded marker after 9.32.
Mac Faulkner quickly responded for the Devils though on the powerplay, netting on the same Guillaume Doucet tripping penalty from which Silverthorn scored a minute later.
Having impressed in the Stingrays 6-5 shootout loss in late October, following his four goals and lovely shootout goal, Doucet was given the chance to replicate that shootout move in the second period as the Rays were awarded a penalty shot.
While on this occasion he would be denied, Doucet would eventually add his fifth goal in two games in South Wales on 25.10 to again level the scores just three minutes after Matt Myers had given the Devils a 2-1 lead.
Having been outshot 12-7 in the middle stanza, the Stingrays then took a surprise lead through Carl Lauzon - who fired home on the breakaway in the 28th minute.
However, in the 32nd minute Cardiff were awarded a penalty shot of their own which new signing and former NHLer Tomas Kurka dispatched for a debut goal, sending the sides into the second intermission level at three goals apiece.
In a tense third period, Sylvain Cloutier's side would have to wait until the 57th minute for Jereme Tendler to bag the game winning goal with his 17th goal of the season before Omar Pacha added an empty net goal with 40 seconds left to complete the victory.
While the win is the Stingrays first this season over an Erhardt Conference side in the league, it is their second victory in less than a week over non-conference opposition following Wednesday night's 5-2 defeat of the Coventry Blaze in the Challenge Cup.
Following what is a huge victory in South Wales, the Stingrays will travel to Scotland next Saturday to face the Braehead Clan before taking on Coventry at home on Sunday.
The Hull Stingrays tonight produced their first win of the season over an Erhardt Conference side in the league beating the Cardiff Devils 5-3 in South Wales.
Importantly for their confidence, after being shut out at home by the Belfast Giants on Saturday night, the Stingrays got on the board first through a Jason Silverthorn shorthanded marker after 9.32.
Mac Faulkner quickly responded for the Devils though on the powerplay, netting on the same Guillaume Doucet tripping penalty from which Silverthorn scored a minute later.
Having impressed in the Stingrays 6-5 shootout loss in late October, following his four goals and lovely shootout goal, Doucet was given the chance to replicate that shootout move in the second period as the Rays were awarded a penalty shot.
While on this occasion he would be denied, Doucet would eventually add his fifth goal in two games in South Wales on 25.10 to again level the scores just three minutes after Matt Myers had given the Devils a 2-1 lead.
Having been outshot 12-7 in the middle stanza, the Stingrays then took a surprise lead through Carl Lauzon - who fired home on the breakaway in the 28th minute.
However, in the 32nd minute Cardiff were awarded a penalty shot of their own which new signing and former NHLer Tomas Kurka dispatched for a debut goal, sending the sides into the second intermission level at three goals apiece.
In a tense third period, Sylvain Cloutier's side would have to wait until the 57th minute for Jereme Tendler to bag the game winning goal with his 17th goal of the season before Omar Pacha added an empty net goal with 40 seconds left to complete the victory.
While the win is the Stingrays first this season over an Erhardt Conference side in the league, it is their second victory in less than a week over non-conference opposition following Wednesday night's 5-2 defeat of the Coventry Blaze in the Challenge Cup.
Following what is a huge victory in South Wales, the Stingrays will travel to Scotland next Saturday to face the Braehead Clan before taking on Coventry at home on Sunday.
