Hull Stingrays 7-1 Edinburgh Capitals
The Hull Stingrays tonight struck seven goals for the third consecutive home game, making it three wins from three with their second 7-1 win over Gardiner Conference rivals the Edinburgh Capitals in two weeks.
Guillaume Doucet - who notched four goals in his last two games - opened the scoring for the Stingrays with his first of four goals on the night prior to the four minute mark.
Having outshot the home side 15-10 in the first period, the Capitals leveled the scores after 1.05 of the second period through Jan Safar.
Edinburgh would go on to again outshoot Sylvain Cloutier's side in the second - this time by 20 shots to 15 - however, a six minute offensive blitz from the Stingrays would put the game completely out of sign.
First, Kyle Mariani and Jereme Tendler handed the Stingrays a 3-1 lead less than 120 seconds after the Capitals equaliser before Doucet completed his hat-trick with two goals on 24.38 and 27.58.
The French-Canadian then overtook Tendler as the club's leading scorer and became the league's joint top goalscorer with his fourth of the evening seven seconds before the end of the second period.
Defenceman Omar Pacha would complete the scoring and the Stingrays second 7-1 triumph over Edinburgh on 4.45 into the third period.
The win maintains the Stingrays position in seventh in the Elite League after 25 games, two points ahead of Cardiff in eighth and two points behind Coventry in sixth and just three points behind Nottingham in fifth
The Hull Stingrays tonight struck seven goals for the third consecutive home game, making it three wins from three with their second 7-1 win over Gardiner Conference rivals the Edinburgh Capitals in two weeks.
Guillaume Doucet - who notched four goals in his last two games - opened the scoring for the Stingrays with his first of four goals on the night prior to the four minute mark.
Having outshot the home side 15-10 in the first period, the Capitals leveled the scores after 1.05 of the second period through Jan Safar.
Edinburgh would go on to again outshoot Sylvain Cloutier's side in the second - this time by 20 shots to 15 - however, a six minute offensive blitz from the Stingrays would put the game completely out of sign.
First, Kyle Mariani and Jereme Tendler handed the Stingrays a 3-1 lead less than 120 seconds after the Capitals equaliser before Doucet completed his hat-trick with two goals on 24.38 and 27.58.
The French-Canadian then overtook Tendler as the club's leading scorer and became the league's joint top goalscorer with his fourth of the evening seven seconds before the end of the second period.
Defenceman Omar Pacha would complete the scoring and the Stingrays second 7-1 triumph over Edinburgh on 4.45 into the third period.
The win maintains the Stingrays position in seventh in the Elite League after 25 games, two points ahead of Cardiff in eighth and two points behind Coventry in sixth and just three points behind Nottingham in fifth
