05:05	|	home	|	PPG	|	1-0	|	Jordan Smotherman (Patrick Dwyer, Dustin Johner)
17:26	|	away	|	PPG	|	1-1	|	Scott Pitt (Travis Ehrhardt, Matt Beca)
22:24	|	home	|		|	2-1	|	Josh Roach (Blair Riley)
27:37	|	home	|		|	3-1	|	Darcy Murphy (Kevin Raine, Kyle Baun)
35:19	|	away	|		|	3-2	|	Guillaume Doucet (Tyson Wilson, Matthew Haywood)
37:55	|	home	|		|	4-2	|	Blair Riley (Darcy Murphy, Josh Roach)
41:34	|	away	|	PPG	|	4-3	|	Gerard Hanson (Travis Ehrhardt, Matt Beca)
48:15	|	home	|		|	5-3	|	Kyle Baun (Darcy Murphy, Curtis Leonard)
57:22	|	away	|		|	5-4	|	Gerard Hanson (Scott Tanski)

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Kyle Baun	|	1	|	1	|		|
Jonathan Boxill	|		|		|		|
Patrick Dwyer	|		|	1	|	2	|
Mark Garside	|		|		|		|
Chris Higgins	|		|		|	2	|
Dustin Johner	|		|	1	|		|
Curtis Leonard	|		|	1	|		|
Kendall McFaull	|		|		|	4	|
Darcy Murphy	|	1	|	2	|		|
Kevin Raine	|		|	1	|		|
Blair Riley	|	1	|	1	|		|
Josh Roach	|	1	|	1	|	2	|
David Rutherford	|		|		|		|
Colin Shields	|		|		|		|
Jordan Smotherman	|	1	|		|		|
Paul Swindlehurst	|		|		|	2	|
Jim Vandermeer	|		|		|		|

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Matt Beca	|		|	2	|		|
Rasmus Bjerrum	|		|		|		|
Brendan Connolly	|		|		|		|
Guillaume Doucet	|	1	|		|	2	|
Travis Ehrhardt	|		|	2	|	2	|
Zack Fitzgerald	|		|		|		|
Michal Gutwald	|		|		|		|
Gerard Hanson	|	2	|		|		|
Matthew Haywood	|		|	1	|		|
Mac Howlett	|		|		|		|
Jack Musil	|		|		|		|
Scott Pitt	|	1	|		|	2	|
Matt Stanisz	|		|		|		|
Vaclav Stupka	|		|		|		|
Zach Sullivan	|		|		|		|
Scott Tanski	|		|	1	|		|
Tyson Wilson	|		|	1	|		|

 

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Tyler Beskorowany	|	37	|	4	|	60:00	|	89.19
Stephen Murphy	|		|		|		|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Joel Rumpel	|	44	|	5	|	59:30	|	88.64
Gary Russell	|		|		|		|

 

Adam Keefe’s Belfast side kept up their chase of Cardiff at the top of the table with a hard-fought win over Glasgow.

Games between these teams this season have tended to be tight, and Friday evening was no exception. The sides were level after 20 minutes at the SSE Arena, Jordan Smotherman’s opening goal at 5:05 cancelled out by Scott Pitt just over two and a half minutes before the end of the first period.

Two goals in little more than five minutes at the beginning of the second though put the home side in control of the game: Josh Roach at 22:25 and Darcy Murphy with 27:37 on the clock put the Giants two ahead, and although Guillaume Doucet pegged the Clan back to within one at 35:19, Blair Riley re-established the two-goal lead with 71 seconds left in the period.

A powerplay goal from Gerard Hanson 1:34 into the final period again had the Clan back to within one of tying the game, but as in the previous period the Giants responded to extend their lead again – this time Kyle Baun with the goal timed 48:15. The visitors did make the final few minutes interesting after Hanson bundled a puck home from close range with 2:38 left, but after finally pulling Joel Rumpel they weren’t able to generate that killer chance in the closing stages to force overtime.