01 Mar 2024, 19:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast |
Belfast Giants | 5-1 | Coventry Blaze |
Periods: Shots: | 0-0 (6-10) | 2-1 (18-12) | 3-0 (13-3) | Total: 37-25 |
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Referees: Dalton/Vytas Lukosevicius (LTU)  |  Spectators: 7298 |
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Goals and assists
7,298 fans saw Belfast Giants take part one of their double-header weekend with Coventry Blaze on Friday night.
With
the opening period scoreless, the SSE Arena crowd had to wait until the
24th minute to see a goal - and when it came, it went to the visitors.
Mitch Cook had two bites at a rebound from Blake Thompson's shot before
getting the puck over Jackson Whistle's pad and into the net. A little
under five minutes later, the Giants were level as Kohei Sato's
wonderful pass put the puck straight on Oliver Cooper's stick to level
in close at 27:03. Daniel Tedesco gloved the puck down and backhanded
past Taran Kozun to put the Giants ahead at 29:08 after which Danny
Stewart called his timeout.
Two goals in the opening seven minutes
of period three put the game beyond the Blaze. Blake Speears made it
3-1 at 43:57, followed by former Blaze forward Ben Lake adding the
Giants' fourth with just under 14 minutes to play. Kohei Sato rounded
off the win with 5:41 left.