14 Feb 2024, 19:30 | Regular season | Altrincham Ice Dome |
Manchester Storm | 5-2 | Belfast Giants |
Periods: Shots: | 0-2 (8-10) | 0-0 (16-6) | 5-0 (10-10) | Total: 34-26 |
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Referees: Wells/Brown  |  Spectators: 1674 |
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Goals and assists
Manchester Storm scored five unanswered goals in the third period to
come from two down and beat Belfast Giants on Wednesday night.
It
was defenseman who put the Giants ahead after 20 minutes at the Storm
Shelter. Jeff Baum followed up to bat home the rebound off a Matt McLeod
breakaway change to make it 1-0 with 12:47 played, a goal given after a
quick check to see just how high his stick was. 78 seconds later,
Cameron Pound jumped into the play to turn home Blake Speers' pass to
net his first professional goal.
Storm had a better period two but
without finding the back of Jackson Whistle's net. Callum Fryer and
Oliver Cooper dropped the gloves with 62 seconds left in the period to
try and fire up their teams for the final 20 minutes.
Fryer
certainly got the desired response from his team in period three. Dallas
Ehrhardt's shot form the top of the circle beat Jackson Whistle high 28
seconds into the third, and less than two minutes later Joe Morrow beat
Whistle from the point to tie the game - both powerplay goals. Storm
then went ahead shorthanded - Tyler Hinam turned the puck over on his
own blue line and broke down the wing, and after a couple of passes the
on-rushing Loren Ulett blasted past Whistle to put Storm ahead at 43:55 -
by which point there was also a delayed penalty on the visitors. Cam
Critchlow capitalised on a turnover by the Giants in their own zone to
shoot on Whistle, and while he saved that the rebound fell to Samuel
Tremblay at 51:03 to put Storm two up. Hinam hit the empty net with 2:01
left to round off an excellent comeback win for the hosts.