06 Dec 2023 | Play-off | QF | Braehead Arena |
Glasgow Clan | 3-4 | Cardiff Devils |
Periods: Shots: | 3-1 (16-6) | 0-2 (9-16) | 0-1 (12-5) | Total: 37-27 |
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Referees: Craig/Ferguson  |  Spectators: 2015 |
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Goals and assists
Cardiff Devils came back from two goals take to take a 4-3 aggregate lead into their Challenge Cup Final second leg next week.
The
Devils, who scored seven without reply on their last visit to Glasgow,
needed only 43 seconds for Brandon Alderson to open the scoring with the
rebound tap-in off a Tyler Busch shot. However, team with the hottest
powerplay in league play, Clan, certainly put that to good use in the
opening period of this cup encounter. Darien Craighead picked is spot
past a screened Tyler Wall to level the game at 8:05, before a Mike
Pelech goal was given after a lengthy video review at 12:03. Jake bolton
let a slapshot fly from the point at 15:59 to put Clan 3-1 up with all
three goals being scored on the powerplay.
The Devils ended the
period two skaters short with Chad Pietroniero ejected for a bad hit on
Zach Vinnell, while Josh Batch shout the puck out of bounds at 18:10 for
a minor penalty. Vinnell did not return to the game.
Cardiff, the
higher seeds in this tie from the Group Stage, were level inside 12
second-period minutes. Having killed off the major penalty, Trevor Cox
pulled the score back to 3-2 4:14 into the second with the back-post
finished from a Cole Sanford Feed. Alderson then grabbed his second of
the game to tie things up at 31:32 while Clan had to survive a major
penalty on Reid Petryk called at 39:16.
Almost 48 minutes after
having initially taken the lead in the game, Cardiff were back ahead
with Cox's second of the night - the goal that gives them the one-goal
lead in next week's second leg.