08 Dec 2024, 17:30 | Regular season | SkyDome Arena |
Coventry Blaze | 1-6 | Belfast Giants |
Periods: Shots: | 0-0 (7-13) | 1-3 (10-16) | 0-3 (7-11) | Total: 24-40 |
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Referees: #9 Joe Sewell, #3 Tom Pering  |  Spectators: 1863 |
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Goals and assists
Belfast Giants made it a four-point weekend on the road by following
up their overtime win in Cardiff over the Devils with a 6-1 win over
Coventry Blaze.
Zach Heinz hit a post two minutes into the opening
period as the Blaze had the game's best chance of the early stages, but
Belfast grew into the game and kept Mat Robinson busy for most of the
first 20 minutes.
Bobo Carpenter opened the scoring 2:34 into
period two, finding the top corner of Robson's net in close. Less than a
minute later, Ciaran Long beat the Blaze goalie high to double the
lead. The Blaze responded with a solid eight-minute push that could, and
should, have seen them back in the game - only for Tom McCollum to pull
off some important saves. His team paid him back for keeping them ahead
with a third at 33:45 off the stick of Karl Boudrais.
After a
couple of slips in their own zone by the Giants, the Blaze worked the
puck to Jack Hopkins to fire into a gaping net and pull the score back
to 1-3 with just over two minutes to go in the second.
That was as
good as it got for the home side, however. Captain Mark Cooper put the
Giants back ahead at 48:02, and only 54 seconds later Gabe Bast put the
visitors 5-1 ahead. Scott Conway rounded off their scoring inside the
final two minutes for an impressive 6-1 win.