30 Mar 2025, 16:00 | Regular season | SSE Arena Belfast |
Belfast Giants | 1-5 | Manchester Storm |
Periods: Shots: | 1-2 (9-13) | 0-0 (19-5) | 0-3 (22-6) | Total: 50-24 |
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Referees: #25 Andy Dalton, Ions  |  Spectators: 5855 |
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Goals and assists
The Storm made an electric start to the game, opening the scoring
after 27 seconds. Cam Critchlow played the puck across to Alexis
d'Aoust, who finished well past McCollum to open the scoring.
David
Goodwin got the Giants level at 5:31. JJ Piccinich picked out Goodwin
in the slot. Goodwin got his shot off, which hit the shoulder of Tendock
but managed to creep in to get the Giants an equaliser.
The Storm
regained their lead, with a second goal from D'Aoust. A long-range
strike took a small deflection but was enough to beat McCollum and
restore their one goal advantage at 13:26.
It was a
scrappy period with few chances. However, both netminders were forced
into a couple of big saves. Neither team could take advantage on the
powerplay as the period ended with the Storm still a goal ahead.
It
was a dominant start to the period from the Giants. However, they
couldn't capitalise on their chances. The Storm took full advantage of
this as a mistake from Galambos allowed D'Aoust to grab his hat trick as
he buried the puck past McCollum from the slot at 45:08.
The Giants had opportunities through Hanson, Conway, and Piccinich but couldn't find a goal to half the deficit.
The
Storm were then able to extend their lead thanks to Johnson winning the
puck back and playing it across to Tyler Hinam, who finished well past
McCollum at 56:44.
Craig Martin grabbed a fifth for Manchester into an empty net at 58:40 to top off an excellent performance from the Storm.