EIHL Game Day Summary: Devils 2 Giants 7

The Belfast Giants rounded off a 4 point weekend by securing an impressive 7-2 win over the Cardiff Devils at the Big Blue Tent.

It took the Giants just one minute and 32 seconds to open the scoring, as Evan Cheverie fired one into the back of the net. Just the one goal in this period, however Captain Adam Keefe and Devils dman Brad Plumton came to blows as they dropped the gloves at 14:47, both receiving 5 minute fighting majors.

Into the second and again, it was the Giants who were lighting the lamp, as Calvin Elfring scored int he seventh minutes. However, just 30 seconds later, it was the home team who were to get onto the board after Andrew Conboy found the net. With momentum in their favour, the Devils levelled the score with a goal from Mac Faulkner at 9:40.

Going into the final period and with Conboy thrown out of the game, it gave the Giants a chance to get back into the lead with a strike from Higgins at with just under six minutes gone. Further Goals from Keefe (10:41) and Robby Sandrock (15:59) cemented the Giants victory and in the dying minutes, it was Keefe again who put the final nail in the coffin, with a shorthanded strike.

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