A Giant disaster
February 26th, 2007Capitals 3, Giants 2
If losing isn’t bad enough the Giants threw away a two goals lead against the lowly Edinburgh Capitals on Sunday night. It leaves the Giants as the most out of form team in the Elite League and sliding down the league at a rapid pace. The Giants took a two goals lead through Jeff Hutchins who grabbed his 26th and 27th goals of the season, one of the only bright spots when it comes to getting goals for the Giants this season and of late. The other goes by the name of Curtis Huppe who was sitting at home in Belfast. His replacement and coach Ed Courtenay was good for two assists however while Jason Ruff also picked up two points as that forward line looked to have clicked early on. Unfortunately things dried up after fifteen minutes and it was Edinburgh who did all the scoring from there on in.
Mike Minard turned aside twenty shots in the contest giving him a mediocore .870 save percentage while Stephen Murphy in the Capitals goal turned aside thirty shots. The big worry is that the Giants have yet again outshot their opponent yet came up on the wrong side of the result. Both Huntchins goals came on the powerplay which means at least some positive can be taken out of the result.
The Giants have a few days off before a road game in Manchester on Thursday night which will bring to end a disasterous road trip in which the Giants have went 0 for 5 on.
Giants-History.com 3 stars:
1st Star: Jeff Hutchins
2nd Star: Jason Ruff
3rd Star: Ed Courtenay
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