All the goals, fights and big moments from the big game last night in the Odyssey. The stand out thing for me aside from some very nice goals was the size of the crowd and the noise it was making — it was a throwback to the days of yore. Some have called the Odyssey a graveyard for atmosphere lately, but this certainly changed that. Enjoy and pay up for tonight’s re-match at giantslive.tv

Some of them goals were very tidy. The finishes by Burgoyne and Martin were especially good and I can see why Martin got man-of-the-match. It is good to have him back on the ice and hopefully for the rest of the season.

Fight Reviews:

1) Payette gets the early going but Rushton catches him with the left hook sending him to the ice. Rushton throws the arms up doing a lap of honor to get the fans off their seats. The atmosphere is rocking.

2) Payette seemed as anxious to stir something up as Rushton but it was Rushton who got it going. Not many punches thrown and Rushton falls to the ice. In the penalty box both guys exchanging strong words.

3) In the video you can only catch the tail end of a hit. Not sure who it was on but it was by Payette and Rushton didn’t like it. He throws a punch at Payette and a big scrum ensues.

4) The video shows nothing of the Phillips fight but by all accounts Phillips caught his man flush with a punch dropping him to the ice.

The four fights tonight tie a club record for number of fights in a game.

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