Ever witness a hockey interview that makes you want to reach in and choke the athlete? If interviews are going to be fake and somewhat scripted, then they should be done just like in wrestling.

(This story has been adapted to fit in with the EIHL)

Here’s the scene, interviewer (let’s call him Nigel) is standing in middle of the frame talking about the upcoming grudge match between Belfast and Sheffield.

Jason Ruff and Shawn Skiehar saunter into the frame on either side, staring Nigel down. He looks up; fake startled at their presence. He asks Jason what he has to say about the game…

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The Giants have been scoring goals for fun lately averaging over four per game and so it’s no surprise when you look at the league scoring charts to see three of the Giants team in the top four in scoring.  All three play on the Giants top line, Jason Ruff, Mark Dutiaume and Curtis Huppe.  Still there’s other guys around the league doing their job too so lets take a look at the different scoring categories so far this season.  It’s no surprise that the Giants feature in every category…

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Two weeks have gone by since ver 3.0 already and the month of November is coming to a close.  The festive season is about to begin and thats when the real grind starts and come the end of that and I’d say ver 6.0 of power rankings we’ll really have an idea of who is competing for the league title, who the mid-table teams are and who is going to be fighting just to make the playoffs.

In this weeks edition Belfast are finally knocked off their top prich after two weeks at number one.  Two tight wins against Edinburgh and a defeat to Nottingham seen the Giants slip back to thrid behind surging teams Sheffield and Coventry.  The Steelers and Basingstoke move up from 9th and 10th place respectivly, into the top four after excellent strings of wins each.  Cardiff and Edinburgh have fell back while the mid-table remains quite simular.

Enjoy the rankings and as always feel free to leave a comment…
(In brackets is the teams position in ver 3.0)

1. (2) Coventry Blaze: +6 / 3gp = 2.0
2. (9) Sheffield Steelers: +5 / 3gp = 1.67
3. (1) Belfast Giants: +6 / 4gp = 1.5
4. (10) Basingstoke Bison: +5 / 4gp = 1.25
5. (6) Manchester Phoenix: +2 / 3gp = 0.67
6. (4) Nottingham Panthers: -2 / 5gp = -0.4
7. (8) Newcastle Vipers: -4 / 3gp = -1.33
8. (3) Cardiff Devils: -3 / 2gp = -1.5
9. (7) Hull Stingrays: -8 / 5gp = -1.6
10.(5) Edinburgh Capitals: -7 / 4gp = -1.75

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Huppe’s points streak snapped; Morin and Ski on points streak; Awada hitting top form…

It’s been a successful month for the Giants; this weekend was only their first defeat in the league in 9 games in which they had won all nine.  They have three players in the top three in league points scoring and on the season the team are currently averaging 4.15 goals per game.  The next best team to them in that category is second place Coventry with just 3.41 goals per game.

Let’s take a look at what players have been doing what with in the last month and a bit.

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Panthers 5, Giants 3

It was going to happen eventually, the Giants where on a winning streak and the Panthers where losing a lot of games.  Something had to give and well we ended their losing streak and they ended our winning streak when they beat the Giants 5-3 Saturday night.  It brings to an end a 9 game winning streak in the league for the Giants who now need to pick it up again to keep their lead alive.

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