It was the challenge cup semi-final first leg tonight and the Giants game through with a 1-1 tie in a stadium they often find hard to pick up a result in. Coventry were the opponents and the draw means the Giants will invite them back to the ice bowl, the scene of a beating handed to the Blaze by the Giants under a month ago. Anyway the following is the highlights of the game.
If the PR people had their way the paying public going to the Giants v Vipers game this weekend can expect an all out war to ensue followed by the suits that fill the corridors of power at Elite League towers running onto the ice throwing out suspensions like rice at a wedding. According to the Giants website, Todd Kelman has requested a league presence at the game with the belief that the Vipers will do everything in their power to goon it up on the Giants players. Have we forgot about our newest signing?
I don’t think I ever gave this much mention even though the news has been out there for quite a few weeks. If you are reading this then you probably already know all about the Elite League all-star game but just in case you didn’t know who had been selected the following is the line-ups for both teams.
Sunday was more like it from the Giants after struggling to beat the Bison in overtime. The Giants ran up the score to get back to proper winning ways. Jason Rushton picked up the Gordie Howe Hat Trick on the night with his first goal and assist as a Giants played to go with his second fight in two nights.
Ahead of tonight’s home-and-home with the Basingstoke Bison the Giants got some bad news that top points scorer Paul Deniset will be missing for at least weeks with an injury to the same groin muscle that kept him out of the line-up earlier in the season. This is a major blow for the Giants following a defeat to the Sheffield Steelers during the week in a game that moved the Steelers into an even more comfortable position a-top of the standings.
