Nathan Craze picked up his first career EIHL shutout, his team-mates put four past the Edinburgh Capitals in Dundonald and the Giants roared back to the top of the league thanks to the Panthers blowing a late lead against Newcastle. It’s been quite a month for the Giants topped off by the signing of Jeff Szwez who added to his four points in his first two games by picking up a goal and two assists tonight. He was joined in the scoring by Craig Peacock and Tom Walsh who scored a brace. The Giants have now won seven game in-a-row out of the nine they have played this month and finally look like a team that could well challenge for major trophies this season.

Their position at the top of the league is not completely secure however, they may hold an equal games played lead over second and third placed Nottingham and Cardiff respectively, but Coventry in forth sit just three points back with four games in hand and even Newcastle down in fifth are just four points back with three in hand. You can even go as far as seventh to find a team that can still overtake the Giants if they were to play their next six games before the Giants iced again to level the Giants in games played. That team is Edinburgh though their consistency in the early going suggests they won’t make up the ground, especially after tonight’s defeat. If you haven’t seen me mention reigning champs, Sheffield, that would be because they are languishing down in sixth place with just eight points from twelve games. A crisis in Sheffield isn’t far away and last night Matsos threatened changes.

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Tom Walsh’s dreams of cracking the NHL might be behind him now but for one lost dream stems the realisation of another . . . Tom Walsh will not only get to play for the Belfast Giants, but he will also be studying at the University of Ulster.

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