Rink Round-Up: Week 10

Welcome once more to your latest Rink Round-Up, a look back on the rest of the Elite League action not involving the Steelers.

There were no other midweek games other than the Steelers and Dundee one so we will fast forward the review onto Saturday night. Like Steelers and Manchester, the Panthers and the Clan were also in Challenge Cup action and faced off against each other in the NIC. Panthers were the ones smiling at the end as they secured their place in the quarter finals of the aforementioned competition with a 5-1 win on home ice. A scoreless first period was broken early in the second when Dan Spang netted for the home side, and although Ryan Potulny levelled matters within 53 seconds, Panthers then scored four without reply to advance.

Into league action now, Cardiff continued their excellent form as they shutout the Giants in the O by virtue of a 3-0 scoreline. Jackson Whistle made 43 saves for the Giants but they were second best to Andrew Lord's men who netted through Justin Faryna, Gleason Fournier and Joey Martin. Also continuing their good form are Fife as they brushed Dundee aside 5-1 with Peter LeBlanc starring with a 1+2 night and the Flyers special teams contributing in three of the five goals that found its way past Travis Fullerton.

Milton Keynes and Coventry shared nine goals in their encounter, with the former coming out on top thanks to an overtime winner from former Storm defenceman Paul Phillips. Blaze outshot their hosts 48 to 32, but Lightning were indebted to another stellar performance by netminder Miika Wiikman and a brace from captain Kevin King as they picked up two more EIHL points. Finally and predictably so, Edinburgh's trip to Guildford was a losing as the Flames skated away with a 7-0 win with Brett Ferguson scoring twice and netminder Chris Carrozzi recording a 19 save shutout.

Onto Sunday, Edinburgh faced a daunting trip to Cardiff and shipped seven goals for the second night in succession. However, they did score two of their own through Marek Tvrdon. Justin Faryna scored twice for the Devils who scored five unanswered goals at one stage to put the game beyond the Caps. Current leaders Manchester celebrated the shirt retirement of Mike Morin before the visit of Milton Keynes but couldn't cap it with a win for their assistant coach as Lightning skated to a 5-4 overtime win with Francois Verreault-Paul scoring twice and three powerplay strikes hurting their hosts for whom defenceman Matt Stanisz had a multi-point night.

Belfast's weekend woes continued with a second successive shutout as they were defeated 2-0 by Dundee on Tayside. Travis Fullerton enjoyed a 28 save shutout whilst goals from Johan Andersson and Brian Hart ensured Chris Truehl's Giants debut wouldn't be a winning one. Fife got their hands on another four point weekend as they defeated Coventry 4-3 in the SkyDome, the impressive Evan Bloodoff's third period powerplay strike being the game winner despite Ben Lake scoring twice for the Blaze and Ryan Dingle netting against his old club. To conclude this week's review, Braehead got a much needed confidence boost as they recovered from a two goal deficit to see off Guildford 3-2 thanks to a double from Tyler Scofield.

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