Cardiff Devils made a profitable begin to the IIHF Continental Cup remaining spherical with a 6-3 win over GKS Katowice of Poland on Thursday evening, thanks to 5 objectives within the center interval.
After a scoreless opening interval, the Devils fell behind to former Belfast Big Jean Dupuy’s purpose simply 40 seconds in. Nevertheless, they hit again with 5 within the interval to take management of the sport.
Josh MacDonald levelled on the 24-minute mark, whereas Reid Duke put the Devils forward at 29:32. Brett Perlini and Zach O’Brien struck 71 seconds aside to make it 4-1 by 34:18, whereas Cole Sanford made it 5 for the hosts earlier than the intermission.
Bartosz Franszko pulled one again for Katowice simply over 9 minutes into interval three, however O’Brien’s second of the evening, and third level within the recreation, put the Devils again 4 forward. Bartosz netted once more just below 5 minutes earlier than time to tug the rating again to 6-3.
Katowice will play Grenoble on Saturday evening earlier than the Devils play the French aspect on Sunday. A win, in any type, would see the Devils topped champions – though they could want lower than that relying on Saturday’s consequence.
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