It was a high-energy begin from each groups with Guildford most likely shading the early possibilities. The league leaders hit them somewhat towards the run of play, nevertheless. when Scott Conway was left in an excessive amount of area to beat Eamon McAdam blocker facet. Three minutes later, Ciaran Lengthy discovered himself free alongside the boards and shot on internet – the puck squirming beneath McAdam’s pads to double the lead.
Matt Alvaro acquired on a rebound from his personal shot to half the deficit with 3:19 remaining within the interval.
The Flames had a good chance to stage some 5 minutes into interval two when Austin Glover put the puck on the stick of Sam Talbot, however Tom McCollum made a wonderful save to maintain the puck out. Guildford then killed a serious penalty when former Big Daniel Tedesco was ejected for slew-footing at 25:37, however lower than two minutes after returning to full energy they noticed Jordan Kawaguchi put the Giants 3-1 forward. A fast turnover within the ultimate minute of the interval noticed Gabe Bast beat McAdam to place the Giants 4-1 up heading into the break.
The Flames had a brief 5-on-3 benefit firstly of interval three, however discovered powerplay possibilities onerous to come back by all night time. Their further skater finally advised at 46:35 as Brett Ferguson tipped Charlie Dodero’s shot previous McCollum on a play after Dodero had rung a shot off the iron. Down by two heading into the ultimate two minutes, Coach Dixon pulled McAdam for the additional skater – however with 16 seconds to go, Ben Lake discovered the empty internet to wrap up a wonderful highway win for the Giants
Photograph: John Uwins
