Game detail: 06 Apr 2019, Belfast Giants - Coventry Blaze

06 Apr 2019, 19:00 | Play-off | QF1 | SSE Arena Belfast

Belfast Giants

5-0

Coventry Blaze

Periods:
Shots:

1-0
( - )

2-0
( - )

Referees: Matt Thompson/Chris Wells | Spectators: -

10:58	\|	home	\|		\|	1-0	\|	Darcy Murphy (Kevin Raine, Patrick Dwyer)
23:56	\|	home	\|		\|	2-0	\|	Jordan Smotherman (Dustin Johner, Kevin Raine)
30:19	\|	home	\|	PPG	\|	3-0	\|	Chris Higgins (Blair Riley, Darcy Murphy)
42:19	\|	home	\|		\|	4-0	\|	Colin Shields (Jim Vandermeer, Darcy Murphy)
49:41	\|	home	\|		\|	5-0	\|	Jonathan Ferland (Curtis Leonard, Chris Higgins)

Belfast Giants

Coventry Blaze

Name		G		A		PIM
Kyle Baun	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jonathan Boxill	\|		\|		\|		\|
Patrick Dwyer	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|
Jonathan Ferland	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Mark Garside	\|		\|		\|		\|
Chris Higgins	\|	1	\|	1	\|	2	\|
Lewis Hook	\|		\|		\|		\|
Dustin Johner	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Curtis Leonard	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|
Kendall McFaull	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Darcy Murphy	\|	1	\|	2	\|		\|
Kevin Raine	\|		\|	2	\|		\|
Blair Riley	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Josh Roach	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Colin Shields	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Jordan Smotherman	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Paul Swindlehurst	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jim Vandermeer	\|		\|	1	\|		\|

Name				PIM
Nicolai Bryhnisveen	\|	\|	\|	2	\|
David Clements	\|	\|	\|		\|
Timothy Crowder	\|	\|	\|		\|
Luke Ferrara	\|	\|	\|		\|
Dominik Florian	\|	\|	\|		\|
Alexander Forbes	\|	\|	\|		\|
Justin Haché	\|	\|	\|		\|
Chris Joyaux	\|	\|	\|		\|
Ben Lake	\|	\|	\|		\|
Dillon Lawrence	\|	\|	\|		\|
Kevin Morris	\|	\|	\|		\|
Alex Nikiforuk	\|	\|	\|	4	\|
Kevin Noble	\|	\|	\|	2	\|
Shawn Pauly	\|	\|	\|		\|
Ivan Puzič	\|	\|	\|		\|
Ross Venus	\|	\|	\|		\|

Belfast Giants

Coventry Blaze

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Tyler Beskorowany	\|	20	\|	0	\|	60:00	\|	100.00
Stephen Murphy	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Matt Hackett	\|	37	\|	5	\|	60:00	\|	86.49
Jordan Hedley	\|		\|		\|		\|

A five-goal lead is what Belfast Giants will take to Coventry on Sunday afternoon after an impressive performance against the Blaze this evening.

The visitors came in confident after beating Cardiff in their final game of the regular season last weekend, but were behind to a Darcy Murphy goal just before the end of the first period to give the Giants a one-goal lead after 20 minutes.

3:54 into the middle period Jordan Smotherman put the Giants two ahead, and it got worse for the visitors at 30:19 when Chris Higgins came in at the back post to convert on the powerplay for 3-0 – Danny Stewart called his timeout after the goal to try to re-group his Blaze side.

2:19 into the final period the league’s all-time points scoters Colin Shields pounced on a rebound at the top of the crease following a Jim Vandermeer shot – #19 fittingly scoring in his last appearance at the SSE Arena. Jonathan Ferland made it 5-0 with a little over ten minutes to go to round off the win for the Giants.

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