11:40	|	away	|		|	0-1	|	Jordan Kawaguchi (Pierre-Olivier Morin, Bo Hanson)
12:49	|	away	|		|	0-2	|	Mark Cooper (Kyle Osterberg, Jeff Baum)
13:02	|	home	|		|	1-2	|	Craig Martin (Chase Harrison, Tyler Hinam)
21:44	|	away	|		|	1-3	|	Karl Boudrias (Mark Cooper, Scott Conway)
27:23	|	home	|	PPG	|	2-3	|	Grant Hebert (Joe Morrow, Tyler Hinam)
30:14	|	away	|		|	2-4	|	Josh Roach (Scott Conway, Cameron Pound)
33:53	|	away	|		|	2-5	|	Gabe Bast (Grant Mismash)
35:09	|	away	|		|	2-6	|	Elijiah Barriga (Scott Conway, Josh Roach)
58:30	|	away	|		|	2-7	|	Elijiah Barriga (Scott Conway, J.J. Piccinich)

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Noah Carroll	|		|		|		|
Jake Durflinger	|		|		|		|
Alexis d’Aoust	|		|		|		|
Dallas Ehrhardt	|		|		|		|
Gianluca Esteves	|		|		|		|
C.J. Garcia	|		|		|		|
Owen Griffiths	|		|		|		|
Chase Harrison	|		|	1	|		|
Grant Hebert	|	1	|		|		|
Tyler Hinam	|		|	2	|		|
Ryan Hughes	|		|		|		|
Stephen Johnson	|		|		|		|
Connor Lee	|		|		|		|
Craig Martin	|	1	|		|		|
Zack Milton	|		|		|		|
Joe Morrow	|		|	1	|		|
Zach Sullivan	|		|		|		|
Loren Ulett	|		|		|		|

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Elijiah Barriga	|	2	|		|		|
Gabe Bast	|	1	|		|		|
Jeff Baum	|		|	1	|		|
Karl Boudrias	|	1	|		|	2	|
Scott Conway	|		|	4	|		|
Mark Cooper	|	1	|	1	|		|
Zak Galambos	|		|		|		|
Bo Hanson	|		|	1	|	2	|
Jordan Kawaguchi	|	1	|		|		|
Ben Lake	|		|		|		|
Ciaran Long	|		|		|	2	|
Grant Mismash	|		|	1	|		|
Pierre-Olivier Morin	|		|	1	|		|
Kyle Osterberg	|		|	1	|		|
J.J. Piccinich	|		|	1	|		|
Cameron Pound	|		|	1	|		|
Josh Roach	|	1	|	1	|	2	|

 

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Alexander Oldale	|	5	|	1	|	20:00	|	80.00
Evan Weninger	|	27	|	6	|	40:00	|	77.78

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Thomas McCollum	|		|		|		|
Jackson Whistle	|	35	|	2	|	60:00	|	94.29

 

Belfast Giants started their weekend trip to the north of England in the best possible way, beating Manchester Storm 7-2 in Altrincham in front of an excellent crowd of 2,342.

Pierre-Olivier Morin's pass all the way across the slot found the on-rushing Jordan Kawaguchi for a one-time finish to put the Giants ahead with 11:40 played. That lead was doubled on another odd-man rush, but this time of Mark Cooper opted to shoot instead of pass to Kyle Osterberg, and beat Evan Weninger at 12:49. Storm hit back 13 seconds later thanks to neat passing from Tyler Hinam and Chase Harrison setting up Craig Martin for a high finish past Jackson Whistle.

Cooper's drop pass allowed new signing Karl Boudrais to score on his debut with a shot that beat Weninger through traffic 104 seconds into period two to put the Giants back to ahead. Storm hit back again, though, this time through Grant Hebert at 27:23 to keep it a one-goal game.

A five-minute spell before the end of the second ultimately won the Giants the game. Josh Roach put the visitors back two ahead at 30:14, followed by Gabe Bast beating Weninger low glove-side at 33:53. Elijiah Barriga put home a rebound off the back boards at 35:09 to give the Giants a 6-2 lead through 40 minutes.

Barriga scored again with 30 seconds remaining to round off the game, beating Alex Oldale who was given the final period in Storm’s net.