Rink Round Up

Wednesday, 5th January 2005

The New Year period was a good one for the Belfast Giants, with a 4-1 home win against Nottingham at the end of 2004 topped off with a 6-3 win over Newcastle at the start of 2005. A return visit to Nottingham on the 2nd Jan saw the teams split the points with a four-apiece scoreline after overtime following a late marker from Paul Moran cancelling out ex-Phoenixer George Awada's go-ahead goal.

Basingstoke Bison continued to prop up the table with a 2-4 home loss to Sheffield coming close on the heels of a 2-0 away loss to Guildford in cross-league competition, despite being 2-0 up against the Steelers at the end of the first period thanks to Duncan Dalmao and ex-Stormer Shawn Maltby. Elsewhere, Coventry Blaze gained the upper hand with a 4-2 win over Dundee Stars in cross-league competition, with Joel Poirier sealing the game following markers from Neal Martin, Russ Cowley and Chris McNamara. Scott Barnes and Corey Morgan netted for Dundee.

Rank	Team Name	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	G	GA	Points	Goal Difference
1	Cardiff Devils	31	21 (OT:2)	2	8 (OT:1)	99	66	45	33
2	Sheffield Steelers	33	19 (OT:6)	3	11 (OT:2)	81	66	43	15
3	Belfast Giants	30	18 (OT:2)	5	7 (OT:1)	96	57	42	39
4	Coventry Blaze	30	17 (OT:1)	4	9 (OT:4)	101	66	42	35
5	Nottingham Panthers	29	15 (OT:0)	4	10 (OT:4)	93	65	38	28
6	London Racers	30	10 (OT:2)	6	14 (OT:1)	59	74	27	-15
7	Basingstoke Bison	32	6 (OT:0)	5	21 (OT:1)	72	118	18	-46

By Richard Allan

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