Storm Vs Devils - League - 6th Jan 24 - FO 19:00

[The_Stick_]

Good save from Wall off a storm shot from the slot. 13:53

 

[Wannabe2]

Two points of a 8th /9th team tonight, but it’s points, two more tomorrow please against a decent 2nd / 3rd team, time will tell.

 

[The_Stick_]

Devils PP timed at 10:14 as Cornell sits for tripping

 

[The_Stick_]

Storm FS

 

[The_Stick_]

Wenninger and Morrow deny Devils on a 3 on 2

 

[The_Stick_]

1 minute to go in the game

 

[The_Stick_]

Game over and Devils take all the points. Significant improvement by the Devils most notably along the boards and behind the net. Standouts Martin Barrow and Wall for me

 

[The_Stick_]

Devils MOM - Joey Martin
Storm MOM - Stephen Johnson

SOG
46 Devils
37 Storm

FACEOFFS
Devils 39
Storm 41

TOI LEADERS
Devils - Crawford - 28:21
Storm - Johnson - 23:38

 

[Chris]

Thanks for all the updates @The_Stick_ much appreciated!

Hurrah for 2 points as well, hopefully a building step for tomorrow, no matter how small it might be! A win is a win

 

[OJLloyd]

Still very lightweight in that there was almost no physical play hit wise etc.

But there wasn’t a need to looking at the scoreline and the fact that Storm weren’t exactly setting the world alight.

Tomorrow is the big test. We will need to be more of a threat physically to get an advantage over Belfast.

 

[Earnie]

Added bonus - Fife beat Giants in a shootout

 

[jenks33]

Belfast lose 4-3 at home to Fife after being 3-0 up. I’m sorry but no excuses if we don’t beat that lot tomorrow night. Worst Belfast team for yonks

 

[Slartibartfast]

Positives:-
We won
We scored 4 goals
Defense looked better
Batchy played really well and its good to see him coming forward occasionally
We scored a PPG

Negatives:-
No physicality again except for Brandt
The other 2 powerplays were the usual poor standard

The Belfast game will be interesting. They lost to Fife tonight.

 

[E.D.S.]

There can be no excuse for the absence of physicality after PRs interview post the Sheffield game. Surely they would have come out hitting everything after what he said to the camera. How could they not play a physical game? Baffling.

Good two points though.

 

[august04 2.0]

It’s a good win. There's no point playing physical if there’s no need to and it sounds pretty comfortable tonight. I’d rather we save that for Belfast tomorrow and entertain our home fans, after the Guildford and Sheffield debacles.

 

[The_Stick_]

There can be no excuse for the absence of physicality after PRs interview post the Sheffield game. Surely they would have come out hitting everything after what he said to the camera. How could they not play a physical game? Baffling.

Good two points though.

The game didn’t require us to play come out hitting. Tomorrow I feel will be a completely different story

 

[E.D.S.]

The game didn’t require us to play come out hitting. Tomorrow I feel will be a completely different story

But surely they would have come out hitting. You don't know the game doesn't require hitting until you're in it.

 

[Devil94]

We know physicality isn't one of our greatest strength, so no reason to try and make it a physical game if there's no need. Would be shooting ourselves in the foot, especially against a side like Manchester.
I'm glad PR managed to to get the guys firing today, more than Keefe did. Same tomorrow would be lovely

 

[E.D.S.]

We know physicality isn't one of our greatest strength, so no reason to try and make it a physical game if there's no need. Would be shooting ourselves in the foot, especially against a side like Manchester.
I'm glad PR managed to to get the guys firing today, more than Keefe did. Same tomorrow would be lovely

I'm not sure I follow this logic and playing Devils advocate here too... having watched the game, I didn't find it entertaining. I absolutely agree that they did what they needed to, to win but if this was at home, would it be satifactory given that our style is dull and not entertaining but because we played away and won, it's ok? Genuinely interested in people's opinions as opposed to being argumentative.

In addition, PR's comments after the last game was about no fight in the players (paraphrasing) and "no checking until the 3rd period" and how much that upset him, so you would expect the opposite from the team the first chance they get, against Manchester. Surely he doesn't want to see that fighting spirit and physical contest at home games only???

 

[Finny]

I'm not sure I follow this logic and playing Devils advocate here too... having watched the game, I didn't find it entertaining. I absolutely agree that they did what they needed to, to win but if this was at home, would it be satifactory given that our style is dull and not entertaining but because we played away and won, it's ok? Genuinely interested in people's opinions as opposed to being argumentative.

In addition, PR's comments after the last game was about no fight in the players (paraphrasing) and "no checking until the 3rd period" and how much that upset him, so you would expect the opposite from the team the first chance they get, against Manchester. Surely he doesn't want to see that fighting spirit and physical contest at home games only???

What do you think the point of checking is?