Cardiff Devils take the win in their first Elite League game of the 2019-20 season.
Cardiff Devils take the win in their first Elite League game of the 2019-20 season.
The Devils welcomed former Captain Jake Morissette back to the building to celebrate the banner raising for the Playoff Championship won last April before the puck dropped on Sunday Night.
Pictured Below: Jake Morissette & Joey Martin with the Playoff Championship Banner
The visitors opened the scoring after a misplayed puck in the neutral zone sprung Nolan Laporte in alone to beat Ben Bowns and make it 1-0 after 3:36 played.
The Devils tied the game with a pretty passing play with Mike McNamee eventually hammering a perfect touch pass from Charles Linglet past Patrick Killeen in net for the Clan at 8:41.
Pictured Below: Mike McNamee celebrates his first period goal
Glasgow took a string of penalties that opened the door again for the Devils powerplay to go to work and at 12:23 Gleason Fournier scored to make it 2-1 with Matt Pope and Linglet assisting on the go-ahead goal.
Pictured Below: Fournier with a signature wrist shot to score on the powerplay
The lone goal of the middle period was scored in the dying seconds with Blair Riley tipping in a blast from Bryce Reddick to give the Devils a 3-1 lead at 39:31.
Pictured Below: Blair Riley celebrates his goal late in the 2nd period with Jardine & Dixon
Two minutes into the final period and the Devils were up 4-1 with Matt Pope getting the finishing touch on a nice passing play between Joey Haddad and Masi Marjamaki at 42:07.
At 46:34 it was another powerplay goal for the Devils, this time from Mark Richardson with McNamee and Linglet drawing the assists on the Devils 5th goal.
Pictured Below: Richardson's one-timer beats Killeen on the powerplay
The Clan pulled one back from Matt Pufahl at 50:46, then another at 56:09 from Mathieu Roy to make it 5-3, but the Devils held on for the win, their second victory in as many nights on home ice.
Photo Credit: Helen Brabon & David Williams
