{"id":25965,"date":"2018-02-23T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25965"},"modified":"2018-02-23T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T12:05:40","slug":"devils-top-form-belfast-giants-come-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/23\/devils-top-form-belfast-giants-come-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils on top form as Belfast Giants come to town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF Devils will be flying high from their midweek wins as the third placed Belfast Giants in the EIHL make the trip to Wales.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sunday\u2019s game, which acts as a prequel to the 2018 Challenge Cup Final on 4 March, has already been sold out after a run of five straight away fixtures for the Devils.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday night the Devils saw out a tricky fixture against the Sheffield Steelers, holding their Yorkshire rivals to win 3-0 after scoring all three goals in the first period.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Devils got off to a great start after Joey Martin was able to score simple tap in from a Joey Haddad pass after just 30 seconds of play to put Cardiff 1-0 to the good.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Haddad then found Matt Pope in space at 8:22, with the Canadian giving Steeler Goaltender Ervins Mustukovs no chance at all as Cardiff doubled their lead.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The third goal at 16:30, a rebound scored by Andrew Hotham, gave the Devil\u2019s a good advantage going into the final two periods.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A couple of powerplay chances for the Steelers in the second period proved fruitless as a stellar performance from Devil\u2019s goaltender, Ben Bowns, kept Sheffield at bay.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Victory was finally secured with Cardiff weathering the Sheffield storm in the third period to seal a shutout victory, with Bowns stopping all 26 shots that came his way.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The weekend\u2019s results leave Devils top of the table, eight points clear and with a game in hand over Manchester Storm.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Devils will be flying high from their midweek wins as the third placed Belfast Giants in the EIHL make the trip to Wales. 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