Giants hold on for home win

Photo: William Cherry

Belfast Giants responded to three straight losses with a tight home win over Dundee Stars on Sunday at the SSE Arena.

Philippe Sanche converted Romans Semjonovs feed in close to open the scoring at 8:19, and that was a lead the Stars held until 14:45 when Will Cullen finished high after good work from Ben Lake. Cullen neatly finished in the slot off a Lewis Hook pass to put Belfast ahead at 28:52, before Lake beat Anton Svensson 1-on-0 with a nice deke at 33:47 to give the hosts a two-goal cushion. That lead, however, was cut down to one down through Johan Eriksson at 35:02.

Hook's goal at 46:10 put the Giants 4-2 ahead at 46:10, some minutes after the home side had seen a goal washed out after video review for goaltender interference. Eriksson's second of the game with 67 seconds remaining gave the Stars the chance to tie things up inside the final minute, but the home side held on for the win.