Giants continue home stand against Stars

Photo: William Cherry

Belfast Giants continued their home streak against Dundee Stars with a 6-2 victory on Wednesday night in front of over 6,000 fans at the SSE Arena.

The Giants took control of things in the opening period, racing into a 2-0 and then 3-1 lead before the first intermission. Bobby MacIntyre did excellently to keep the play alive for the Giants in the attacking zone before Matt McLeod eventually put the loose puck beyond Kevin Carr to open the scoring at 8:52. 49 seconds later, Josh Roach oost to double the home side's lead. Spencer Naas pulled one back for the Stars at 11:03, but Travis Brown netted in front at 15:21 to put the Giants back two ahead. 

Any hopes the Stars had of getting back into things in the middle period were dealt a blow just 28 seconds after the restart through David Goodwin, although Chris McKay did bring the visitors back to two behind at 30:44. 

Final period goals from McLeod at 52:30, and then Cameron Pound 34 seconds before the end, eanted the Giants a 6-2 win.