Belfast Giants dominant at the O2 in another four point weekend

Dundee’s night actually started brightly, with Maxim Eliseev opening the scoring just 17 seconds into the game, but it quickly turned into a night to forget.

JJ Piccinich levelled for Belfast at 5.20 before adding his second of the night on the powerplay at 9.04 to turn the game around and give the Giants a 2-1 lead.

The second period was where Belfast really took control. Cole Shudra extended the lead at 22.17, before Logan Cockerill made it 4-1 just over four minutes later.

Ciaran Long then added a shorthanded goal at 29.02 as he converted Mike Lee's feed, before Kaleb Pearson struck less than two minutes later as the Giants continued to pull away.

Piccinich completed his hat trick on the powerplay at 33.18, making it 7-1 and capping a huge middle period for the home side.

Pearson added his second of the night, again on the powerplay, blasting a one-timer home at 49.27 to complete the scoring.

On the Sunday, the Giants made it a perfect home weekend with a convincing 6-0 victory over Fife Flyers at the O2 Arena.

The Giants made a strong start and were two goals ahead inside the opening eight minutes.

Scott Conway opened the scoring at 4.10 before JJ Piccinich doubled the advantage just over three minutes later, giving Belfast early control of the game.

Fife kept the deficit at two for the remainder of the first period, but Belfast pulled further clear in the middle frame.

David Goodwin made it 3-0 at 30.03, before Jaeden Martin added a fourth with 90 seconds remaining in the period to leave the Flyers with a big task heading into the final 20 minutes.

The Giants continued to control the game in the third. Jake Gaudet added a powerplay goal at 54.59, before Cole Shudra completed the scoring at 58.29 to round off a 6-0 win and cap their weekend home double-header with two victories, scoring 14 goals in the process.

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