Lord Pays Tribute To Young Devils Toms And Sam

Cardiff Devils Charles Linglet scored two goals against Sheffield Steelers. Pic: David Williams.

Lord Pays Tribute To Young Devils Toms And Sam

Cardiff Devils’ strength in depth shone through during their 7-3 Elite League win against Sheffield Steelers at the Viola Arena.

Captain Jake Morissette and his team were without three key players in Layne Ulmer, Joey Haddad and Evan Mosey, but powered to victory after scoring six unanswered goals in the second and third periods.

“That depth is vital,” said head coach Andrew Lord. “We were able to ice 11 forwards and the guys really bought into the process.

“Sam Duggan, Toms Rutkis, Matthew Myers, Mo, Matt Pope and more were grinding away for the team and allowed us to play at a tempo Sheffield could not match at times.

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“We have three guys out and that is challenging. To have two young bucks like Sam and Toms jump in and do a job was a major plus for the team.

“The progress Toms has made is immense, while over the last four months Sam has improved so much as a professional ice hockey player.

“They work day in, day out on their game and at times I’m sure they don’t like me very much and wish they had more ice time.

“But they bide their time, are positive around the group.

“Sam and Toms know that if they keep putting the work in good things will happen.”

Mike Hedden celebrates his Cardiff Devils goal against Sheffield Steelers. Pic: David Williams.

Ulmer has one match of his three-game suspension to serve, while Mosey is being monitored after the mid-ice hit by Jaynen Rissling which left him prostrate on the ice.

Rissling was given a six-match ban, while Ulmer was suspended for three matches after leaving the bench to stand up for team-mate Mosey.

Ulmer will miss next Saturday’s home fixture against Coventry before returning at Guildford Flames the following evening.

Haddad is making progress and has been skating. He will be assessed again later this week.

Cardiff’s next home test at the Viola Arena is against Coventry Blaze (Saturday, February 9, 7pm).

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Sean Bentivoglio against the boards. Pic: Helen Brabon.

ELITE ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE 2018/19

TEAM GP W L OTL PTS PCT GF GA PIM STREAK
Cardiff Devils 42 31 7 4 66 .786 167 104 493 1-0
Belfast Giants 42 31 10 1 63 .750 169 106 532 5-0
Nottingham Panthers 47 23 15 9 55 .585 146 147 776 0-1
Glasgow Clan 42 24 14 4 52 .619 149 128 481 1-0
Fife Flyers 42 21 16 5 47 .560 140 142 572 1-0
Guildford Flames 44 21 19 4 46 .523 142 138 540 1-0
Manchester Storm 44 20 19 5 45 .511 133 151 928 0-1
Sheffield Steelers 45 21 22 2 44 .489 134 158 596 0-1
Dundee Stars 43 17 16 10 44 .512 122 146 421 0-2
Coventry Blaze 41 18 16 7 43 .524 148 164 512 1-0
Milton Keynes Lightning 44 11 29 4 26 .295 102 168 774 0-10

ELITE ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE LEADING SCORERS 2018/19

RANK PLAYER TEAM POS NUM GP G A P PIM PP PPA SH SHA GWG
1 Ben Lake COV F 9 41 26 30 56 59 6 6 0 0 2
2 Mike Hammond MAN F 21 37 13 43 56 14 3 12 2 3 2
3 Kruise Reddick GUI F 51 44 22 33 55 30 9 17 2 1 2
4 Gleason Fournier CAR D 20 42 17 38 55 22 4 15 0 0 5
5 Darcy Murphy BEL LW 15 41 28 25 53 18 7 7 1 0 8
6 Brendan Connolly GLA C 9 40 26 27 53 66 4 10 0 0 4
7 Blair Riley BEL RW 25 42 25 27 52 45 5 5 1 0 6
8 Matt Beca GLA F 26 42 20 32 52 16 3 10 0 2 4
9 Alex Nikiforuk COV F 22 41 17 35 52 39 6 14 0 1 2
10 Charles Linglet CAR F 70 42 16 36 52 10 3 16 0 0 2

Cardiff Devils remaining Elite League fixtures (18)

February 

Saturday 9 v Coventry Blaze (home, 7pm)

Sunday 10 v Guildford Flames (away, 6pm)

Saturday 16 v MK Lightning (home, 7pm)

Sunday 17 v MK Lightning (away, 5.15pm)

Friday 22 v Belfast Giants (away, 7pm)

Saturday 23 v Belfast Giants (away, 7pm)

Wednesday 27 v Glasgow Clan (home, 7.30pm)

March

Saturday 2 v Coventry Blaze (away, 7pm)

Sunday 3 v Sheffield Steelers (home, 4pm) – this game does not count on season tickets

Friday 8 v Guildford Flames (home, 7.30pm)

Saturday 16 v Sheffield Steelers (away, 7pm)

Sunday 17 v Glasgow Clan (home, 6pm)

Wednesday 20 v Glasgow Clan (away, 7.30pm)

Saturday 23 v Manchester Storm (home, 7pm)

Sunday 24 v Dundee Stars (away, 5pm)

Saturday 30 v MK Lightning (home, 7pm)

Sunday 31 v Coventry Blaze (away, 5.15pm)

To be rearranged: Fife Flyers (away)

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