Elgin Typhoons came to play Edinburgh Capitals on Sunday evening with a poor win record over the Scottish National League side leaders.
Some had expected the large whitewash icing that Elgin would receive. The final score was 14 – nil to the home team. They were outplayed, outclassed and their offensive players had no support from other players due to the rest of the team playing so defensively.
Additionally, Elgin only had 2 strings of players in comparison to Edinburgh’s 3 which meant that Elgin players had to work all the harder.
In the first period of play there were 4 goals scored by the Capitals and this was a pattern that was to be followed through the next 2 periods with goals being shared equally amongst 10 players..
Tempers did at time flare to the point that with 1 minute 41secs left on the clock there was a brawl on the ice. This was settled down by the referees.
In the second period, business resumed as per usual for the Edinburgh side as far as scoring goals was concerned. However there were no less than three power plays in the period. (2 for Elgin and 1 for Edinburgh) following foul play.
Elgin tried a few times to score goals but their accuracy was very poor, and they simply found that Edinburgh would steal the puck off them and retain it in the Elgin half for much of the game.
In the third Period, Elgin had a goal attempt denied, which was their only real attempt to prevent the shut-out. However it was not to be. Edinburgh retained their stranglehold on the game to finish 14-0 at the close.
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