Gutted Glasgow Clan coach Malcolm Cameron (pictured) looked back at the club’s 7-1 capitulation to Elite League title-chasing Belfast Giants in front of the Purple Army and admitted: “I’m embarrassed.”
The Braehead side, sponsored by Aspray Glasgow West, have now lost three games in less than a week since their 3-0 home win over Guildford Flames and Cameron said: “I’ll be accountable, I’m the guy that brought the players here.”
The straight-talking Canadian takes his men to the newly-crowned Challenge Cup winners in Belfast, sponsored by Stenna Line, on Friday (19.00) and he hopes to see a bounce back but looking back on Tuesday’s disappointment Cameron added: “I’m embarrassed for our fans, I’m embarrassed for our organisation and for anybody that had to sit through that.
“There is no excuse for losing a game like that on home ice especially at this time of year. Clearly they (the players) let us down and let themselves down and let their team-mates down.”
He said the team deserved every single one of their nine penalties and said: “They (Belfast) are the top team in the league, a very stingy team, and you can’t give nine power plays including a five-on-three.”
The number of five-on-threes we’ve had to kill off is astronomical, I think it is 14-1 over the last ten games, It’s been a chronic issue all year. We’re very undisciplined.
“What can you take from a game like that? Nothing. We got blown out on home ice. A major disappointment. This time of the year you need guys to step-up. I don’t know what has happened to our team since last Tuesday when we played Guildford.
Rest assured, I am working my butt off to try to correct some these things and find the right mix of lines and the right people to put in.”We have a couple of extra players and guys are going to have to earn their way in from now on. We have to get into the play-offs.”
Glasgow have slipped to sixth in the ten-strong Elite League with 44 points from 47 games after Coventry Blaze edged Guildford Flames 2-1 in Surrey to move into fifth spot.
Belfast are in pole position with 76 points from 48 games and lead second-placed Sheffield Steelers by four point but the Yorkshire side have two games in hand.
Cameron said the defeat was tough to sleep on and he said: “When I was a player and something like this happened it brought a fire into me and hopefully that will be the case for some of the guys on Friday night.”
Experienced news, business, arts, sport and travel journalist. Food critic and managing editor of a well-established food and travel website. Also a magazine editor of publications with circulations of up to 200,000 and managing director of a long-established PR/marketing company with a string of blue-chip clients in its CV. Former communications lecturer at a Scottish university and social media specialist for a string of successful and busy SMEs.
