Guildford 1 - 2 Cardiff Junior Devils

Sunday 21st December saw the Cardiff U14's play their last game of 2008 against a Guilford side fighting it out alongside Cardiff for a top two spot. Cardiff started the game strongly and had the early pressure, but found the home netminder in strong form. And it was Guildford who found the back of the net first. After losing a face-off in their own end Cardiff paniced and the lose puck found it's way to a Firestorm player who finished with a neat shot from the slot, beating James Whiting over the shoulder in net for Cardiff.

Cardiff carried on playing their game and continued to push forward, getting plenty of shots on goal, again only for the home netminder to push them all away.

The 2nd period started with Cardiff getting an early Power-play chance, and Cardiff took control and finally got their reward as Ellis Price slotted home a rebound after a shot from Tom Parkinson was saved. The rest of the period was nearly all Cardiff, as they applied pressure looking for the win. And with five and a half minutes left, Cardiff were given a five minute power-play after a Guildford player was ejected from the game. Cardiff took their chance and again got plenty of shots to goal, and finally got their reward with just 90 seconds left in the game. Giacamo Raffealli winning an attacking face-off clean to Tom Parkinson, playing on the point who let go a slapshot that went straight through everyone and found the back of the net. Guildford pulled the keeper and applied some late pressure but Cardiff hang on for a good away win.

Game Stats

Goal Scorers:	Assisted by:
Tom Parkinson 1+1 Ellis Price 1+0	Giacamo Raffealli 0+1

Shots on Goal:	Man of the Match:	Spirit of the Game:
Guildford goal - 33 Cardiff goal (James Whiting) - 12