Devils respond with home win over Storm

Photo: James Assinder

Cardiff Devils bounced back from two straight road losses with a 4-1 home win over Manchester Storm on Sunday evening at Ice Arena Wales.

However, it was the visitors who opened the scoring just 91 seconds into the game - Ryan Barrow wrapping around on Taran Kozun to score with Storm's first shot of the game. Josh Waller tied things at 13:15 with a nice move in front of Hayden Lavigne off a Josh Brittain feed.

 The home side's pressure eventually paid off when they took the lead on 32 minutes ins strange fashion - Cole Sanford's shot went over the net but deflected off the glass and then off Lavigne into the net to make it 2-1. Jardine fired a shot through Lavigne's five-hole to make it 3-1 before the middle period was out.

Waller's second of the night made it 4-1 to the hosts when he slotted home on the breakaway from another Brittain setup to round off the scoring.