Dundee Tigers 8 - Moray Typhoons 3

The Dundee Tigers welcomed the Moray Typhoons to DIA on Saturday night and ran out 8-3 victors with a true team performance. Tigers dominated the opening stanza, outshooting the visitors 25-7 and opened the scoring as Paul Guilcher showed fine eye-hand co-ordination to tip in an eagle-eyed pass from John Robertson at the back post in the 12th minute. Mark McLeod doubled the lead just 40 seconds later with another tipped effort from an Eck Purves shot and it looked like the home fans were about to witness a rout. The Typhoons had other ideas though and within 2 minutes they were back on level terms James Aitkenhead squeezed one past a relatively untested Matty Michie in the Tigers net before a speculative slapshot from a rushing Kevin Russell found the top corner to finish the period scoring.

Tigers seemed to have lost a bit of their jump at the start of the second period whereas the Tyhoons had blown off their bus legs. With 5 minutes gone Jack Durkacz gave the visitors the lead with a fine finish. It was the wakeup call the Tigers needed and Lee Tosh broke free to snipe home 3 minutes later to bring the score level once more. Birthday boy Grant Reekie was next on the score sheet with a Charlie Conway-esque deke leaving the Moray netminder stranded as he slotted home in the 36th minute and give the Tigers a 1 goal lead heading in to the final period.

A reinvigorated home team came out to play in the 3rd period and Ewan Heeles’ hard work paid off as he notched Tigers 5th with 2 minutes gone. Reekie completed a “Gordie Howe Hat-trick” as he dropped the gloves after being crosschecked in the face, adding a fight to his earlier goal and assists before Guilcher bagged his 2nd of the night in the 47th minute with a well placed effort. A rocket of a wrister from the point by Scott Geddes had a hint of a tip from Scott Marr but it was the D man who was awarded the tally by the officials with 8 minutes remaining. There was no doubt about the final goal of the evening however as Marr finished off a play assisted by new boy Calum Andersons and Kris Phillips.

With 2 points on the board the Tiger now look forward to a double points encounter against Belfast Giants in Dundee next Saturday 24th (7:30pm)before the Solway Sharks come to town for a Scottish Cup fixture on Sunday 25th (6:30pm).

Final Score: Tigers 8 – Typhoons 3

Richard Irvin Energy Solutions Man of the Match – Graeme Carstairs