Final season, Scott Conway scored 41 objectives throughout the Elite League and Problem Cup for the Belfast Giants. After the opening two video games of this home season, he seems within the form of kind that would see him beat that quantity.
The Nice Britain worldwide not solely struck the additional time winner of their opening Cup recreation towards the Fife Flyers on the SSE Enviornment on Saturday, he then backed that up with two extra objectives in a 5-2 victory towards the identical opponent in Kirkcaldy an evening later.
When added to the 2 he scored within the Champions League — one every towards Davos and Oceláři Třinec — it means Conway has 5 objectives in six video games, and he seems like he hasn’t misplaced a step from final season’s unimaginable scoring tempo.
“I simply attempt to give it my all each time I’m on the market, be the perfect team-mate I can. So long as I’m giving it my all, that’s all I can do, and hopefully I generally is a chief on the ice and others can observe me,” says Conway.
“It has been an ideal begin to the season for me however one or two weekends doesn’t show something, although. I’ll be capable to reply how good I really feel on the finish of the season, hopefully after I’m high of that scoring desk.”
He’s definitely regarded each bit the deadly sharpshooter that led the Giants to final season’s double; a vicious slapshot incomes the 2-1 additional time win over the Flyers on residence ice, earlier than two extra glorious finishes on the Fife Ice Enviornment a day later continued his scorching begin to the marketing campaign.
However Conway is a identified amount from how he terrorised Elite League defences final season. The 27-year-old is extra excited by how a few of his team-mates have began life in teal.
Line-mate Chad Butcher scored twice throughout the 2 video games towards the Flyers, whereas winger David Gilbert and defenceman Will Cullen each have two objectives apiece, one every within the CHL and in Fife on Sunday.
“We’re a really offensive workforce this 12 months. Final 12 months we struggled scoring a bit to begin the season. This season I feel all of the strains will contribute much more and that may play an enormous position down the stretch,” praised Conway.
“Groups can’t cowl only one line and take away our principal scoring threats, they’re going to must cowl three or possibly even 4. We’re lucky to have quite a lot of depth and that’ll have a huge impact on our season.”
There's, nevertheless, a must be higher than they have been towards the Flyers who, whereas already trying vastly improved from their dismal workforce final season, are a aspect the Giants must be beating residence and away on most events in the event that they harbour intentions to defend their titles.
Whereas there was a level of adjustment from the high-pace, high-intensity CHL again into the Elite League for the Giants to make, they may know they weren’t on the identical degree as they have been of their European video games, and the problem now could be to rediscover that customary as they head in direction of this weekend’s Cup double-header with the Dundee Stars.
“Two wins is a good begin for us however our play within the video games was not the best. We undoubtedly took a step again from the CHL video games,” acknowledged Conway.
“We have to regroup this week, edit just a few issues we have to work on and hopefully we are able to have a extra substantial end result to the video games this weekend.”