Murrayfield glory for Tripp’s dominant Clan
Bchampions last night over the Kirkcaldy club. On Saturday, the Glasgow side recorded a 4-2 victory to ease their way past hosts Edinburgh. Braehead tested Pavel Shegalo in the Edinburgh goal and it was the Glasgow side that opened the scoring in the first.
A sweeping move down the inside right ended with Mike Embach finishing things off for 1-0.
Jacob Doty added a second in the final minute of the opening stanza, firing a low diagonal shot past Shegalo.
Edinburgh hit back a minute after the restart through Sergei Banashko but Bari McKenzie then helped set up former Capitals coach, Richard Hartmann, to score against his former club.
Landon Oslanski notched Braehead’s fourth, a rebound, after Cameron Burt’s shot fell into his path.
Edinburgh pulled another back through Igor Valeyev but it wasn’t enough as Clan confirmed their place in Sunday’s final.
Fife Flyers booked their place earlier in the day with a 6-2 win over Dundee Stars.
In Sunday night’s decider it was plain sailing for Braehead as they cruised to victory.
Captain Brendan Brooks had them ahead in the first period before Oslanski’s crucial deflection on the power play put Clan on easy street.
The lead would grow to three as the second period came to a close, Braehead striking once again on the power play through Craig Peacock.
Ian Young clawed one back for the Flyers in a bad tempered game littered with penalties, but it wasn’t enough to knock Tripp’s men as their competitive games tally this season went to three wins from four games.
In the third-placed play-off, Dundee were defeated 3-0 by Edinburgh.