The Glasgow Clan’s season took a turn for the worse, with back-to-back defeats to the Manchester Storm and Coventry Blaze compounded by media comments from behind the bench. Shortly after the final buzzer sounded on the Braehead Arena club’s loss to the Storm, associate coach Dyson Stevenson bemoaned the lack of depth at his disposal.
“It’s tough [to lift the locker room] because we’re playing short-benched and have been all year,” explained the 29-year-old Canadian. “I’ve been on the horn, calling ten players every day, but something happens every time we’re close to a signing. It’s been really frustrating. We just need a full lineup – and we haven’t had one in months.”
Despite opening the week with a hard-fought win over the Dundee Stars, the Clan remain bottom of the Elite League with a minus-49 goal difference and just six wins on the season.
Dyson Stevenson’s side are also in a world of pain off the ice.
They lost Nolan LaPorte to the Slovak Extraliga last month, doubling the damage inflicted by Mathieu Roy’s switch to the ECHL.
Clearly, the promise of a takeover looms large — with Dyson Stevenson’s squad no closer to receiving the support they need from the boardroom.
Elsewhere in the Elite League, the Guildford Flames recorded a four-point weekend to vault the Sheffield Steelers into top spot. The Belfast Giants also punched their ticket to the final four of the Challenge Cup with a comeback win over the Nottingham Panthers.
In the National League, the Leeds Knights reinforced their lead at the top of the table with a pair of emphatic wins over the Bristol Pitbulls.
Dyson Stevenson’s Glasgow Clan continue to sink in the Elite League:
Monday, 2 January 2023
- Dundee Stars 1-4 Glasgow Clan
- Coventry Blaze 6-3 Nottingham Panthers
Wednesday, 4 January 2023
- Challenge Cup: Belfast Giants 5-2 Nottingham Panthers
Thursday, 5 January 2023
- Cardiff Devils 3-1 Sheffield Steelers
Friday, 6 January 2023
- Belfast Giants 5-2 Dundee Stars
Saturday, 7 January 2023
- Nottingham Panthers 1-2 Guildford Flames (SO)
- Dundee Stars 2-3 Belfast Giants (OT)
- Glasgow Clan 2-3 Manchester Storm
- Fife Flyers 2-3 Sheffield Steelers
Sunday, 8 January 2023
- Coventry Blaze 4-1 Glasgow Clan
- Manchester Storm 1-4 Cardiff Devils
- Guildford Flames 5-4 Nottingham Panthers
National League:
Monday, 2 January 2023 – Wednesday, 4 January 2023
- Bees IHC 2-4 Peterborough Phantoms
- Raiders IHC 6-1 Telford Tigers
- Hull Seahawks 2-3 Sheffield Steeldogs (OT)
Saturday, 7 January 2023
- Basingstoke Bison 2-3 Bees IHC
- Bristol Pitbulls 1-8 Leeds Knights
- Milton Keynes Lighting 3-2 Hull Seahawks
- Peterborough Phantoms 4-8 Sheffield Steeldogs
- Swindon Wildcats 5-6 Raiders IHC
Sunday, 8 January 2023
- Bees IHC 4-5 Sheffield Steeldogs (OT)
- Hull Seahawks 1-5 Peterborough Phantoms
- Leeds Knights 9-0 Bristol Pitbulls
- Raiders IHC 6-3 Milton Keynes Lightning
- Telford Tigers 3-5 Basingstoke Bison
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