 Theo Fleury picked up 12-minutes of penalties in the game |
Belfast Giants wasted another chance to secure the Elite League title when they were beaten 4-1 by Basingstoke Bison on Saturday evening. A Newcastle win in Edinburgh on Sunday would heap the pressure on the Giants ahead of their two remaining games.
Curtis Huppe put the Giants ahead early on but goals from Greg Chambers and Tony Redmond and a Shawn Maltby double ensured lowly Bison's victory.
The Giants play Nottingham on Wednesday before tackling Edinburgh next Sunday.
Belfast were without Ed Courtenay who was serving the first match of a two-game ban picked up in the Giants' 5-2 home defeat by the Cardiff Devils in Belfast last week.
The Giants had won all five meetings between the sides this season but with the pressure building, they slipped up in Saturday's fixture.
Theo Fleury picked up 12 minutes of penalties in Saturday's defeat.
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