Bison celebrated in front of Tomas Enerston, their new owner, by blanking Capitals in this foot of the table clash and look to be on the up with this their 3rd win from their last 4 games.

For Capitals the misery goes on however, this being their 12th loss from their last 13 and they remain pointless on the road so far this season.

The home side took an early lead on the powerplay when Derek Campbell (7th of the season) netted after only 4.51 but it took them until just after the midway point of the contest to gain some breathing space with a goal by Greg Owen (7th) at 31.40.

Capitals continued to work hard but simply could not breakthrough against Curtis Cruickshank, who was making his debut for the season between the Bison pipes and who went on to complete a 26 shot shutout.

Bison it was who completed the scoring with a counter by Slava Koulikov (2nd) into the empty net with 46 seconds remaining.

Period Scores: 1-0, 0-0, 2-2
Penalty Mions: 15-13
Powerplay: Bas 1/4 - Edi 0/5
Shots On: Curtis Cruickshank 26 - J F Perras 24 + 1 ENG

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