Two goals in the space of 93 seconds secured the Basingstoke Bison a well-deserved 2-1 victory in Solway on Sunday night.
Stuart Mogg returned from injury for the Herd's trip to Scotland, but they were without, for the whole weekend, import Sota Isogai away in South Korea playing for Japan and Jay King who was still injured.
Netminder Ben Clarke-Leach missed the Saturday game due to playing in Poland for Great Britain.
The first period of Sunday's game started fast and furious with end-to-end skating.
Both teams had chances but it ended goalless.
The second session continued to see both netminders, Solway’s Dershahn Stewart and Bison’s Ethan James, make a number of saves.
The Herd put some good pressure on the Solway net during their two powerplays but their best chance came shorthanded when Adam Harding fed AJ Macaulay in the slot, but he was denied by a great stop.
The first chance of the final period went to Bison’s man of the match Mac Howlett.
The deadlock was finally broken at 50.22 by Solway man of the match Callum Boyd.
The Herd replied as Alex Sampford and Macaulay combined and Brendan Sellan scored from just outside the slot.
Captain fantastic George Norcliffe then grabbed the winner as he finished off a lovely move which involved Charlie Risk and Harding.
However, there was an anxious wait as the goal was reviewed, but much to the delight of the travelling Bison faithful it stood.
With a minute left in the game, Solway pulled their netminder and piled on the pressure on the Bison net, but the visitors held on for a deserved win.
The previous night, also in Solway, the Bison took the lead in the eighth minute as Reece Cochrane fired the puck around the boards to Adam Rosbottom whose near post effort was saved, but Hallam Wilson netted the rebound.
The Herd doubled their advantage after Charlie Risk’s blue line shot was kicked out by Solway netminder Dershahn Stewart, unfortunately only as far as Brendan Sellan who fired home.
Despite having a number of good chances in the second session, the Bison were unable to add to their tally, as Solway came back to tie up the game.
Their first goal came from Jonny Yantsis and then Owen Cole grabbed their second on the powerplay to make it 2-2 at the second break.
The only powerplay of the final period saw the Bison pile on the pressure and Sellan hit the post.
Solway then won the game thanks to Jordan Buesa, as he netted the winner past man of the match Ethan James at 54.23.
Looking back on the two games in Scotland head coach Tony Redmond said: “I felt we deserved at least two points from the weekend.
"It was very disappointing to lose on Saturday, but we put that right on Sunday.”
Next weekend, the Bison have their third double header on the trot, as they take on the Milton Keynes Lightning.
The first game is on home on Saturday (6.30pm) with the return in MK on Sunday (5.30pm).
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