Pirates ended their miserable start to the New Year in emphatic style as they put the Lynx to the swords with an emphatic 8-2 road win.
The visitors began with Donaghy between the pipes, but minus Turley and Andreucci who were both suspended. Play was relatively even in the early stages, but with the line including Walker and Abercrombie causing the hosts considerable discomfort the two of them combined well in the 14th minute to allow the former to put the visitors ahead with the only goal of the .period.
Pirates opened up in the middle session and netted on no fewer than five occasions without reply. Two powerplay goals in ninety seconds around the 27th minute though Abercrombie and Walker took the lead to a comfortable 3-0 advantage, before a three goals in two minutes burst from the 33rd minute took the game away from the hosts completely to give the visitors an unlikely 6-0 lead after 40 minutes, Abercrombie completing his hat trick before Jay Crawford netted a rare strike after 35 minutes.
The somewhat shell shocked hosts finally broke their duck on the powerplay in 44 minutes through Malcolm, but Thorp netted within a minute to restore the six goal cushion. Man of the Match Walker completed his hat trick a minute later, and while there was some excitement after 49 minutes which saw the MacEachran brothers take their leave of the game for Lynx, and Jay Crawford and Wallace take extended breaks for Pirates after a fracas, Lynx had the minor consolation of scoring the final goal of the match through Jack after 55 minutes.
Pirates will be well pleased with getting a win on the board, their first in a month, and now look forward to welcoming the Belfast Giants SNL team to Braehead Arena next Saturday, face off 6.30pm.