ASSISTANT coach Bobby McEwan insists Hull Stingrays cannot consider it "job done" in their quest for an Elite League play-off place.

Stingrays' 6-1 defeat at table-topping Belfast last night has left McEwan's men on 30 points with 10 games to play.

Eighth-place Edinburgh have 25 with 14 remaining, while Dundee – who sit outside the play-offs in ninth – have 20 points with 11 left.

It would take a really disastrous run for Stingrays to finish lower than eighth, but McEwan is taking nothing for granted.

"You can't say it's job done yet," he said.

"There's still too many games to go and so many things that can happen.

"However, I'd rather be where we are in the league than anyone else below us."

And McEwan believes Stingrays' season – that has seen just 13 wins in 44 league games – has not been as bad as the critics make out.

"Last year's seventh-place finish was the best the club had ever had in the Elite League and we're still in seventh this year so I am quite happy with that," said McEwan.

"I said at the start of this season if we finished sixth it would be the equivalent of us winning the league title, so we're not far off that realistic target."

Stingrays face Cardiff tomorrow at Hull Arena.

"We have beaten them down there this year as well as in Hull, but they've been close games," said McEwan.

Injury-hit Stingrays face the Devils on the back of last night's valiant defeat in Belfast.

Stingrays' trailed 1-0 to Rob Dowd's early shorthanded goal until Andy McKinney levelled after 18 minutes.

Jeff Mason made it 2-1 Giants after 34 minutes and added another on 46 minutes. Two late Michael Hoffman goals and one from Mason sealed the victory.