Sheffield Steelers are having a weird season so far. Put their win/loss rate into a line chart and it will be up,down,up,down. They seem inconsistent which is bad. They can't get winning runs together, but are trying to improve. At the weekend, they were on a road trip, Saturday in a packed Odyssey with Belfast having a real great season at the top of the all important standings then Sunday went to Coventry to face the blaze, a very evenly matched game, as both these sides are having similar seasons!
Late Collapse by Steelers sees Giants escape tight tilt to cruise through Sheffield...
Giants went into this game with a very confident team whose fans were having a blast packing the arena including sports entertainer Cameron Hughes in the arena (More on him in a later article) to make the place lively and pumping and the game would be the same too!
It was't an easy clash, and Steelers came out first. Steven Goertzgen firing home at 5:33! However, Giants showed why they are top and it took less than a minute for Colin Sheilds to send the place mental! 1-1. You thought that was quick, 20 seconds later at 7:07 Robbie Sandrock put giants in the lead and the early blow of goals ended the first period. 2-1.
The first had early goals, the second had very late ones, in fact it took until with 5 seconds left for Colin Shields again to make it 3-1.
They hung on well in the third, but sweat started drippng when Steelers bought it tight. Giants pretty much had it the bag, but with under two minutes left, Drew Fata made it a shocking finale. Goalie pulled. Steelers wanted a comeback but Sandrock raced down the ice to secure it. Despite Giants winning it, Steelers pulled Doyle again, they had better ideas but they were just making it worse for themsleves. Kevin Suarette fired home to make it a great night for Giants! Final score: Belfast Giants 5-2 Sheffield Steelers
Stats:
Shots on goal: Giants (On Frank Doyle) 30; Steelers (On Stephen Murphy) 28
Powerplay: Giants: 1/5; Steelers: 0/4
Attendance: 4500 (estimated)
Referee: Mike Hicks; Linesmen: Gordon Pirry and Ally Flockhart
Highlights here: http://www.belfastgiants.com/archives/highlights-as-five-star-belfast-giants-defeat-sheffield-steelers/
Steelers slip again for disappointing thump by Blaze...
Both Sheffield Steelers and Coventry Blaze are having mixed seasons so far so this game could've gone any way. Last time they met, Blaze won in overtime so Steelers were looking for revenge.
Things didn't go to plan though for the Steelers as at 10:39, Kenny Kallastrom making it Blazes game!
7:30 into the second, it was Cale Tanaka firing home to have it a one sided game. Steelers though weren't taking this anymore and Nic DiCasmiro sliced the lead in half for 2-1 at 27:30
It was a close one in the third but it was all Blaze, score wise, Steven Chamlers kept Blaze comfy at 33:36 as he made it 3-1 then with 27 seconds left, Russ Cowley sealed it! Final score: Coventry Blaze 4-1 Sheffield Steelers
Stats:
Shots on goal: Blaze (On Frank Doyle) 27; Steelers (On Mike Zacharias) 38
Powerplay: Blaze: 0/5; Steelers: 0/6
Attendance: 2046
Referee: Tom Darnell; Linesmen: Lee Young and Sam Motton
Highlights here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZGD_5mHIOo
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