BREAKING- The EIHL battle is now over and a 6 month competition was ended yesterday in the EIHL playoff final in Nottingham as Sheffield Steelers won against Belfast Giants 3-2 in overtime to win the playoff crown in front of fans from every Elite league team! It was a dramatic final weekend at the Capital FM arena at the playoff party, everywhere you went in Nottingham, hockey fans took over! It was great sights! The entertainment was good off the ice as well as the celebrations inside joined by the action. Even a mascot dance off at a couple of points followed by Orchestra performances! It was all going off at the playoff weekend!
EIHL season goes out with a bang as Drew Fata makes steelers champions!
This was it. The whole EIHL season of thrills and spills, had come down to this! The two remaining teams, Sheffield Steelers and Belfast Giants, had got to the final after one goal gaps in their semi final wins!
The first period was end to end action with both goalies standing tall making key saves going into a big second period in which, all the regulation goals occurred! Giants hopes of a double looked likely when Cody Brookwell got the first strike at 24:24 but not long later Phill Hill tied it up for steelers blasting home a loose puck at 27:36 for 1-1. Both sides were on fire, playing to their strengths and one mistake would cost the trailing team, which would be Steelers as Giants took the lead via Colin Sheilds at 29:48. 2-1. Steelers put their foots down by this point but every chance was denied by the mighty Stephen Murphy for Giants but he was finally beaten as Robert Dowd tied it up at 37:25. This competition was going to the wire, and the third period was action packed once again, but no goals came despite so many opportunities! For Giants especially!
The biggest one of the season was going, to what everyone though, would be a long overtime period. However, it was just 1:34 into the extra 20 minutes when Drew Fata fired up high to win it for steelers and clinch the playoff championship! Final score: (after OT) Belfast Giants 2-3 Sheffield Steelers!
Clan comeback inspires McGrane overtime winner...
The losers of the semi finals met in a third place game early morning on Sunday. Braehead Clan had back up goalie Mike Will in goal for the final game of the season as Flyers came into this one pumping!
Fife held a 4-0 lead at one point in the second period, but Clan caught up to eventually lead 5-4! It had become a battle of the backups in the second when Flyers second keeper Blair Daly took over in nets!
Whilst it was 5-4, Flyers scored two straight to lead 6-5. However, Clan levelled to send the final Scottish derby of the year to overtime when just under 4 minutes in, Ed McGrange fired home the winner!
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