Champions League Quarter Finals recap
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24 Feb 2019, 17:30 | Regular season | Altrincham Ice Dome | |||||||
Manchester Storm | 5-4 | Sheffield Steelers | |||||
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Referees: Blake Copeland/Chris Wells  |  Spectators: 1829 | |||||||
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01:20 | | | home | | | | | 1-0 | | | Luke Moffatt (Harrison Ruopp, Rob Linsmayer) | |
04:05 | | | away | | | | | 1-1 | | | Eric Neiley (Tanner Eberle) | |
05:03 | | | away | | | | | 1-2 | | | Evan McGrath (Ryan Martinelli, Jonathan Phillips) | |
13:08 | | | home | | | | | 2-2 | | | Ciaran Long (Felix-Antoine Poulin, Logan MacMillan) | |
21:52 | | | home | | | | | 3-2 | | | Luke Moffatt (Rob Linsmayer, Harrison Ruopp) | |
33:14 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 4-2 | | | Ciaran Long (Mike Hammond, Dallas Ehrhardt) |
40:27 | | | away | | | | | 4-3 | | | Tom Zanoski (John Armstrong, Robert Dowd) | |
44:43 | | | away | | | | | 4-4 | | | Jonathan Phillips (David Phillips, Evan McGrath) | |
57:37 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 5-4 | | | Mike Hammond (Dane Byers, Ciaran Long) |
Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
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Dylan Anderson | | | | | | | | | ||||
Shane Bakker | | | | | | | | | ||||
Declan Balmer | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
Adam Barnes | | | | | | | | | ||||
Marcus Basara | | | | | | | | | ||||
Chance Braid | | | | | | | | | ||||
Dane Byers | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | ||
Dallas Ehrhardt | | | | | 1 | | | | | |||
Mike Hammond | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | ||
Rob Linsmayer | | | | | 2 | | | | | |||
Ciaran Long | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | ||
Logan MacMillan | | | | | 1 | | | 4 | | | ||
Luke Moffatt | | | 2 | | | | | 12 | | | ||
Felix-Antoine Poulin | | | | | 1 | | | | | |||
Harrison Ruopp | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | ||
Riley Stadel | | | | | | | | | ||||
Sam Zajac | | | | | | | | |
Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
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John Armstrong | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | ||
Kieran Brown | | | | | | | | | ||||
Anthony DeLuca | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
Robert Dowd | | | | | 1 | | | | | |||
Tanner Eberle | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | ||
Jonas Fredriksson | | | | | | | | | ||||
Jordan Griffin | | | | | | | | | ||||
Aaron Johnson | | | | | | | | | ||||
Ryan Martinelli | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | ||
Josh McFadden | | | | | | | | | ||||
Evan McGrath | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | ||
Eric Neiley | | | 1 | | | | | 4 | | | ||
Ben O’Connor | | | | | | | | | ||||
David Phillips | | | | | 1 | | | 12 | | | ||
Jonathan Phillips | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 4 | | | |
Josh Pitt | | | | | | | | | ||||
Jonas Westerling | | | | | | | | | ||||
Brandon Whistle | | | | | | | | | ||||
Tom Zanoski | | | 1 | | | | | | |
Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
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Bradley Day | | | | | | | | | ||||
Jackson Whistle | | | 30 | | | 5 | | | 58:35 | | | 83.33 |
In what their Head Coach Ryan Finnerty described as a ‘Game 7’, Manchester Storm scored two goals inside the last ten minutes to edge past Sheffield and go back into the playoff places.
Luke Moffatt gave the home side the lead after 80 seconds, but that was cancelled out at 4:05 by Eric Neiley for the Steelers who then took the lead themselves 58 seconds later through Evan McGrath. Ciaran Long tied the game up at two each just past the 13 minute mark as the sides headed into the first break level.
Moffatt needed 112 seconds to put the Storm back in the lead at the beginning of period two, an advantage that they held through to 40 minutes. With 27 seconds played in the third Tom Zanoski tied the game up, and then Jonathan Phillips put the visitors back ahead at 44:43. The home side were however to turn the game around inside the last ten minutes with two powerplay goals – first Long grabbing his second of the night at 53:14, and then Mike Hammond firing a wrist-shot through traffic on a 5-on-3 with what proved to be the game winner goal at 57:37.
The win lifts the Storm into the playoff place, level however on points with Coventry, while the Steelers stay four points clear.
Czech Rep.: Tipsport extraliga | 1.liga | 2.liga
Slovakia: Tipsport Extraliga | 1.liga
Sweden: SHL | HockeyAllsvenskan
Other: EBEL | Belarus | Croatia | Denmark | Estonia | France | Great Britain | Iceland | Italy | Latvia | Lithuania | MOL-liga | Norway | Poland | Romania | Serbia | Slovenia | Spain | NHL | AHL |
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