07 Dec 2024, 19:00 | Regular season | Sheffield Arena |
Sheffield Steelers | 5-2 | Coventry Blaze |
Periods: Shots: | 2-0 (15-10) | 2-2 (10-16) | 1-0 (10-7) | Total: 35-33 |
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Referees: #20 Pavel Halas, #49 Daniel Ferguson  |  Spectators: 7011 |
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Goals and assists
Sheffield Steelers ended a three-game losing run at the Utilita Arena
with a 5-2 win over Coventry Blaze, steadying themselves after last
weekend's zero-point return.
The home sided opened the scoring on
the powerplay. Excellent passing involving Patrick Walting, Sasha
Guimond and then Mitchell Balmas set up the later for a fine one-timer
past Mat Robson 8:49 into the game.
Six minutes later, a poor
clearance from the Blaze put the puck on the stick of Colton Saucerman
who fed Balmas for his and the Steelers' second of the night. Robson did
well to stop a Daniel Leavens one-timer before the period was out,
while at the other end Matt Greenfield went post to post to deny the
Blaze a goal before the break,
Daniel Ciampini made it 3-0 with a
one-timer in the slot as the Steelers started period two on the
powerplay, but the Blaze weren't out of things. Chase Gresock fed
Alessio Luciani at 23:39 to pull one back for the visitors on the
powerplay, while less than a minute later Michael Regush took Brandon
Alderson's pass and fired into an empty cage to bring the score back to
3-2 at 24:42.
Having got themselves back into things, the Blaze
then switched off as a loose puck allowed Brandon Whistle to skate
through the defensive line and neatly drag and scoop the puck over
Robson to restore the Steelers' two-goal lead just nine seconds later.
Coventry
should have been back to within one before the period was done, but an
incredible scorpion save off Greenfield's skate kept the Steelers two
ahead.
The Blaze had chances in the final period but couldn't find
a way past greenfield. With 2:38 to play, Joona Huttula's shot got
through a crowd of players and Robson to put the Steelers up by three
and kill off the game.