11 Jan 2025, 19:00 | Regular season | Sheffield Arena |
Sheffield Steelers | 5-0 | Coventry Blaze |
Periods: Shots: | 0-0 (11-8) | 4-0 (16-10) | 1-0 (6-11) | Total: 33-29 |
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Referees: #23 Andrew Miller, #50 James Ions  |  Spectators: 6952 |
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Goals and assists
Sheffield Steelers logged their sixth win in a row with a five-goal,
shutout win over Coventry Blaze on Saturday night at the Utilita Arena.
Period
one ended scoreless between the Steelers and Blaze, although the home
side created the better of the chances. Max Golod went through 1-on-0
but couldn’t beat Robson, while a couple of shots just wide, or a good
stop from Mat Robson, kept the Steelers at bay. In the final seconds of
the period, Nick Seitz was left alone in front of Matt Greenfield but
couldn’t quite get his stick on the puck to grab the Blaze the lead.
Four goals in the middle period put the Steelers in complete
control through 40 minutes. Having gone 30 minutes without seeing a
goal, the home crowd were treated to four in just over eight minutes.
Kevin Tansey, playing forward for the night, scored a wonderful solo
goal to open the scoring at 30:06, going coast to coast and beating an
out-stretched Robson. 71 seconds later, a clever pass from Golod to
Daniel Leavens set up the Steelers’ forwards for their second of the
night, while at 33:10 Mitchell Balmas fired home from the point to make
it 3-0. Sasha Guimond jumped into the play to net the Steelers’ fourth
at 38:21 in a period where the home side also saw a shot come back off
the inside of Robson’s post.
Tansey netted his second of the game 3:05 into period three which
is where the scoring ended, but marked a two-goal night for the
stand-in Steelers captain playing as a forward. Greenfield held on for a
29-shot shutout with the Blaze unable to find a way through in the
final period.