Match Report: 12.10.2014 - Stingrays v Steelers CC

Sunday 12^th October 2014 – Hull Stingrays (1-2-0) v Sheffield Steelers (5-1-1) @ Hull Arena. Face-off: 6pm, Challenge Cup

Hull Stingrays – 2
Jordan Mayer
Eric Galbraith

Sheffield Steelers – 3
Jason Hewitt
Michael Forney
Cullen Eddy PP

Sheffield travelled to Hull for their final challenge cup group game 3 days after beating them in Sheffield young Luke Ferrara was playing with Peterborough so Sheffield gave a debut to 16 year old Jack Dransfield but the Yorkshire derby got underway with Liam Sewell in the middle and he was to have an interesting game to say the least. It was Sheffield who started the better as Mark Thomas picked out Forney with a great cross ice pass only for Brown to get the slightest of touches to put his effort wide but it would be Sheffield who scored the first goal of the game when on 3:32 assisted by Latulippe and Eddy who both forced some good saves out of David Brown from in front of goal for Jason Hewitt to tap shoot from the right of goal to score his fourth goal of the season. Then from the restart Colton Fretter was denied by Brown after skating in front of goal and then not ten seconds later Fretter laid down a big hit on Larke against the boards which almost started a line brawl and to the disgust of the home support they wasn’t happy with the hit. Colton Fretter however would receive a two minute penalty for slashing and then five plus game penalty for boarding which would give Hull a seven minute powerplay at 5:25 Matthew Davies and Mathieu Roy also received roughing penalty’s for the coming together of the teams but Sheffield would have to play the rest of the game a man down and it will be interesting to see if the Steelers forward receives a ban in the week. Hull just wasn’t able to make the breakthrough as Doyle was in fine form as was the Sheffield penalty kill and they would kill all seven minutes to the delight of the travelling support. Both netminders would have to be on form performing some cracking saves as Hull also missed two golden opportunities from the door step which only needed the slightest touch to level the score but luck was on the visitor’s side and Sheffield would take the lead into the break.

End of the 1st Period: Hull Stingrays 0–1 Sheffield Steelers

Shots on Goal: Stingrays 8-8 Steelers

So we had a very interesting first period and we had more of the same to come as it was becoming a very gritty performance by both teams. Hull would get an early chance on the man advantage but again were un-able to get on the boards as Doyle showed great reactions to dash to the right of goal to deny Davies as the puck bounced awkwardly of the glass but Hull would level the scoring on 23:!6 as Jordan Mayer assisted by Larke and Tanaka showed some clever stick handling to beat the Steelers defence and Frank Doyle at his near post and that was the Hull forwards seventh goal of the season so far after also scoring against the Steelers in midweek as well. Both teams were getting stuck in and showing the fans what they like to see passion both sides were laying down hits taking penalties and if it wasn’t for Frank Doyle and David Brown probably and should have been a few more goals in this period. It wasn’t Sheffield’s best performance in the middle session as since Fretter had been ejected from the game had struggled in the final 3^rd as Hull had seemed to get under their skins but with Hull killing a penalty with just over five minutes left Matthew Davies jumped out of the box and found himself on the breakaway to give the Stingrays the lead but Doyle had his number and denied him with the leg pads when at the other end Mathieu Roy was denied by the posts and not for the first time this week, but the Yorkshire derby would be level at 1-1 at the end of the 2^nd period and it really was anyone’s game at the moment.
End of the 2nd Period: Hull Stingrays 1–1 Sheffield Steelers

Shots on Goal: Stingrays 7–7 Steelers

Third period got underway with the scores level at 1-1 with a gritty performance by both teams and we was in for more of the same after Lauzon had missed a great chance to put the home side ahead Eddy saw the puck bounce over his stick from a rebound as Baldwin shot but in the very next attack the Steelers did take the lead again on 46:52 as Mike Forney to the left of Brown skates into the face-off circle before firing his 9th of the season through the five hole of David Brown to give Sheffield a 2-1 lead and almost scored a second of the game as Baldwin threw the puck in front of goal but it was just too far for the Steelers forward to reach and Forney brought out the skills to the delight of the travelling fans before Mosienko took a hooking penalty but it would soon be levelled up as Turcotte was sent to sit down for holding and if it wasn’t for some fantastic defensive play by Thomas and Sarich the Stingrays probably would have levelled the game through Tanaka but as Mosienko jumped onto the Ice to the put the Steelers on the powerplay Cullen Eddy found himself in possession of the puck on the right before firing one hell of a rock low and hard past the right leg of Brown to put the Steelers 3-1 up on 51:56 cue the Eddy chants. But that wasn’t the end of the scoring as Hull pulled a second back on 54:35 as Eric Galbraith scored his second goal against the Steelers in a week after Carl Lauzon saw is shot padded away Galbraith finished the job tapping in from the right of Doyle’s goal. The game should have been level not long after as Cory Tanaka missed a golden opportunity in front of goal with the clock ticking down it kicked off again with another line brawl in a fashion as a Stingray went down Sewell had his hand up but both lines came together and Turcotte was laying into Roy but Eddy jumped in and dropped the gloves laying several punches on the Stingrays big man before putting him on the Ice, Both were thrown out of the game with 1:51 left as Roy was sent to the box for roughing to put Stingrays on the man advantage for the remainder of the game but as Eddy left the Ice he had his hands up in the air in front of the home support celebrating cue the Eddy chants once again but Sheffield would kill the penalty as Hull pulled Brown as well and they would take the four point weekend as well as top of the group and a game against the Dundee Stars in the quarter-finals of the cup in the new year.
Shots on Goal: Stingrays 10–12 Steelers

FINAL SCORE: Hull Stingrays 2–3 Sheffield Steelers

Boxscore (1st-2nd-3rd-OT-[PIM]-{PP}-S)

Hull          - 0-1-1-0-[37]-{0/4}-25

Sheffield - 1-0-2-0-[82]-{1/4}-27

Hull Man of the Match: #26 Matthew Davies
Sheffield Man of the Match: #15 Mathieu Roy

Hull Points Round Up:- 6 Points
Cory Tanaka (0+1), Carl Lauzon (0+1), Brendan Jamison (0+1), Matt Larke (0+1), Eric Galbraith (1+0), Jordan Mayer (1+0)

Sheffield Points Round Up:- 9 Points

Cullen Eddy (1+1), Michael Forney (1+0), Mathieu Roy (0+1), Jason Hewitt (1+0), Jay Latulippe (0+1), Rodney Sarich (0+1), Mark Thomas (0+1), Darrell Hay (0+1)

Referee: #34 Liam Sewell

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Linesman: #36 Phil Sewell

Linesman: #30 Luke Palmer

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