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MK Lightning 3 Steeldogs 1
The
Bradfield Brewery Sheffield Steeldogs played their 2nd away fixture of the
weekend on Sunday when they visited Milton Keynes to take on the Lightning. The
team travelled without banned Pattison, Brownley and the injured Duncombe.
MK got off to a blistering start, on the first shift with Cownie shooting the puck into the roof of the net. The Steeldogs were stunned and played nervously. Minutes later Lee Haywood tried to catch a puck and missed letting Kostourek in on an easy 1 on 1, he didn’t need as second chance. The Steeldogs were 2 – 0 down within 5 minutes. With 10.30 gone Payette and Wiggins had a stand up fight, Andre landing the better punches. Both players were sent for a 5 minute cool down. The Steeldogs worked to get back into the game. There were a few hearts in mouth moments for the Sheffield supporters, highlighted when Sedlar robbed Cownie following a panic.
The second period was more competitive. One or two defensive errors went unpunished with Sedlar was pulling off another world beating save on a 2 on 0, Cownie had an absolute gilt edged chance with loads of time on a breakaway but once again Sedlar saved. MK created several opportunities that could have had the puck in the net. The Steeldogs had more chances too, Ozolins skating through, Korhon taking shots but Wall was matching them all. McPherson took offence to a hit from Elliott and chased him down for a fight. During this middle period Ben Morgan took a puck to the face and skated from the action to be stitched up.
In the third period of the game the Steeldogs certainly came out with the bit between their teeth and their determination and pressure paid off when on 44.59 Ozolins capitalised on some good work to get the Dogs on the scoreboard. The team started to gain momentum and Korhon, Ozolins, Wood all had good opportunities, supported by their line mates. Gibson was filling in defence for Morgan until he returned to the game sporting his injury. The home team kept the visitors at bay until Hook sprang free after the Dogs lost an offensive zone face-off and tore through to make it 3-1. A determined MK team made sure this was the final score.
After the game Andre Payette had this to say:
"We
battled hard last night in Basingstoke, we then hit road works and didn't get
back till 3am and then we were back at it today, back on the road. The first
five minutes cost us the game, after that it was a 1-1 game, I think Lubo hit
five posts, Ozi hit four.
“The guys worked hard but without Duncs and then Morgs got injured so you're down two D and having to put a forward on D. We outshot them but we just didn't score the goals we needed. Dali did a great job to keep us in the game but score one goal and you're not going to win.
“We’ll get back to work on Tuesday; we need a home game as it’s been a long road trip without any bounces. We are at home against Bracknell on Sunday and we need our crowd there, we need people behind us. We need a real positive night against Bracknell; the guys are working their tails off so please get behind them. We are still not out of this 7th place battle".
Steeldogs vs Bees, Sunday March 1st, 5.30 face-off, iceSheffield
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