Welcome to our latest preview of the latest Steelers games.
It's the final weekend of the regular season and although the top two places have been confirmed, there's still plenty of hockey to be played to see whom finishes where in the top eight. Steelers could finish anywhere between third and seventh, that's how intriguingly poised everything is.
The final weekend begins on Saturday with a home game when we face a team that has struggled all season long, on and off the ice.
The poor old Edinburgh Capitals roll into the House Of Steel; with many people predicting another pummelling for the visitors. It's been another traumatic campaign for those long suffering Capitals fans which before the season started; promised so much with the capture of former NHLer Dmitri Khristich as their new head coach. But as become the norm, it didn't work out and soon the Capitals were being cast adrift at the bottom of the table. Hopes are again high for next season with a new management structure announced this week but one can only feel for the supporters who have witnessed a further year of underachievement.
After playing the Capitals on the Saturday, Steelers conclude their regular season games with a short trip. It's a visit to the following:
We go to the Shelter to face another testing encounter against Ryan Finnerty and his second placed Storm who have exceeded all expectations this season, and are a few people's dark horses to take the play-off crown. The Storm have toughness and skill in abundance which has helped them achieve so much this season, and Steelers will be in for a game when they arrive in Altrincham on Sunday. It won't be an easy way to finish, and Paul Thompson will be hoping his team comes out of it injury-free ahead of play-off action which follows the week after.
My predictions? It will be a routine home win on Saturday, Steelers to win that one 8-1 against those hapless Caps. Sunday will definitely be tougher, Storm to take that one 3-2 after overtime or in a penalty shootout. What about you?
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