Hi everyone welcome to the first throwback article where I’m going
to look at an old game and I don’t know why I picked this one!
Wednesday 19th October 2005 – Sheffield Steelers v Edinburgh Capitals @ Motorpoint Arena. Face-off: 7.30pm, Challenge Cup
Sheffield Steelers - 9
Warren Tait
Mike Peron
Dan Ceman (2)
Martin Masa (2)
Jonas Lennartsson (2)
Andrew Luciuk
Edinburgh Capitals - 0
The game I picked first was a home game against the Edinburgh Capitals at the Arena on Wednesday 19th October 2005 when we had to beat the Caps by at least 10 goals to progress in the Challenge Cup, this game also saw the return of Tony Hand to Sheffield.
The Steelers were in their Teal Green Jerseys and the Capitals were in their Blue with red shoulders jersey. Lehmann was in goal for the Steelers and Martin Kucera was in goal for the Capitals. The game showed Rod Sarich in the team who is obviously still in this year’s team but I must say the guy looks younger. Mr Shudra also still in the D.
Sheffield started the game the better of the two and was looking to get going fast as they need to win by at least 10 goals to get into the semi-finals, the first big chance of the game fell to Masa as he was on the breakaway but tried to make Kucera make the first move but couldn’t get it past the knee pads. Steelers got the first powerplay of the night and wow Sarich had some pace back then as he skated into the zone before firing a one timer from the blue line straight into the body of Kucera, It really was all Steelers during the first period Lehman didn’t have much to do other than playing the puck at times when the Capitals had cleared down the Ice, Kucera was seeing plenty of rubber as Steelers was finding options through Shudra, Masa, Simpson along with the third line playing had and Warren Tait was unlucky not to open the scoring mid-way through the period. Sheffield finally opened the scoring on with 3:55 left in the 1st period when Warren Tait forced a save out of Kucera but it rebounded back of his stick to open the scoring at 1-0. It was very quickly 2-0 as Simpson shot from the point and forced a rebound out of Kucera and Peron drove the net to lift the wrist shot into the back of the net. Not even a meeting later it should have been 3-0 as Simpson walked in but couldn’t beat the pads of Kucera. But Sheffield went into the 1st break 2-0 up needing another 8 goals to progress after a very one sided period with Kucera keeping the Capitals in the game.
End of the 1st Period: Sheffield Steelers 2-0 Edinburgh Capitals
Sheffield started the second period with their 1st line out to get going fast, even when the Capitals tried to create some offence they would soon lose the puck before they had the opportunity to have a shot on Lehman’s goal. Sheffield didn’t change their approach they carried on pushing up high leaving one D man back on his own because of the amount of goals we needed so we was taking a lot of risks. Danny Ceman would make it 3-0 on 23:59 as Masa somehow picked Ceman out who went top corner and Kucera had no chance with that one. Edinburgh had a great chance to pull one back but the puck went over the stick of the Capital forward with Lehman scrambling to get to the other side of the net. With the Steelers on the delayed penalty Tony hand thought he touched the puck but Masa was found all alone at the back door by assisted by Kent Simpson for his fourth assist of the night so far to tap in for 4-0. Capitals finally created some offence after McPherson forced a great glove save out Lehman that was just after Regan Kelly laid a big hit on Capital’s Lisabeth. With the Steelers on the power play on 33:35 Kucera tried to make the save of Masa but with a loose puck Jonas Lennartsson scored his first Steelers goal to make it 5-0. Capitals did have a golden opportunity with Jim Vickers in possession all alone at the back Jody Lehman stole what should have been a certain goal with 5 minutes left in the second period. With the clock ticking down on the second period Sheffield carried on pressing and just couldn’t break through and would take a 5-0 lead into the third period needing no less than another 5 goals at least.
End of the 2nd Period: Sheffield Steelers 5-0 Edinburgh Capitals
The third period almost started in perfect fashion but with Kucera out of his goal Simpson couldn’t finish into the open goal, of the very next face-off thought the Steelers made it 6-0 49 seconds into the third period Peron played a backhanded pass for Andrew Luciuk to re-direct past Kucera. Lennartsson then went onto score his second of the night just a couple of minutes later assisted by Simpson for his sixth assist of the night Lennartsson was on the breakaway and put it through the five hole of Kucera to make it 7-0 with just under 17 minutes remaining it was very possible and then a strange thing David Lawrence replaced Jody Lehman in between the pipes as Lehman had an equipment problem but would soon return. Peron had a great chance for an eight as he was brought down in front of Kucera but nothing is given to the disbelief of Mike Peron but the Steelers got back on it looking for that 8th goal. Kent Simpson then had a shot cleared of the line to his frustration but he had still been racking up the points as he had already assisted six out of the seven goals. With under 5 minutes remaining Martin Masa skates into the zone and fired a thunderbolt of a back hand past Kucera, it would very quickly be 9-0 with some tick tack passing it left Dan Ceman to shoot into the open goal and it left the Steelers needing 1 more goal with 4 minutes to play. But it would be one goal too many as the Steelers would fall a goal short, they through everything they had at Kucera including pulling Lehman for the extra forward but would unfortunately go out of the challenge cup but was a fantastic effort by the Steelers.
Final Score: Sheffield Steelers 9-0 Edinburgh Capitals
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Wednesday 19th October 2005 – Sheffield Steelers v Edinburgh Capitals @ Motorpoint Arena. Face-off: 7.30pm, Challenge Cup
Sheffield Steelers - 9
Warren Tait
Mike Peron
Dan Ceman (2)
Martin Masa (2)
Jonas Lennartsson (2)
Andrew Luciuk
Edinburgh Capitals - 0
The game I picked first was a home game against the Edinburgh Capitals at the Arena on Wednesday 19th October 2005 when we had to beat the Caps by at least 10 goals to progress in the Challenge Cup, this game also saw the return of Tony Hand to Sheffield.
The Steelers were in their Teal Green Jerseys and the Capitals were in their Blue with red shoulders jersey. Lehmann was in goal for the Steelers and Martin Kucera was in goal for the Capitals. The game showed Rod Sarich in the team who is obviously still in this year’s team but I must say the guy looks younger. Mr Shudra also still in the D.
Sheffield started the game the better of the two and was looking to get going fast as they need to win by at least 10 goals to get into the semi-finals, the first big chance of the game fell to Masa as he was on the breakaway but tried to make Kucera make the first move but couldn’t get it past the knee pads. Steelers got the first powerplay of the night and wow Sarich had some pace back then as he skated into the zone before firing a one timer from the blue line straight into the body of Kucera, It really was all Steelers during the first period Lehman didn’t have much to do other than playing the puck at times when the Capitals had cleared down the Ice, Kucera was seeing plenty of rubber as Steelers was finding options through Shudra, Masa, Simpson along with the third line playing had and Warren Tait was unlucky not to open the scoring mid-way through the period. Sheffield finally opened the scoring on with 3:55 left in the 1st period when Warren Tait forced a save out of Kucera but it rebounded back of his stick to open the scoring at 1-0. It was very quickly 2-0 as Simpson shot from the point and forced a rebound out of Kucera and Peron drove the net to lift the wrist shot into the back of the net. Not even a meeting later it should have been 3-0 as Simpson walked in but couldn’t beat the pads of Kucera. But Sheffield went into the 1st break 2-0 up needing another 8 goals to progress after a very one sided period with Kucera keeping the Capitals in the game.
End of the 1st Period: Sheffield Steelers 2-0 Edinburgh Capitals
Sheffield started the second period with their 1st line out to get going fast, even when the Capitals tried to create some offence they would soon lose the puck before they had the opportunity to have a shot on Lehman’s goal. Sheffield didn’t change their approach they carried on pushing up high leaving one D man back on his own because of the amount of goals we needed so we was taking a lot of risks. Danny Ceman would make it 3-0 on 23:59 as Masa somehow picked Ceman out who went top corner and Kucera had no chance with that one. Edinburgh had a great chance to pull one back but the puck went over the stick of the Capital forward with Lehman scrambling to get to the other side of the net. With the Steelers on the delayed penalty Tony hand thought he touched the puck but Masa was found all alone at the back door by assisted by Kent Simpson for his fourth assist of the night so far to tap in for 4-0. Capitals finally created some offence after McPherson forced a great glove save out Lehman that was just after Regan Kelly laid a big hit on Capital’s Lisabeth. With the Steelers on the power play on 33:35 Kucera tried to make the save of Masa but with a loose puck Jonas Lennartsson scored his first Steelers goal to make it 5-0. Capitals did have a golden opportunity with Jim Vickers in possession all alone at the back Jody Lehman stole what should have been a certain goal with 5 minutes left in the second period. With the clock ticking down on the second period Sheffield carried on pressing and just couldn’t break through and would take a 5-0 lead into the third period needing no less than another 5 goals at least.
End of the 2nd Period: Sheffield Steelers 5-0 Edinburgh Capitals
The third period almost started in perfect fashion but with Kucera out of his goal Simpson couldn’t finish into the open goal, of the very next face-off thought the Steelers made it 6-0 49 seconds into the third period Peron played a backhanded pass for Andrew Luciuk to re-direct past Kucera. Lennartsson then went onto score his second of the night just a couple of minutes later assisted by Simpson for his sixth assist of the night Lennartsson was on the breakaway and put it through the five hole of Kucera to make it 7-0 with just under 17 minutes remaining it was very possible and then a strange thing David Lawrence replaced Jody Lehman in between the pipes as Lehman had an equipment problem but would soon return. Peron had a great chance for an eight as he was brought down in front of Kucera but nothing is given to the disbelief of Mike Peron but the Steelers got back on it looking for that 8th goal. Kent Simpson then had a shot cleared of the line to his frustration but he had still been racking up the points as he had already assisted six out of the seven goals. With under 5 minutes remaining Martin Masa skates into the zone and fired a thunderbolt of a back hand past Kucera, it would very quickly be 9-0 with some tick tack passing it left Dan Ceman to shoot into the open goal and it left the Steelers needing 1 more goal with 4 minutes to play. But it would be one goal too many as the Steelers would fall a goal short, they through everything they had at Kucera including pulling Lehman for the extra forward but would unfortunately go out of the challenge cup but was a fantastic effort by the Steelers.
Final Score: Sheffield Steelers 9-0 Edinburgh Capitals
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