Match Report: 22.11.2014 - Clan v Steelers EIHL

Saturday 22^nd November 2014 – Braehead Clan (11-6-1) v Sheffield Steelers (12-3-0) @ Braehead Arena. Face-off: 7pm, Elite League

After winning 2-0 the night before to go top of the league, Sheffield were in action against Braehead again as game two of three for the weekend.

Braehead Clan – 5
Matt Keith - 2nd PP

Stefan Meyer - 3rd

Neil Trimm - 3rd PP

Derek Roehl - 3rd

Matt Haywood - 3rd ENG

Sheffield Steelers – 3
Darrell Hay - 2nd

Robert Dowd - 2nd

Jay Latulippe - 3rd

Clan started the game fast and were looking to get of their three game losing streak and they thought they was ahead early on as Frank Doyle performed a fantastic save to deny Braehead of the goal line and not long after that Trimm played it to Meyer who tipped it on goal and Clan thought it was in but Doyle had it comfortably in his glove. Sheffield came close early doors when Baldwin sent a cross ice pass to Forney who threw one in front of goal and Roy was inches from tipping it past Jones. Braehead then got two opportunities on the 5 on 3 in a row but some fantastic penalty killing by the Steelers was on show keeping them to the edges but it was hard for the visitors as they struggled to get a line change. There would then be several penalties called and while 4v4 Roehl found himself on the breakaway but Doyle saved well with the legs pads but it was offside. It was a very stop start period but was very entertaining with both Netminders making some fantastic saves but it would be all square at the break.

End of the 1st Period: Braehead Clan 0–0 Sheffield Steelers

Shots on Goal: Clan 10-7 Steelers

Second period got underway and Braehead were on the attack early on at Doyle took a shot straight into the body, Clan killed an early penalty and with it back to even strength at 24:05 Sheffield opened the scoring when Mosienko turned and gave it to Hay in between the circles who shot brilliantly over the left shoulder of Jones for 1-0. Braehead carried on coming but Sheffield's defence was looking up to the job firstly when Esders was trying for one in on the doorstep and then Clan broke 3v2 and Doyle saved of Keith before Salters saw his shot blocked on the line by Hay or O'Connor. Steelers came close on the power play when O'Connor saw a wicked slap shot come of the blocker of Jones. Doyle was outstanding for a second night in a row keeping out Keith, Esders and Haywood I'm a matter of minutes with the clock ticking down there was a bad hit by Roehl on Fretter and Mathieu Roy didn't hesitate in jumping in to protect his team mate and he would receive 2+2 for his trouble and Roehl would get 2+10 for checking from behind and it would put Clan on the man advantage and straight of the draw it was Matt Keith who tipped it past Doyle from in front to level the game at 38:28. But it didn't take long for the Steelers to restore the lead when at 39:30 Jones saved of a Steeler and O'Connor made a great move to pass to Dowd who turned and fired from the point to take the Steelers into the break with a 2-1 lead.
End of the 2nd Period: Braehead Clan 1–2 Sheffield Steelers

Shots on Goal: Clan 7–17 Steelers

After a slight delay to the third period after a few Ice repairs Braehead were soon tied when Stefan Meyer skated down the right and his back hand very luckily crept past Doyle at his near post at 41:30. With just 12 minutes left in the game Braehead found themselves on the power play again and at 48:06 made it count when Neil Trimm finished off at the back door for 3-2. There was then another incident when a Eddy pushed Salters of Doyle and then Doyle had his gloves and helmet of ready to fight and Eddy was interested and only received a 10 minute misconduct when it should have been 2+10 and then Eddy and Latulippe somehow ended up in the box and it put us on a 5 on 3 penalty kill when it shouldn't have been and despite killing it we didn't have our players back in position and Derek Roehl had an easy back door tap in for 4-2 at 52:25. Into the last two minutes Frank Doyle was pulled for an extra attacker to try and get back into the game and an Eddy mistake gave the puck to Haywood who shot into the empty net at 58:57 for 5-2 but it was Sheffield who ended the scoring with 5 seconds left on the clock a Clan giveaway let in Latulippe one on one and he coolly slotted past Jones for end the game in a 5-3 defeat, when Latulippe scored it forces a reaction off Chris Frank who was having a pop at the Steelers man thought it was very sportsmanlike myself. So two points out of four from Braehead and we travel back to the arena to face Coventry to try and end the weekend on a high.

Shots on Goal: Clan 10–11 Steelers

FINAL SCORE: Braehead Clan 5–3 Sheffield Steelers

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

Braehead - 0-1-4-0-[34]-{2/8}-27

Sheffield  - 0-2-1-0-[22]-{0/5}-35

Braehead Man of the Match: #14 Derek Roehl
Sheffield Man of the Match: #81 Ben O'Connor

Braehead Points Round Up: - 13 Points
Jamie Fritsch (0+1), Scott Aarssen (0+1), Matt Keith (1+0), Stefan Meyer (1+0), Matt Haywood (1+0), Derek Roehl (1+0), Lee Esders (0+1), Neil Trimm (1+1), Leigh Salters (0+1), Tristan Harper (0+1), Scott Pitt (0+2)

Sheffield Points Round Up: - 5 Points

Jay Latulippe (1+0), Jonathan Phillips (0+1), Darrell Hay (1+0), Robert Dowd (1+0), Ben O'Connor (0+1)

Referee: #16 Toby Craig

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Linesman: #47 Gregor Mizen

Linesman: #18 Alan Ward

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