Match Report: 28.3.2015 - Flyers v Steelers PLAYOFFS

Saturday 28^th March 2015 – Fife Flyers (0-0) v Sheffield Steelers (0-0) @ Fife Ice Arena. Face-off: 7:15pm, EIHL Playoff Quarter-Final 1^st Leg

Fife Flyers – 2

Jamie Milam - 2^nd

Ned Lukacevic - 3^rd

Sheffield Steelers – 3
Michael Forney - 2^nd

Colton Fretter - 2^nd

Robert Dowd - 3^rd

Steelers travelled up to Kirkcaldy for their quarter-final 1^st leg and really had to weather the storm in the 1^st period as the atmosphere was just so intimidating and the home side really fed of it but Unice was just outstanding all game and both teams went into the break all square.

End of the 1st Period: Fife Flyers 0–0 Sheffield Steelers

Shots on Goal: Flyers 6-2 Steelers

Fife opened the scoring at 27:03 when nice move by Jordan Fulton was finished off by Jamie Milam at the back door to make it 1-0 and there wasn’t really anything Unice could have done to prevent the goal. The lead didn’t last too long though as Steelers levelled at 28:53 when Michael Forney was inside the face-off circle to the left of Regan and he fired low beating Regan assisted by Kohn and Hay. Sheffield took the lead at 37:41 when Mathieu Roy picked up the puck in the neutral zone and skating into the Fife zone laying off Colton Fretter who fired a sweet snapshot past Regan for 2-1. Sheffield managed to hold on taking a 2-1 lead into the 2^nd intermission.
End of the 2nd Period: Fife Flyers 1–2 Sheffield Steelers

Shots on Goal: Flyers 12–10 Steelers

In the third period it was real end to end stuff with both keepers having to make exceptional saves the pick of the bunch coming from Josh Unice who managed to save down low from Fulton at the back door when the flyers man looked certain to score. Fife levelled the scores at 2-2 at 54:20 when Ned Lukacevic was picked out in between the circles finishing low from in front of Josh Unice but the home side couldn’t hold on and at 59:26 assisted by Roy and Eddy it was Robert Dowd that got the decisive touch that beat Regan and won the game for the Steelers with them taking a 1 goal lead into the 2^nd leg.
Shots on Goal: Flyers 8–8 Steelers

FINAL SCORE: Fife Flyers 2–3 Sheffield Steelers

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

Fife           - 0-1-1-0-[0]-{0/0}-26

Sheffield - 0-2-1-0-[0]-{0/0}-20

Fife Man of the Match: #60 Jamie Milam

Sheffield Man of the Match: #75 Robert Dowd

Fife Points Round Up: - 4 Points

Ned Lukacevic (1+0), Matt Reber (0+1), Jordan Fulton (0+1), Jamie Milam (1+0)

Sheffield Points Round Up: - 8 Points

Cullen Eddy (0+1), Michael Forney (1+0), Mathieu Roy (0+2), Dustin Kohn (0+1), Colton Fretter (1+0), Darrell Hay (0+1), Robert Dowd (1+0)

Referee: #9 Tom Darnell

Referee: #16 Toby Craig

Linesman: #31 Ally Flockhart

Linesman: #25 Andy Dalton

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