Match Report: 29.3.2015 - Steelers v Flyers PLAYOFFS

Sunday 29^th March 2015 – Sheffield Steelers (1-0) v Fife Flyers (0-1) @ Motorpoint Arena. Face-off: 5pm, EIHL Playoff Quarter-Final 2^nd Leg

Sheffield Steelers – 3 (6)

Mathieu Roy - 1st

Robert Dowd (2) - 1st, 2nd

Fife Flyers – 3 (5)
Stephen Gunn - 2nd

Jordan Fulton - 3rd

Danny Stewart - 3rd

Second leg of the playoff quarter-final and Steelers started fast at 1:18 Mathieu Roy fired a brilliant shot from the point and the puck went straight through Regan for 1-0 lead.  Sheffield made it 2-0 at 14:32 when Mosienko won a faceoff to Regan’s left and straight off the draw Dowd fired a one timer past Regan for his second of the playoffs and suddenly Fife had a mountain to climb. Sheffield had a chance to score a third when they broke 3v1 but Regan managed to deny the home side and Steelers went into the break 2-0 up on the night.

End of the 1st Period: Sheffield Steelers (5) 2–0 (2) Fife Flyers

Shots on Goal: Steelers 10-7 Flyers

Into the second period and it was a really turning into a good series as there was end to end hockey with lots of physicality and both teams really wanted to make it to Nottingham. Sheffield made it 3-0 at 32:20 when Robert Dowd was picked out in between the circles and fired a nicely taken snap shot past Regan. The visitors broke the shut-out bid at 36:37 when it looked like Stephen Gunn in front of Unice managed to get a tip on the puck to make it 3-1 to the home side and that’s how it stayed going into the break.
End of the 2nd Period: Sheffield Steelers (6) 3–1 (3) Fife Flyers

Shots on Goal: Steelers 12–9 Flyers

Fife really made a game of it in the third period scoring their second of the night at 48:40 when Flyers broke down the left and the shot looked like it deflected off a skate and past Unice, didn’t look deliberate so a good goal and Jordan Fulton was credited with the goal to make it 3-2. Almost straight away Chris Auger hit a one timer out of mid-air against the post and Sheffield was really shaken. At 54:55 Flyers levelled the game and straight off the draw Danny Stewart dragged the puck onto the blue line and then shot through traffic beating Unice and we had a 3-3 game but Fife were still down a goal on aggregate. Sheffield managed to hold on winning the tie 6-5 on aggregate and booking a place in the playoff finals weekend in Nottingham but credit has to go to the Fife Flyers who didn’t give up but unfortunately someone has to get knocked out.
Shots on Goal: Steelers 9–16 Flyers

FINAL SCORE: Sheffield Steelers (6) 3–3 (5) Fife Flyers

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

Sheffield - 2-1-0-0-[6]-{0/3}-31

Fife          - 0-1-2-0-[22]-{0/0}-32

Sheffield Man of the Match: #75 Robert Dowd

Fife Man of the Match: #39 Danny Stewart

Sheffield Points Round Up: - 7 Points

Michael Forney (0+1), Mathieu Roy (1+0), Jonathan Phillips (0+1), Tyler Mosienko (0+1), Dustin Kohn (0+1), Robert Dowd (2+0)

Fife Points Round Up: - 6 Points

Thomas Muir (0+1), Stephen Gunn (1+0), Jordan Fulton (1+0), Danny Stewart (1+1), Chris Auger (0+1)

Referee: #19 Rab Cowan

Referee: #16 Toby Craig

Linesman: #30 Luke Palmer

Linesman: #22 Paul Staniforth

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