As usual we have something from our Junior Members. We've got not just one, but two, reports from Sunday's game. Double treat, eh? So we're going to publish one tonight and the other tomorrow.
Hope you enjoy these perspectives.
On Sunday 26th of November the Sheffield Steelers welcomed the Coventry Blaze into 'The House Of Steel' for their 3rd meeting this season. Last time the Blaze were in town the Steelers took the 2 points by beating them 5-2. However, when the met in the SkyDome the Blaze took the 2 points with a 5-1 defeat for the Steelers.
This was the first home game after winning 2 out of the 3 games in Denmark confirming the Steelers place super finals of the Continental Cup. The referee for the game was Jan Schmejkal accompanied by linesmen Paul Staniforth and Ilia Kisil.
The first 5 minutes of the first period were pretty even with just 1 penalty that was called on Coventry's 41, Adam Courchaine for delaying the game at 3:24. No goals came as an outcome of the home side's powerplay. The period really started to heat up 6:16 in when Andreas Jämtin took a stick to the face and there was no penalty going to be made on the play, Zack Fitzgerald noticed this and didn't like this so went after Blaze's number 7 Dax Lauwers. There was a bit of a punch up against the boards but Fitzgerald came out on top. Schmejkal had a tough decision on his hands: deciding what penalties to give and to who. After a long chat with all the on-ice officials the outcome was, Lauwers received a 2+10 for checking to the head and a further 5 minutes for fighting. Fitzgerald received a 5 minute major penalty for fighting as well as a 2+10 for instigator.
This was the first home game after winning 2 out of the 3 games in Denmark confirming the Steelers place super finals of the Continental Cup. The referee for the game was Jan Schmejkal accompanied by linesmen Paul Staniforth and Ilia Kisil.
The first 5 minutes of the first period were pretty even with just 1 penalty that was called on Coventry's 41, Adam Courchaine for delaying the game at 3:24. No goals came as an outcome of the home side's powerplay. The period really started to heat up 6:16 in when Andreas Jämtin took a stick to the face and there was no penalty going to be made on the play, Zack Fitzgerald noticed this and didn't like this so went after Blaze's number 7 Dax Lauwers. There was a bit of a punch up against the boards but Fitzgerald came out on top. Schmejkal had a tough decision on his hands: deciding what penalties to give and to who. After a long chat with all the on-ice officials the outcome was, Lauwers received a 2+10 for checking to the head and a further 5 minutes for fighting. Fitzgerald received a 5 minute major penalty for fighting as well as a 2+10 for instigator.
Play returned to 5-on-5 as all penalties were coincidental. The Sheffield fans and team got motivated from this, the chants became louder and the Steelers got themselves on the scoreboard 6:37 into the period. The goal was scored by Robert Dowd with assists coming from Levi Nelson and Andreas Valdix. Luke Ferrara then sat a 2 minute penalty for hooking at 7:24. The Steelers used their 1 man advantage to great effect and after 1:04 had gone on the powerplay they bagged their second of the night, the same line scored this but Valdix buried the puck this time with help from Nelson and Dowd.
The next few minutes were pretty flat and momentum was swinging both ways. At 9:18 the home side scored their 3rd of the night. Colton Fretter was awarded the goal with Tim Wallace and Andreas Jämtin getting the assists. The piece of play before this goal was phenomenal with great work from Wallace to set the goal up. After a timeout Blaze got on the board than to a goal from Vallerand, assisted Bebris and Robinson. The period ended 3-1 in favour of the home side.
The second period was rather flat with Blaze netminder Kevin Nastiuk keeping his side in it. The final period carried on as the previous period ended. However, some frustration started to show in some players. This became apparent when commotion was caused between Steelers' Colton Fretter and Blaze's Danick Paquette. The initial penalties were that they were both going to sit 2 for roughing but that changed when Paquette pushed one of the linesmen, he was then given a 10 minute misconduct penalty for abuse of an official, he went straight back to the changing room despite this even being timed at 47:45 meaning there was 12:15 remaining in the game.
The second period was rather flat with Blaze netminder Kevin Nastiuk keeping his side in it. The final period carried on as the previous period ended. However, some frustration started to show in some players. This became apparent when commotion was caused between Steelers' Colton Fretter and Blaze's Danick Paquette. The initial penalties were that they were both going to sit 2 for roughing but that changed when Paquette pushed one of the linesmen, he was then given a 10 minute misconduct penalty for abuse of an official, he went straight back to the changing room despite this even being timed at 47:45 meaning there was 12:15 remaining in the game.
The final incident in this game was a really worrying one for all in FlyDSA Arena on Sunday as Zack Fitzgerald blocked a slapshot but with his face. An ambulance pulled up to the Arena to take Fitzgerald to the hospital. In post game interviews Paul Thompson expressed that he was worried about Fitzgerald's injury as he claimed there was lots of damage. He was hoping it was just missing teeth and no broken jaw or more damage that that.
Despite the recent injury with Zack the mood was lifted with an incredible and humourous 'Eddy' by a well deserved man of the match, Jonas Westerling. The Sheffield Steelers will travel up to Dundee on Wednesday and will take on the Dundee Stars in a league game. We wish the guys all the best for their away game and wish Fitzy the best and speediest recovery and hope to see him back fit soon.
Despite the recent injury with Zack the mood was lifted with an incredible and humourous 'Eddy' by a well deserved man of the match, Jonas Westerling. The Sheffield Steelers will travel up to Dundee on Wednesday and will take on the Dundee Stars in a league game. We wish the guys all the best for their away game and wish Fitzy the best and speediest recovery and hope to see him back fit soon.
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