Welcome to the second report from the Frozen Steel Junior fan base. Hope you enjoy this as well as the previous one.
In the eyes of a Junior Member
this has been a pretty hectic week. With last weekend the Steelers triumphing
in Europe coming second in their group to earn a place in the final four teams
of the competition. However, in midweek we somehow managed to send Twitter alight with Pollgate yet we vow to never talk about the latter again.
With the
Steelers getting thrashed 7-2 in Milton Keynes the night before the Blaze game
at home on a Sunday night was an excellent opportunity to patch over those
wounds. Brady Ramsay was scratched again for the Steelers, causing a few
questions to be raised amongst the Steelers fan base. The first
period was the only period with any proper excitement. A spell of three minutes
saw the Steelers see past a short benched Coventry side, to gain a vital two
points towards winning the league.
An early
incident saw Jämtin get checked to the head with Fitzgerald climbing in on Lauwers less than five seconds later, to let him know that hits like that are
just not on. That saw both sit 17 minutes for that one particular incident,
referee Schmejkal setting the tone for what was to be a very physical game.
The Blaze
were punished for dirtiness less than a minute later however. Robert Dowd
slotted in at the back post from a feed from Valdix to send the Steelers on
their way to a comfortable win. Just moments later, Valdix smashed one into the
roof of the goal with Nastiuk getting absolutely no where near it. The Blaze
keeper moaned about interference in a hope to get the goal washed out, yet nothing was to come from the claim. That stood upthe game winner, yet another
goal from the Steelers came soon after. Fretter was the scorer and he
backhanded into the roof of the net after good work from Jämtin out in front. The right man at the right time to slot home. A good returning few
games from Colton; and we have completely missed him.
Then against the run of play, the Blaze scored on a breakaway. In the
same fashion Manchester did a few weeks back, just a complete misunderstanding
in the defensive zone led to Vallerand getting the breakaway and slotting over
the shoulder of Mustukovs. 3-1 at the end of the first period. Periods
2,3 weren’t really classics however the Steelers did really well in defence to
ensure they didn’t give up their two goal lead. The only bit of pure
entertainment was in period three with Danick Paquette losing his cool
completely as he pushed the linesman straight in the chest, and can certainly
expect a ban coming from this. A two plus ten for abuse of official was given
to him.
However,
the Steelers pretty much cruised to victory from here with the only thing to take
the shine off it was Fitzgerald getting a real whack in the face from a very
powerful slap shot in the closing stages. Everyone at the junior section and in the rest of Frozen Steel would like to wish Zack a speedy recovery, as it looks a real nasty one, and
only warriors can get up and skate off after that. Hats off to you Zack!
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