Junior Member George is back with some more of his thoughts, many thanks to him for supplying this article.
Recently the Sheffield Steelers
have pulled up performances that no one would’ve expected during the month of
November and half of December. Currently we are seeing a Steelers side that are
short benched, however are also playing with more passion and desire than
before, certainly giving glimpses of what we used to witness under Gerad
Adams. With the
Steelers winning 9 of their last 10 games in all EIHL competitions, title hopes
are certainly looking more likely than they were back in mid December. Still a
long way off the top, but scoring 14 goals and conceding 4 this weekend,
certainly gives us more hope than we had during a jagged start to the
season.
This
weekend we played the Guildford Flames on home ice, scoring our first 7 and
only conceding 3 on home ice. It was actually the most we had scored at the Arena in a league game. We scored 8 twice at Ice Sheffield covering two wins
against the Dundee Stars at our second home. The Steelers then travelled to an
Edinburgh Capitals side who are having a horrible season in terms of getting
results, they had picked up slightly in form recently, but the Steelers would
always prove too strong for the Scottish outfit. However since the caps aren’t
necessarily world beaters, this was a big opportunity for young Cole Shudra to
step up to the mark, and he did just that. Scoring his first goal for the
Steelers, his second goal as a Steeler, and then his first hat trick for the
Steelers, which contributed towards an excellent man of the match performance
for the young lad from Rotherham.
19 years
of age, he became the youngest Steeler to ever score an Elite League hat trick. An
unbelievable achievement, taking the title off of the disgraced Tom
Squires.
The
Steelers next two games are very tough tests for the lads in orange. Milton
Keynes away proved stupid earlier in the season being well beaten by a very
average MK team, which was also the last game for Andre Deveaux. After his
temper tantrum killed the game for us, we couldn’t gain any momentum. Therefore
losing. We realistically
need to be beating sides like MK, and given our current form I believe we will
go into the MK game well, and come out 4-1 winners.
On Sunday
we have possibly the biggest game of the season so far, against the Giants. They have been proven our bogey team this year, however we got them away with a
three two win earlier this month. A big test at home against old Keefer's Giants, however I think this will be another four point weekend. I believe the
Steelers will come out 5-3 winners in this one. The
Steelers have proven their worth recently and need to carry on this momentum to
go on to win more games.
I still
reckon the league is within our grasp.
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