Welcome to the latest Junior Report; an article penned by George - one of the blog's Junior Members. In this report, he looks back at the Challenge Cup Semi-Final first leg against Cardiff on Wednesday night.
The Steelers blew away the Cardiff
devils in what was to be an excellent 6-2 performance in the first leg of the
challenge cup semi final. The game
being played at Ice Sheffield in front of a handful of fans was really good to
watch, if you didn’t come from the Welsh capital that is.
A great
start to the night was courtesy of ex NHL’er Tim Wallace. Excellent skating
down the wing broke through a lack lustre Cardiff defence and he sniped the
Steelers into a one goal lead with a short handed marker. Minutes
later, the Steelers doubled up! Good cycling of the puck around the zone ended
up with Mark Matheson playing the puck across to Scott Aarssen whose thunderous
one timer beat local lad Ben Bowns from the blue line, Bowns was in for what
was to be a torrid night for him.
The Welsh
side then halved the deficit. A Pope snipe beat Mustukovs high over the
shoulder on the power play, to give them their first of the evening much to the
delight of the devils fans who had made the three and a half hour trip down to
sunny Attercliffe. They would cheer once more in the night, merely a
consolation however. Before the
end of the first period the Steelers gained another goal to give them a two
goal lead on the night, Ben O’Connor with a slap shot from the blue line on a
delayed penalty gave the Steelers a bit of breathing space along with a few
people breathing a sigh of relief after the puck trickled past Bowns. 3-1 after
one period.
The
Steelers came out of the blocks very quickly. Mathieu Roy slotting in from very
close range, gave the Steelers a three goal advantage. Tremendous work around
the crease opened up a gap where all he had to do was slot it over the line
with a simple tap in. 4-1. Steelers fifth came via Matt Marquardt who again had a simple task of
redirecting the puck underneath the five hole of Bowns. The Steelers were yet
again relentless, but you have to ask questions of this normally excellent
Cardiff side. 5-1 end of
the second.
The
Steelers then added another, through Levi Nelson. Excellent skating by Jonathan
Phillips opened up the back door we’re all Nelson had to do was simply tap it
in, it went to a review but it was plain and simple. A clear goal although
Cardiff were claiming the puck had gone into the net whilst the net was off, it
was just a mere claim that did nothing to the outcome. 6-1. The Devils
got their consolation with a short handed goal that was fired past Mustukovs
via Haddad, the Steelers will want this one back however. A bit of a mix up at
the back costing us, but hopefully it will mean nothing after the 7th of
February.
Half time
in this one, Steelers 6-2 Devils.
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