"I loved the first period on Tuesday with two refs. They were just focused. I'm a long-time advocate of a two-ref system. Others want to increase to four like the rest of the world. I don't. They are focused with two. They are equal. They get into the game."Gotta love him, haven't you?
Friday, 7 March 2014
You Are Either Pregnant Or You're Not
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Elite League,
Opinion Article
Says Gary Moran about the decision not to dole out retrospective punishment on Drew Fata for his hit on Greg Jacina. That's not the funniest thing to come out of his interview with the Nottingham Post, though.
5 Things I Would Change About The Steelers Match Night
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Sheffield Steelers
Everyone has an opinion about what could be better or worse about a match night, regardless of who you support or where your team play. Whether its the choice of music, the colour of the lights, the quality of the toilets, somebody will always find something to pick fault at.
To the credit of the Steelers, they are constantly trying to find ways to improve the match night experience, Tony Smith said at the recent fans forum that they consider match nights to be a 'show', and he wants everyone to be entertained.
Here's a few suggestions from me as to how the Steelers match nights could be improved.
To the credit of the Steelers, they are constantly trying to find ways to improve the match night experience, Tony Smith said at the recent fans forum that they consider match nights to be a 'show', and he wants everyone to be entertained.
Here's a few suggestions from me as to how the Steelers match nights could be improved.
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Race For Second Heats Up In Dundee: (EIHL) Game Recap
Thursday 6th March 2013 - Dundee Stars (25-17-3) v Sheffield Steelers (26-15-4) @ Dundee Ice Arena. Face off: 7.30pm
FINAL SCORE: Dundee Stars - Sheffield Steelers
Boxscore (1st-2nd-3rd-OT-[PIM]-{PP}-S)
Dundee - 0-0-0-0-[4]-{0/2}-14
Sheffield - 0-2-2-0-[4]-{1/2}-47
Dundee Man of the Match: #39 Dan Bakala
Sheffield Man of the Match: #1 Frank Doyle
Referee: #13 Scott Dalgleish
Referee:
Linesman: #31 Ally Flockhart
Linesman: #38 Pavel Halas
A convincing 4-0 win for the Sheffield Steelers up in Dundee and a 14 shot shut out for Frank Doyle, 14 shots yeah!! that says a lot about the performance as well as managing 47 shots on goal and forced Dan Bakala to perform just like he has done all season. It also shows what Gerad Adams has done to lift the team. next up is Hull away on Saturday before Belfast at home on Sunday.
The race for second is heating up, who would come out on top on a Thursday night in Dundee?
Doyle in goal for the Steelers with Mark Thomas back in the lineup but still without injured Goertzen, Woolhouse and Nell who is on that two way deal, Dan Bakala in goal for Dundee who are missing Rawlyk, Wiril and Sacchetti. The first period passed without any incident with no penalties being called and with the Steelers out shooting the home side 13-5 and by the sounds of it Dan Bakala making several outstanding saves to keep Sheffield at bay.
End of the 1st Period: Dundee Stars 0-0 Sheffield Steelers
Shots on Goal: Stars 5-13 Steelers
Second period would start and Dundee would go close with Bagron and Kashirsky before Bakala was performing more heroics to keep his side in the game then on 28:57 Tim Spencer would break the deadlock assisted by Maxime Lacroix and Jonathan Phillips to put the Steelers 1-0 up just before the midway stage of the game. Qualie would test Doyle from the point but the Sheffield goaltender would be having a quiet game so far but Stars would begin to build some decent pressure but were unable to figure Frank Doyle out. First penalty of the night was called on 36:18 when Nikita Kashirky was deemed two minutes for slashing to put Sheffield onto the first power play of the night and then on 37:11 Sheffield would make it 2-0 with a power play goal curiously of Robert Dowd assisted by Stefan Meyer and Gord Baldwin. Dan Bakala had to save a 3 on 2 break before Sheffield nearly tipped one in with four seconds left on clock.
End of the 2nd Period: Dundee Stars 0-2 Sheffield Steelers
Shots on Goal: Stars 3-17 Steelers
The third period got better for the Steelers when on 43:04 Robert Dowd scored his second of the night assisted by Nate DiCasmirro and Stefan Meyer for a 3-0 Sheffield lead. It was another period being controlled by Sheffield and Dundee just couldn't get into the game and on 56:46 as a penalty for Swindlehurst expired Robert Dowd scored his second of the game assisted by Dustin Kohn and Chad. Langlais to make it 4-0. With just under three minutes remaining Phil Hill took another penalty for holding of the stick but Sheffield would hold on for a 4-0 win and a 14 shot shutout for Frank Doyle
Shots on Goal: Stars 6-17 Steelers
FINAL SCORE: Dundee Stars - Sheffield Steelers
Boxscore (1st-2nd-3rd-OT-[PIM]-{PP}-S)
Dundee - 0-0-0-0-[4]-{0/2}-14
Sheffield - 0-2-2-0-[4]-{1/2}-47
Dundee Man of the Match: #39 Dan Bakala
Sheffield Man of the Match: #1 Frank Doyle
Referee: #13 Scott Dalgleish
Referee:
Linesman: #31 Ally Flockhart
Linesman: #38 Pavel Halas
A convincing 4-0 win for the Sheffield Steelers up in Dundee and a 14 shot shut out for Frank Doyle, 14 shots yeah!! that says a lot about the performance as well as managing 47 shots on goal and forced Dan Bakala to perform just like he has done all season. It also shows what Gerad Adams has done to lift the team. next up is Hull away on Saturday before Belfast at home on Sunday.
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Monday, 3 March 2014
British Bulldog Scores Twice In Adams Home Debut v Devils: (EIHL) MatchReport
Sunday 2nd March 2013 - Sheffield Steelers (25-15-4) v Cardiff Devils (21-21-3) @ Motorpoint Arena. Face off: 5pm
Gerad Adams first home game after a successful night in Nottingham against his former club the Cardiff Devils, was it to be a four point weekend for the Steelers
Sheffield still without the injured Mark Thomas and captain Steven Goertzen, Mike Hicks ref for a second night in a row (unfortunate). The game got underway and it was a much faster start by Sheffield than the previous night when after only 59 seconds Danny Meyers assisted by Rob Dowd and Stefan Meyer would fire a slap shot from the right hand side of the blue near the Devils bench which would beat Kosowski for Meyers to finally score his first arena goal. Cardiff wouldn't be helping themselves out as they would find themselves on the penalty kill not long after as Tyson Marsh was called for delay of the game and straight way Sheffield would get back on the attack when Drew Fata would take a shot from the point only for DiCasmirro to tip it into the mask of Kosowski after great work by Fata to keep the puck in the zone, Cardiff would then get a 2 on 1 break only for Kurka to play to Birbraer who shot wide. Sheffield would double their lead on 5:10 after some fantastic skating by Phillips down the left to fake a shot and pass it back to Jason Hewitt who would slot it along the ice and past the pad of Kosowski to make it 2-0. It would be a very dominate start by the Steelers. Cardiff would get a power play when Jeff Legue was deemed two minutes for hooking and Devils would struggle to set up as Sheffield would take away the shooting lanes, with the Steelers back to full strength they got back on the attack through Lacroix who shot into the body of Kosowski before Jason Hewitt had to deny Mac Faulkner from in front of goal to clear the puck as Doyle couldn't get to it. In to some four on four hockey after some pushing and shoving between Hewitt and Rupert Quiney after a coming together at the benches and Doyle would have to deny Plumpton twice after Jeff Legue somehow missed the goal after putting the puck through the legs of Kosowski and then with Svete in the box and Sheffield back on the power play Drew Fata would shot from the blue line only to be denied by the pipes and Kamil Kosowski had to lay down on the ice as he had no idea where the puck was but he had it covered. With the clock running down Phil Hill would lay a big hit on Tyson Marsh which wasn't appreciated by the Devils.
End of the 1st Period: Sheffield Steelers 2-0 Cardiff Devils
Sheffield would start the second period with the same intensity as the first as they would find themselves on an early power play but Lacroix would see his shot denied by Kosowski on the doorstep and then Jeff Legue with one of his famous one timers would fall short as he broke his stick on the play. After some fantastic defensive work by Danny Meyers in his own zone Devils would find a way past Doyle on 26:03 when Max Birbraer assisted by Markus Rama would skate into the Sheffield zone and fake a shot on Langlais before firing a bullet wrist shot past Doyle to bring the Devils within one goal. That goal seemed to lift Cardiff's game as they would have a few half chances as a bit of sloppiness started to creep into Sheffield's game. Then another coming together of players so Spencer and Plumpton collide with gloves off and punches being through both received two minute minors for roughing and with Cardiff on the power play a glorious chance for Faulkner went begging as Doyle was beaten after a deflected shot by Tyson Marsh from the blue line only for Faulkner to be denied in the open goal by some great defending by Chad Langlais. With Spencer and Plumpton out of the box and back on the benches they was still going at each other and then it was on 39:49 after a toe drag shot by Legue was saved, assisted by Jeff Legue and Dustin Kohn; Max Lacroix would place the puck high to make it 3-1 to the Steelers. On the buzzer there was another coming together at the benches after Spencer and Plumpton carried on going at each other on the benches.
End of the 2nd Period: Sheffield Steelers 3-1 Cardiff Devils
With the Steelers dominating the first period and the second period was a fairly even second and what would the third period turn out to be? Well it would be another dominate period by Sheffield and Lacroix, Meyers and Dowd would all see shots go begging before Baldwin hit Chris Jones hard into the boards and then on 45:13 Phil Hill assisted by Fata and Spencer would fire a fierce slap shot from the left to beat Kosowski into the top of the goal and then just 33 seconds later Chris Blight made it 5-1 from the opposite side and would fire a slap shot low into the back of the goal. Cardiff would create some pressure but wouldn't be able to create any scoring chances until 47:47 Max Birbraer would be passed to in front of Doyle by Rama and would place it past Doyle to add a second Devils goal on to the board. On 51:50 Sheffield would turn defence into attack as Fata would skate into the Cardiff zone to make a play in front of goal that Jason Hewitt would tip in for his second of the game for a 6-2 lead for the Steelers. With Danny Meyers in the box for tripping Cardiff would get one final power play attempt with 3:25 remaining in the game, but nothing would come of it and it was be another disappointing trip for Cardiff away from Sheffield this season as Sheffield would take all the points to strengthen their hold on second place.
FINAL SCORE: Sheffield Steelers 6-2 Cardiff Devils
Boxscore (1st-2nd-3rd-OT-[PIM]-{PP}-S)
Sheffield - 2-1-3-0-[10]-{0/4}-42
Cardiff - 0-1-1-0-[12]-{0/3}-24
Sheffield Man of the Match: #17 Jason Hewitt
Cardiff Man of the Match: #23 Max Birbraer
Referee: #27 Mike Hicks
Referee:
Linesman: #8 Dave Farren
Linesman: #25 Andy Dalton
Sheffield would improve to 26-15-4 and moving onto 56 points, three points ahead of 3rd place Dundee who they face next on Thursday night in Dundee in which promises to be a tasty affair.
Gerad Adams first home game after a successful night in Nottingham against his former club the Cardiff Devils, was it to be a four point weekend for the Steelers
Sheffield still without the injured Mark Thomas and captain Steven Goertzen, Mike Hicks ref for a second night in a row (unfortunate). The game got underway and it was a much faster start by Sheffield than the previous night when after only 59 seconds Danny Meyers assisted by Rob Dowd and Stefan Meyer would fire a slap shot from the right hand side of the blue near the Devils bench which would beat Kosowski for Meyers to finally score his first arena goal. Cardiff wouldn't be helping themselves out as they would find themselves on the penalty kill not long after as Tyson Marsh was called for delay of the game and straight way Sheffield would get back on the attack when Drew Fata would take a shot from the point only for DiCasmirro to tip it into the mask of Kosowski after great work by Fata to keep the puck in the zone, Cardiff would then get a 2 on 1 break only for Kurka to play to Birbraer who shot wide. Sheffield would double their lead on 5:10 after some fantastic skating by Phillips down the left to fake a shot and pass it back to Jason Hewitt who would slot it along the ice and past the pad of Kosowski to make it 2-0. It would be a very dominate start by the Steelers. Cardiff would get a power play when Jeff Legue was deemed two minutes for hooking and Devils would struggle to set up as Sheffield would take away the shooting lanes, with the Steelers back to full strength they got back on the attack through Lacroix who shot into the body of Kosowski before Jason Hewitt had to deny Mac Faulkner from in front of goal to clear the puck as Doyle couldn't get to it. In to some four on four hockey after some pushing and shoving between Hewitt and Rupert Quiney after a coming together at the benches and Doyle would have to deny Plumpton twice after Jeff Legue somehow missed the goal after putting the puck through the legs of Kosowski and then with Svete in the box and Sheffield back on the power play Drew Fata would shot from the blue line only to be denied by the pipes and Kamil Kosowski had to lay down on the ice as he had no idea where the puck was but he had it covered. With the clock running down Phil Hill would lay a big hit on Tyson Marsh which wasn't appreciated by the Devils.
End of the 1st Period: Sheffield Steelers 2-0 Cardiff Devils
Sheffield would start the second period with the same intensity as the first as they would find themselves on an early power play but Lacroix would see his shot denied by Kosowski on the doorstep and then Jeff Legue with one of his famous one timers would fall short as he broke his stick on the play. After some fantastic defensive work by Danny Meyers in his own zone Devils would find a way past Doyle on 26:03 when Max Birbraer assisted by Markus Rama would skate into the Sheffield zone and fake a shot on Langlais before firing a bullet wrist shot past Doyle to bring the Devils within one goal. That goal seemed to lift Cardiff's game as they would have a few half chances as a bit of sloppiness started to creep into Sheffield's game. Then another coming together of players so Spencer and Plumpton collide with gloves off and punches being through both received two minute minors for roughing and with Cardiff on the power play a glorious chance for Faulkner went begging as Doyle was beaten after a deflected shot by Tyson Marsh from the blue line only for Faulkner to be denied in the open goal by some great defending by Chad Langlais. With Spencer and Plumpton out of the box and back on the benches they was still going at each other and then it was on 39:49 after a toe drag shot by Legue was saved, assisted by Jeff Legue and Dustin Kohn; Max Lacroix would place the puck high to make it 3-1 to the Steelers. On the buzzer there was another coming together at the benches after Spencer and Plumpton carried on going at each other on the benches.
End of the 2nd Period: Sheffield Steelers 3-1 Cardiff Devils
With the Steelers dominating the first period and the second period was a fairly even second and what would the third period turn out to be? Well it would be another dominate period by Sheffield and Lacroix, Meyers and Dowd would all see shots go begging before Baldwin hit Chris Jones hard into the boards and then on 45:13 Phil Hill assisted by Fata and Spencer would fire a fierce slap shot from the left to beat Kosowski into the top of the goal and then just 33 seconds later Chris Blight made it 5-1 from the opposite side and would fire a slap shot low into the back of the goal. Cardiff would create some pressure but wouldn't be able to create any scoring chances until 47:47 Max Birbraer would be passed to in front of Doyle by Rama and would place it past Doyle to add a second Devils goal on to the board. On 51:50 Sheffield would turn defence into attack as Fata would skate into the Cardiff zone to make a play in front of goal that Jason Hewitt would tip in for his second of the game for a 6-2 lead for the Steelers. With Danny Meyers in the box for tripping Cardiff would get one final power play attempt with 3:25 remaining in the game, but nothing would come of it and it was be another disappointing trip for Cardiff away from Sheffield this season as Sheffield would take all the points to strengthen their hold on second place.
FINAL SCORE: Sheffield Steelers 6-2 Cardiff Devils
Boxscore (1st-2nd-3rd-OT-[PIM]-{PP}-S)
Sheffield - 2-1-3-0-[10]-{0/4}-42
Cardiff - 0-1-1-0-[12]-{0/3}-24
Sheffield Man of the Match: #17 Jason Hewitt
Cardiff Man of the Match: #23 Max Birbraer
Referee: #27 Mike Hicks
Referee:
Linesman: #8 Dave Farren
Linesman: #25 Andy Dalton
Sheffield would improve to 26-15-4 and moving onto 56 points, three points ahead of 3rd place Dundee who they face next on Thursday night in Dundee in which promises to be a tasty affair.
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Sunday, 2 March 2014
Steelers Dominate At The NIC v Panthers: (EIHL) Game Recap
Saturday 1st March 2013 - Nottingham Panthers (23-15-6) v Sheffield Steelers (24-15-4) @ National Ice Centre. Face off: 7pm
The final match between the Steelers and the Panthers and it would be Sheffield that would be taking home the extra point.
Frank Doyle in goal for the Steelers, Craig Kowalski in goal for the Panthers, No Brent Henley for Nottingham as he is banned and once again no Steven Goertzen and no Mark Thomas for the Steelers. Nottingham took a two goal lead and would strike first at 6:52 as Matt Francis would score with assists from Robert Farmer and Tom Norton and then on 8:56 after a give away on the blue line David Clarke would score to make it 2-0 with an assist being credited to Leigh Salters. New Sheffield head coach Gerad Adams would call a time out at 8:56 of the first period and apparently the players would be back on the Ice after 10 seconds of a 30 second time out with Gerad simply saying some simple words "Hit Them".
End of the 1st Period: Nottingham Panthers 2-0 Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield would pull a goal back on 36:01 when Tim Spencer scored assisted by Chris Blight and Jeff Legue as Sheffield were massively out shooting Nottingham after already wasting three power play attempts.
End of the 2nd Period: Nottingham Panthers 2-1 Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield would come out for the third period and carry on where they left off where they carried on hammering at Kowalski's goal and on 57:01 they found their equaliser with the scorer being Stefan Meyer after a fantastic assist by Drew Fata. Both teams had failed to score on the power play on the night four for Sheffield and three for Nottingham.
End of Regulation and Overtime: Nottingham Panthers 2-2 Sheffield Steelers
Into the shootout and first up would be Chris Blight who would successfully score against Kowalski followed up by Matt Francis who would be denied by Frank Doyle. Maxime Lacroix would step up to make it 2-0 in the shoot out before Eric Werner had to score to keep the shoot out going but wouldn't be able to convert and Sheffield would win 3-2 and take the extra point home.
FINAL SCORE: Nottingham Panthers 2-3 Sheffield Steelers (PS)
Boxscore (1st-2nd-3rd-OT-[PIM]-{PP}-S)
Nottingham - 2-0-0-0-[12]-{0/3}-17
Sheffield - 0-1-1-0-[10]-{0/4}-48
Nottingham Man of the Match: #33 Craig Kowalski
Sheffield Man of the Match: #75 Robert Dowd
Referee: #27 Mike Hicks
Referee:
Linesman: #14 James Kavanagh
Linesman: #25 Andy Dalton
A massive two points in the race for second point as this win keeps them in second one point ahead of Nottingham after coming from two goals down to win 3-2 in the shoot out. Up next for Nottingham is a trip to Dundee and next up for Sheffield is a home game v Gerad Adams old team the Cardiff Devils on Sunday.
The final match between the Steelers and the Panthers and it would be Sheffield that would be taking home the extra point.
Frank Doyle in goal for the Steelers, Craig Kowalski in goal for the Panthers, No Brent Henley for Nottingham as he is banned and once again no Steven Goertzen and no Mark Thomas for the Steelers. Nottingham took a two goal lead and would strike first at 6:52 as Matt Francis would score with assists from Robert Farmer and Tom Norton and then on 8:56 after a give away on the blue line David Clarke would score to make it 2-0 with an assist being credited to Leigh Salters. New Sheffield head coach Gerad Adams would call a time out at 8:56 of the first period and apparently the players would be back on the Ice after 10 seconds of a 30 second time out with Gerad simply saying some simple words "Hit Them".
End of the 1st Period: Nottingham Panthers 2-0 Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield would pull a goal back on 36:01 when Tim Spencer scored assisted by Chris Blight and Jeff Legue as Sheffield were massively out shooting Nottingham after already wasting three power play attempts.
End of the 2nd Period: Nottingham Panthers 2-1 Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield would come out for the third period and carry on where they left off where they carried on hammering at Kowalski's goal and on 57:01 they found their equaliser with the scorer being Stefan Meyer after a fantastic assist by Drew Fata. Both teams had failed to score on the power play on the night four for Sheffield and three for Nottingham.
End of Regulation and Overtime: Nottingham Panthers 2-2 Sheffield Steelers
Into the shootout and first up would be Chris Blight who would successfully score against Kowalski followed up by Matt Francis who would be denied by Frank Doyle. Maxime Lacroix would step up to make it 2-0 in the shoot out before Eric Werner had to score to keep the shoot out going but wouldn't be able to convert and Sheffield would win 3-2 and take the extra point home.
FINAL SCORE: Nottingham Panthers 2-3 Sheffield Steelers (PS)
Boxscore (1st-2nd-3rd-OT-[PIM]-{PP}-S)
Nottingham - 2-0-0-0-[12]-{0/3}-17
Sheffield - 0-1-1-0-[10]-{0/4}-48
Nottingham Man of the Match: #33 Craig Kowalski
Sheffield Man of the Match: #75 Robert Dowd
Referee: #27 Mike Hicks
Referee:
Linesman: #14 James Kavanagh
Linesman: #25 Andy Dalton
A massive two points in the race for second point as this win keeps them in second one point ahead of Nottingham after coming from two goals down to win 3-2 in the shoot out. Up next for Nottingham is a trip to Dundee and next up for Sheffield is a home game v Gerad Adams old team the Cardiff Devils on Sunday.
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