Saturday. Steelers – Blaze, History Suggests a Close One
Tickets available for Saturday’s game “HERE” with a 7.00pm Face Off
Steelers and Panthers go head to head for the second weekend running.
Recent results couldn’t be more different with the Steelers topping the table and the Blaze looking for their first win in 7 (Vs Fife on the 9thNovember)
The last 5 Games played …
Coventry Blaze
30/11 Loss 1-5 Steelers
29/11 OT Loss 2-3 Storm
22/11 Loss 4-5 Dundee
21/11 Pen Shot Loss 3-4 Belfast Giants
16/11 Loss 1-4 Glasgow
Sheffield Steelers
30/11 Win 5-1 Blaze
29/11 OT Win 3-2 Panthers
23/11 Win 5-0 Storm
22/11 OT Loss 3-4 Panthers
16/11 Pen Shot Win 4-3 Flames
So far this season
Road wins for both sides in the Challenge Cup with the Steelers being shut out at the arena on the 27th September following goals from Hazledine and Tallgerg, two weeks later the Steelers reversed that result with a 5-1 road win, Cliff Pu had a first period hat trick with Evan Jasper and Mitchell Balmas rounding off the scoring
In league play the Steelers have notched up two road wins whilst tonight is the first of the three home games will play against Coventry this season.
18th October saw the Steelers hit the Blaze for 6, this time it was Mitchell Balmas with the HT and other goals from Messrs Dowd, Pu and Harper.
Then, just last Sunday the Steelers scored 5 on the road with Eamon McAdam outstanding between the Steelers pipes (5-1 road win) with goals from Tremblay (2), Heard, Cormier and Juusola.
Overall
Tonight is game 194 between the two sides, the Steelers have a 119-69 advantage (5 draws)
Here in Sheffield it is game 93 on home ice, we have managed to convert 59 of those into victories (28 losses and 5 draws)