EIHL round up 14/15th November

SATURDAY

It was an amazing night of Elite League ice hockey with five thrilling matches producing a hatful of goals.

Braehead Clan and Sheffield Steelers shared a remarkable 16 goals in regulation time with an 8-8 scoreline, before the Steelers went on to win the penalty shootout.

After Sheffield jumped into a 3-1 lead at the 10-minute mark, the Clan ended the period leading 4-3.

Steelers turned it around to go 5-4 in front but Braehead rallied and went 8-5 ahead.

Remarkably, Sheffield found a way back and scored three goals in six third-period minutes to tie the game.

Sheffield netted all three of their penalty shots and back-up netminder Brad Day – by this time in nets for Marek Pinc – saved from former Steeler Stefan Meyer to help complete a remarkable victory for Paul Thompson’s side with Chris Lawrence getting the all important game winning penalty shot.

video of the game

Nottingham Panthers closed the gap on leaders Belfast to one point with a 4-0 victory over Coventry Blaze at the National Ice Centre.

Panthers netminder Miika Wiikman turned away 20 shots to secure his first shutout for the club.

Defenceman Paul Swindlehurst scored twice – his first two goals for the club – while Juraj Kolnik grabbed four assists and Andy Bohmbach added 1+3 in a convincing victory.

Cardiff Devils had to come from behind in their 6-3 victory over Belfast Giants in the Big Blue Tent.

Giants led 2-1 at the end of the first period, but the hosts scored four straight in the second session to turn the game around, including two goals in four minutes from Joey Martin.

Mike Radja’s second goal of the night closed the gap but the Devils saw the game out and are now only a point behind leaders Belfast.

Manchester Storm secured their first away league win of the season as they beat Fife Flyers 3-1 in Kirkcaldy.

Pat Cullen gave Fife a first-period lead but the visitors roared back in the second.

Ricards Birzinsh and Matt Paton scored within 90 seconds of each other to edge Manchester in front.

Matt Caria’s 12^th goal of the season wrapped up the two points for the Storm.

video Fife/Manchester

There was a five-goal thriller in at Dundee as Dundee Stars beat Edinburgh Capitals 3-2 after overtime.

Sam McCluskey’s short-handed goal put the hosts ahead, before Taylor Dickin and David Rutherford edged the Capitals in front.

David Turon levelled the game with 10 minutes remaining and Jason Gray won it for Dundee 57 seconds in the extra period.

SUNDAY

Nottingham Panthers moved to the top of the Elite League table with a 4-1 victory against a lacklustre Sheffield Steelers. 

David Clarke and Evan Mosey scored first-period goals to put Panthers in control.

Geoff Waugh and Andy Bohmbach scored two minutes apart in period two, before Levi Nelson’s strike broke Miika Wiikman’s shutout in the third period.

Video of the game

Cardiff Devils remain level on points with the Panthers – only behind on results between the two sides – as they won 6-2 at Manchester Storm.

Joey Haddad, Andrew Lord, Gui Doucet and Tyson Marsh scored to open up a 4-0 lead for the visitors.

Matt Paton and Paul Phillips closed the gap, before Tomas Kurka and Doucet’s second wrapped up victory for Cardiff.

Edinburgh Capitals won their seventh home game in a row, a record for them, as they beat Fife Flyers 4-2 in Murrayfield.

Ryan Hayes became the first player to 20 goals this season, while Craig McCallum and David Rutherford also scored, as Capitals raced into a 3-0 lead.

Michael Dorr and Pat Cullen netted in the third period to give Fife hope, but Hayes grabbed his second into an empty net to seal his side’s win.

Coventry Blaze ended a five-game losing streak in style with a 6-3 victory over Braehead Clan at the Skydome.

Jim Jorgenson and Brett Robinson scored to put the Blaze 2-0 ahead, but Clan roared back through Alex Leavitt and Thomas Nesbitt.

Robinson grabbed his second, with Mike Quesnele and Jordan Pietrus also on target, as Coventry took control.

Chris Bruton reduced the deficit to two but Jorgenson put the seal on the win with his second goal of the night.

video Coventry/Braehead Sunday

In Challenge Cup Group A, Dundee Stars won 3-2 at Belfast Giants after penalty shots.

Mike Radja and Derrick Walser gave Belfast a 2-0 first-period lead, before Dundee hit back with strikes from Bobby Chaumont and Justin Faryna.

The shootout went to sudden death and Craig Holland saved from Mike Forney, while Lou Dickenson scored to secure the Stars the extra point.

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