Game detail: 14 Sep 2019, Sheffield Steelers - Manchester Storm

14 Sep 2019, 19:00 | Regular season | GROUP C | Sheffield Arena

Sheffield Steelers

3-1

Manchester Storm

Periods:
Shots:

2-0
( - )

0-1
( - )

1-0
( - )

Referees: David Good/Liam Sewell | Spectators: 6338

12:50	\|	home	\|		\|	1-0	\|	Eric Meland (John Armstrong, Ben O’Connor)
16:25	\|	home	\|		\|	2-0	\|	Robert Dowd (Ben O’Connor, Marc-Olivier Vallerand)
23:29	\|	away	\|		\|	2-1	\|	Mario Puskarich (Cody Thompson, Cameron Critchlow)
59:22	\|	home	\|	EN	\|	3-1	\|	Marc-Olivier Vallerand (Jonas Liwing, Brendan Connolly)

Sheffield Steelers

Manchester Storm

Name		G		A
John Armstrong	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
James Bettauer	\|		\|		\|	\|
Brendan Connolly	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Michael Davies	\|		\|		\|	\|
Anthony DeLuca	\|		\|		\|	\|
Robert Dowd	\|	1	\|		\|	\|
Tanner Eberle	\|		\|		\|	\|
Aaron Johnson	\|		\|		\|	\|
Nikolai Lemtyugov	\|		\|		\|	\|
Jonas Liwing	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Eric Meland	\|	1	\|		\|	\|
Ben O’Connor	\|		\|	2	\|	\|
David Phillips	\|		\|		\|	\|
Jonathan Phillips	\|		\|		\|	\|
Cole Shudra	\|		\|		\|	\|
Martin St. Pierre	\|		\|		\|	\|
Marc-Olivier Vallerand	\|	1	\|	1	\|	\|

Name		G		A
Declan Balmer	\|		\|		\|	\|
Adam Barnes	\|		\|		\|	\|
Cameron Critchlow	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Dallas Ehrhardt	\|		\|		\|	\|
Tyson Fawcett	\|		\|		\|	\|
Mathieu Gagnon	\|		\|		\|	\|
Kyle Hope	\|		\|		\|	\|
Adam Hughesman	\|		\|		\|	\|
Jacob Lutwyche	\|		\|		\|	\|
Mario Puskarich	\|	1	\|		\|	\|
Scott Simmonds	\|		\|		\|	\|
Zach Sullivan	\|		\|		\|	\|
Cody Thompson	\|		\|	1	\|	\|
Layne Ulmer	\|		\|		\|	\|
Finlay Ulrick	\|		\|		\|	\|

Sheffield Steelers

Manchester Storm

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Tomas Duba	\|	15	\|	1	\|	60:00	\|	93.33
Pavel Kantor	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Matt Ginn	\|	45	\|	2	\|	60:00	\|	95.56
Adam Long	\|		\|		\|		\|

Sheffield edged past Manchester with a 3-1 win, made safe with an empty netter shortly before the end.

It was Sheffield who had the lead after the opening 20 minutes. Eric Meland put home a rebound from John Armstrong's shot at 12:50, and then Robert Dowd did the same at 16:25 on a powerplay to double the lead. The Storm got back into the game early in period two.

Tomáš Duba failed to hold a routine shot which allowed Mario Puskarich to net from close range at 23:29. That was how the score stayed after two periods despite the hosts outshooting their opponents 11-6 in the period.

Manchester tried for the equaliser in the final period, but Sheffield made the game safe 38 seconds from time with Marc-Olivier Vallerand scoring into the empty net.