Game detail: 28 Dec 2019, Manchester Storm - Sheffield Steelers

28 Dec 2019, 19:00 | Regular season | Altrincham Ice Dome

Manchester Storm

3-4

Sheffield Steelers

Periods:
Shots:

2-4
(14-13)

0-1
(14-8)

0-0
(18-10)

Total: 46-31

Referees: Stefan Hogarth/Blake Copeland | Spectators: 2115

06:32	\|	away	\|	PP2	\|	0-1	\|	Anthony DeLuca (Aaron Brocklehurst, Michael Davies)
12:04	\|	away	\|		\|	0-2	\|	Lucas Sandström (Tanner Eberle, Nikolai Lemtyugov)
12:23	\|	home	\|		\|	1-2	\|	Cameron Critchlow (Raymond Grewal, Jared Aulin)
13:33	\|	away	\|		\|	1-3	\|	Lucas Sandström (Nikolai Lemtyugov, Tanner Eberle)
16:53	\|	away	\|	PPG	\|	1-4	\|	Brendan Connolly (Michael Davies, Anthony DeLuca)
18:56	\|	home	\|	PPG	\|	2-4	\|	Mario Puskarich (Jared Aulin, Tyson Fawcett)
36:37	\|	home	\|		\|	3-4	\|	Mario Puskarich (Cameron Critchlow)

Manchester Storm

Sheffield Steelers

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Jared Aulin	\|		\|	2	\|	2	\|	1
Declan Balmer	\|		\|		\|		\|
Adam Barnes	\|		\|		\|		\|
Cameron Critchlow	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|	1
Dallas Ehrhardt	\|		\|		\|	14	\|
Tyson Fawcett	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	-1
Mathieu Gagnon	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	2
Raymond Grewal	\|		\|	1	\|	4	\|	1
Kyle Hope	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	-1
Jacob Lutwyche	\|		\|		\|		\|
Mario Puskarich	\|	2	\|		\|		\|	1
Henrik Samuelsson	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Scott Simmonds	\|		\|		\|		\|
Zach Sullivan	\|		\|		\|		\|	-2
Cody Thompson	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Layne Ulmer	\|		\|		\|		\|
Finlay Ulrick	\|		\|		\|		\|
Sam Zajac	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Aaron Brocklehurst (MoM)	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	-1
Brendan Connolly	\|	1	\|		\|		\|	-1
Michael Davies	\|		\|	2	\|		\|	-1
Anthony DeLuca	\|	1	\|	1	\|	4	\|	-1
Tanner Eberle	\|		\|	2	\|	2	\|	2
Josef Hrabal	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	-1
Aaron Johnson	\|		\|		\|		\|
Janne Kolehmainen	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Nikolai Lemtyugov	\|		\|	2	\|		\|	2
Jonas Liwing	\|		\|		\|		\|
Eric Meland	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Ben O’Connor	\|		\|		\|		\|
David Phillips	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	2
Jonathan Phillips	\|		\|		\|		\|
Lucas Sandström	\|	2	\|		\|	2	\|	1
Cole Shudra	\|		\|		\|		\|	2
Marek Trončinský	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	-2

Manchester Storm

Sheffield Steelers

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Matt Ginn	\|	31	\|	4	\|	59:03	\|	87.10
Adam Long	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Tomas Duba	\|	46	\|	3	\|	60:00	\|	93.48
William Kerlin	\|		\|		\|		\|

Sheffield Steelers will head into the final fixtures of 2019 top of the Elite League after a win by the odd goal in seven against Manchester Storm.

Anthony DeLuca kept his run of goals going with the game's opener at 6:32, followed just over five minutes later by Lucas Sandström doubling the lead. Manchester responded almost instantly as Cameron Critchlow struck 19 seconds later, but by 13:33 the Steelers had gone 3-1 ahead with Sandström's second of the night.

Things got better for the visitors at 16:53 through Brendan Connolly, but Mario Puskarich's marker with 64 seconds left in the period.

A big goal from Puskarich brought the Storm back to within one at 36:37 but despite putting 18 shots on Tomáš Duba in the final period the home side couldn't find the equaliser and were left to wonder what might have been.