Game detail: 19 Jan 2020, Sheffield Steelers - Belfast Giants

19 Jan 2020, 16:00 | Regular season | Sheffield Arena

Sheffield Steelers

4-1

Belfast Giants

Periods:
Shots:

2-1
(13-9)

1-0
(7-9)

1-0
(9-5)

Total: 29-23

Referees: Matt Thompson/Stefan Hogarth | Spectators: 6617

02:13	\|	home	\|	PPG	\|	1-0	\|	Marek Trončinský (John Armstrong, Ben O’Connor)
08:35	\|	away	\|		\|	1-1	\|	Jordan Smotherman (David Goodwin)
15:15	\|	home	\|	PPG	\|	2-1	\|	Tanner Eberle (Michael Davies, Aaron Brocklehurst)
37:28	\|	home	\|	PPG	\|	3-1	\|	Michael Davies (Marc-Olivier Vallerand, Aaron Brocklehurst)
58:04	\|	home	\|	EN	\|	4-1	\|	James Bettauer (Marek Trončinský)

Sheffield Steelers

Belfast Giants

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
John Armstrong	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|	0
James Bettauer	\|	1	\|		\|		\|	2
Aaron Brocklehurst	\|		\|	2	\|		\|	1
Michael Davies (MoM)	\|	1	\|	1	\|	2	\|	2
Tanner Eberle	\|	1	\|		\|	2	\|	2
Aaron Johnson	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Janne Kolehmainen	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Nikolai Lemtyugov	\|		\|		\|		\|	1
Jonas Liwing	\|		\|		\|		\|	1
Eric Meland	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ben O’Connor	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	1
David Phillips	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jonathan Phillips	\|		\|		\|		\|
Lucas Sandström	\|		\|		\|	2	\|	1
Cole Shudra	\|		\|		\|		\|
Marek Trončinský	\|	1	\|	1	\|	2	\|	2
Marc-Olivier Vallerand	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	1

Name		G		A		PIM
Bobby Farnham	\|		\|		\|		\|
Mark Garside	\|		\|		\|		\|
David Goodwin	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|
Curtis Hamilton	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Lewis Hook	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ben Lake	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Curtis Leonard	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ciaran Long	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ryan Lowney	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Liam Morgan	\|		\|		\|		\|
Elgin Pearce	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Matt Pelech	\|		\|		\|	25	\|
Kevin Raine	\|		\|		\|		\|
Jordan Smotherman	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Paul Swindlehurst	\|		\|		\|		\|
Brian Ward	\|		\|		\|	2	\|

Sheffield Steelers

Belfast Giants

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Tomas Duba	\|	23	\|	1	\|	60:00	\|	95.65
William Kerlin	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Stephen Murphy	\|		\|		\|		\|
Shane Owen	\|	28	\|	3	\|	59:00	\|	89.29

A perfect weekend for Sheffield saw the Steelers back up their win in Cardiff by beating defending league champions Belfast in Yorkshire.

On an early man-advantage, the Steelers made no mistake taking the lead - Ben Lake blocked the initial shot buy Marek Trončinský was on hand to put in the loose puck at 2:13 for the game's opening goal. Jordan Smotherman levelled on a Giants' powerplay with a shot from the blueline that went through a screen, but Tanner Eberle gave Sheffield the lead back at 15:15 on a powerplay for the Steelers.

The only goal of the middle frame proved to be crucial as Michael Davies fired home at the back post to give the Giants a bigger mountain to climb in the third. With just under five minutes to go in the game Bobby Farnham was guilting of missing on a 2-on-1 and the Giants were made to pay when James Bettauer found the empty-net with 1:56 remaining on the clock.