Game detail: 07 Dec 2022, Sheffield Steelers - Cardiff Devils

07 Dec 2022, 19:30 | Play-off | QF | Sheffield Arena

Sheffield Steelers

5-1

Cardiff Devils

Periods:
Shots:

1-0
(12-7)

3-1
(17-9)

1-0
(7-6)

Total: 36-22

Referees: Pering/Liam Sewell | Spectators: 3643

12:56	\|	home	\|		\|	1-0	\|	Brandon Whistle (Mason Mitchell, Sébastien Piché)
24:01	\|	home	\|	PP2	\|	2-0	\|	Evan Mosey (Sébastien Piché, Matt Petgrave)
26:51	\|	home	\|		\|	3-0	\|	Matt Petgrave (Danny Kristo, Brandon Whistle)
31:58	\|	away	\|		\|	3-1	\|	Joshua Waller (Mark Richardson, Sam Jardine)
35:48	\|	home	\|		\|	4-1	\|	Brandon Whistle (Jonathan Phillips, Kevin Schulze)
51:54	\|	home	\|		\|	5-1	\|	Danny Kristo (Kevin Schulze, Brett Neumann)

Sheffield Steelers

Cardiff Devils

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Scott Allen	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Daniel Ciampini	\|		\|		\|		\|
Robert Dowd	\|		\|		\|	5	\|
Sam Jones	\|		\|		\|		\|	1
Danny Kristo	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|	1
Martin Látal	\|		\|		\|		\|	2
Brandon McNally	\|		\|		\|		\|
Mason Mitchell	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|
Evan Mosey	\|	1	\|		\|		\|
Brett Neumann	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Niklas Nevalainen	\|		\|		\|		\|
Matt Petgrave	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|
David Phillips	\|		\|		\|		\|	1
Jonathan Phillips	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	1
Sébastien Piché	\|		\|	2	\|	2	\|	1
Tomáš Pitule	\|		\|		\|		\|
Kevin Schulze	\|		\|	2	\|		\|	1
Brandon Whistle	\|	2	\|	1	\|		\|	2

Name		G		A		PIM		+/-
Joshua Batch	\|		\|		\|		\|	-2
Riley Brandt	\|		\|		\|	2	\|
Josh Brittain	\|		\|		\|	7	\|
Trevor Cox	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Justin Crandall	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Marcus Crawford	\|		\|		\|		\|
Ben Davies	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Samuel Duggan	\|		\|		\|		\|
Sam Jardine	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Mark Louis	\|		\|		\|		\|	-2
Joey Martin	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Ryan Penny	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Mark Richardson	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	1
Cole Sanford	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Blake Thompson	\|		\|		\|		\|	-1
Joshua Waller	\|	1	\|		\|		\|	1

Sheffield Steelers

Cardiff Devils

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Matthew Greenfield	\|	22	\|	1	\|	60:00	\|	95.45
Curtis Warburton	\|		\|		\|		\|

Name		SA		GA		MIN		%
Ben Bowns	\|		\|		\|		\|
Taran Kozun	\|	36	\|	5	\|	60:00	\|	86.11

Sheffield Steelers made home-ice advantage count in emphatic style in their Viaplay Challenge Cup Quarter-Final first leg, thrashing Cardiff Devils 5-1 at Utilita Arena live on Viaplay Sports.

The Devils were dealt a late blow when starting goalie Ben Bowns was pulled after warm-up and Brodie Reid was also scratched.

Sheffield wasted little time in getting going and started strong. Brandon Whistle eventually opened the scoring, winning the faceoff in his own zone and going end-to-end before beating Tatan Kozun high at 12:56.

Evan Mosey converted Matt Petgrave's pass to beat Kozun low on a 5-on-3 advantage 4:01 into period two, before a moment of magic from Petgrave put the hosts three up at 36:51.

Josh Waller got the Devils on the board at 31:58 but a bottle-popper from distance from Whistle made it a 4-1 scoreline heading into period three. Danny Kristo made it 5-1 with just over eight minutes to go to put the Steelers in an excellent position ahead of the return leg in Wales next week.