12 Nov 2023, 16:00 | Regular season | Sheffield Arena |
Sheffield Steelers | 2-1 OT | Coventry Blaze |
Periods: Shots: | 1-0 (16-6) | 0-0 (8-5) | 0-0 (14-6) | 1-0 (6-1) | Total: 44-18 |
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Referees: Wells/Dalton  |  Spectators: 8449 |
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Goals and assists
Sheffield Steelers logged a four-point weekend across league and cup
action thanks to an overtime victory over Coventry Blaze on Sunday
afternoon.
Returning to the Utilita Arena for the first time since
the tragic events of October, the Steelers' pre-game ceremony honoured
Adam Johnson as well as marking Remembrance Sunday.
When the game
began, it was the home side that had the ideal start - just 7:45 on the
clock when Brett Neumann finished a Daniel Ciampini pass breaking 2-on-0
to put the home side ahead.
That was a lead the Steelers held
well into the final ten minutes of the game, with both side's penalty
kills coming up big in the opening 47 minutes.
JD Dudek levelled
for the Blaze with 9:23 to play, although his side were forced to play
almost all of the final two minutes shorthanded with Alessio Luciani
called on a Tripping minor. The Blaze held out there to earn their
second point of the seaosn in Sheffield, but, as before they were beaten
in overtime - captain Robert Dowd scoring the winner 2:43 into the
bonus period.