GD46 Steelers 6:4 Panthers / Feb 17 / EL

[Yotes]

Elite League / 35 of 54 / 17 February 2024, 7.00pm

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Scoring Summary
First Period
1-0	05:46	Josh NICHOLLS (Cormier, Watling) PP1
1-1	09:21	Westin MICHAUD (Caruso)
2-1	15:02	Daniel CIAMPINI (Balmas, Saucerman) PP1
Second Period
2-2	25:09	Logan NEILSON (Pare, Neill)
3-2	28:26	Kevin TANSEY (Nevalainen, Nicholls)
Third Period
4-2	41:39	Mikko JUUSOLA (Harper)
5-2	49:14	Josh NICHOLLS (Ciampini, Allen)
5-3	52:29	Hugo ROY (Luciani, Nieminen)
5-4	53:49	Westin MICHAUD (Nieminen, Lunsjo) PP1
6-4	55:04	Robert DOWD (Vallerand, Balmas)

[float]

A win here would be our best result of the season.

I, unfortunately, don’t see it and just hope we come out of it unscathed

[Bagheera]

Could just be Pare back for this one. The article a few days ago hinted at Tetlows return, but then I think the interview with Chris Ellis suggested he'd still be on coms for the webcast this weekend.

Unless we plan on springing a suprise.

If Tetlow does return soon i'd expect we'd just play the 7D as Dmen to ease him back in for the first few games.
Should the other players still be missing it'll be interesting to see what happens from there though. Do we ask a Dman to play forward and roll 4 full lines?

[spik]

Michaud coming up with the points lately, so a game winning one will do this time.

But with Glasgow winning last night (Boo!) I'll take 2 points beating the team tomorrow in Fife and catching these two above us.

[rexkramer]

Feels like Tetlow is least important injury return now as we've got 3 settled D lines. Not sure who, out of the 6, could play as a forward. Maybe Ryczek or McGurty? Both look decent on the puck.

[The Flying Shirt]

Feb 17, 2024 9:31:23 GMT Bagheera said:

Could just be Pare back for this one. The article a few days ago hinted at Tetlows return, but then I think the interview with Chris Ellis suggested he'd still be on coms for the webcast this weekend.

Unless we plan on springing a suprise.

If Tetlow does return soon i'd expect we'd just play the 7D as Dmen to ease him back in for the first few games.
Should the other players still be missing it'll be interesting to see what happens from there though. Do we ask a Dman to play forward and roll 4 full lines?

If you’re going to spring a surprise I think Paws would be higher up the pecking order than Tetlow

[Bagheera]

Feb 17, 2024 11:44:26 GMT The Flying Shirt said:

Feb 17, 2024 9:31:23 GMT Bagheera said:

Could just be Pare back for this one. The article a few days ago hinted at Tetlows return, but then I think the interview with Chris Ellis suggested he'd still be on coms for the webcast this weekend.

Unless we plan on springing a suprise.

If Tetlow does return soon i'd expect we'd just play the 7D as Dmen to ease him back in for the first few games.
Should the other players still be missing it'll be interesting to see what happens from there though. Do we ask a Dman to play forward and roll 4 full lines?

If you’re going to spring a surprise I think Paws would be higher up the pecking order than Tetlow

Lol.
I didn't quite finish that point. The article mentioned Ollie and Welsh still injured. A suprise would've been a full roster.

[Bagheera]

Pare in for Kelsall who now has a knock. Lemay still not back either.

[Bagheera]

Feb 17, 2024 10:53:18 GMT rexkramer said:

Feels like Tetlow is least important injury return now as we've got 3 settled D lines. Not sure who, out of the 6, could play as a forward. Maybe Ryczek or McGurty? Both look decent on the puck.

Those are the 2 id consider.

Tetlows return has a bigger impact when Welsh returns and we have all imports available. Then we can flex the team as needed. Probably sitting Ryczek or McGurty.

[rexkramer]

Hopefully Kelsall is just being prioritised for tomorrow's game but Welsh was a precaution initially and he's been missing for about a month.

[Bagheera]

Currently 1-1 11.02 gone.

Somebody around penalty box area hit by a puck so a delay.

Pare with a criminal penalty for the Steelers PP goal. A slash in the offensive zone breaking a Steelers stick in half.

Fairly lucky to be 1-1 at this point although it was a decent goal for Panthers.

[Bagheera]

2-1 down end of 1. 1-0 up 5 on 5 but need to stay out of the box. Steelers PP is lethal. The Michund Penalty looked a bit harsh though.

In general play Steelers do look a different class. They very much look as good as the stats suggest.

[float]

Great to see Logan get another goal, very well taken too.

It’s a given that Sheffield are a step above the rest this year, but great to see the compete level matching them. This is anyone’s game. We’ve conceded 2 powerplay goals and a delayed penalty goal. Our discipline has shot us in the foot here. Can very easily get something from this game, gotta hope we can get level again in the 3rd period.

[Bagheera]

Feb 17, 2024 20:38:32 GMT float said:

Great to see Logan get another goal, very well taken too.

It’s a given that Sheffield are a step above the rest this year, but great to see the compete level matching them. This is anyone’s game. We’ve conceded 2 powerplay goals and a delayed penalty goal. Our discipline has shot us in the foot here. Can very easily get something from this game, gotta hope we can get level again in the 3rd period.

I think Panthers were the better team in period 2. Greenfield coming up big again.
With the 3rd being a delayed penalty they still havn't scored a propper even strength goal in 2 periods.

[Yotes]

5-2 now.

[Yotes]

Couple for us, 5-4

[Yotes]

6-4

[float]

Horrendous officiating tonight.

[spik]

Fife v Cardiff
Nobody can score in PS,,,, 8 missed

10

Cardiffdevils score - yo

[shinobi]

Not being a defeatist, but a 6 - 4 road loss isn’t the most horrendous result considering Sheffield are a million miles ahead of Panthers.

[Bagheera]

If you are going to beat that Sheffield side you need everything to go your way. You certainly can't afford to have the officials making aweful decisons.
The non call to allow Steelers to go 4-2 up was abysmal. That pretty much put the game out of reach for a short benched Panthers side. To be fair to them they battled back hard and gave us a bit of hope again.
Then with around 5minutes to go they somehow only manage to call 2mins on each team allowing Steelers to get away with it big time.

A decent performance by Panthers all things considered. Sheffield are a class above, but they were pushed hard to the end.

[John Casey]

Sounds like a battling performance, really hope there's enough in the tank for Fife tomorrow.

Another 4 goals in a game, it's a pity that this type of scoring didn't start earlier and turned some of our defeats into wins

[The Flying Shirt]

Panthers played very well but Sheffield only went into a higher gear when we scored. Even the Sheffield forth line looked excellent. I wonder how the Panthers team would play with all that effort and some players with obvious talent would look like under Keefe, Fox or Dixon.

[wgray]

Disgraceful performance from the referees, clear trip on Michaud that led directly to their 4th and pretty much ended the game despite our late efforts. Then the lack of a call on Nichols for his cross check to the head of our player he was sat on the ice, it’s laughable. It didn’t take them long to get back to their old ways.

We can hold our heads high though, battled well and even though we were a line down compared to them it wasn’t a straight forward victory.

[bobness]

Sounds like a game we just couldn't get in front in, but gave a good account of ourselves in.

Only the third time Greenfield has conceded 4 goals all season, and the second most shots on goal on him at the Shed of Tin this year.
Average shots allowed on Greenfield at home this year is a paltry 21.6.
By contrast, average shots allowed on Fife goalies at home this year is 39.4, and at Storm, 38.5.

D wins games.