Glasgow Clan received their second straight extra time sport, beating Sheffield Steelers 3-2 in OT on Wednesday evening.
A close to sellout crowd at Braehead Enviornment was handled to a wonderful contest between two evenly matched sides. Clan outshot their opponents in every of the primary two intervals, however the sport remained tied heading into the third.
The one targets by way of 40 minutes got here within the opening interval. Sam Tremblay gave the Steelers the lead simply 2:40 into the sport, one-timing residence Evan Jasper’s feed from behind the online. Clan levelled issues up 2:55 earlier than the primary break when Reece Kelly’s turnover behind his personal objective allowed Robert Lachowicz to search out Miihkali Teppo within the slot for a one-time end.
There have been no targets within the second interval, although Clan have been left ruing a sequence of missed powerplay alternatives. 4 Steelers penalties gave them sustained strain, however Matt Greenfield stood agency to maintain the rating degree.
Former Steeler Brett Neumann had a golden probability to present his new workforce the lead however was denied by Greenfield when by way of one-on-one. Nevertheless, 6:42 into the third interval, Neumann did strike – slotting residence off a set faceoff play from Brayden Burke’s move to place the Clan forward.
With 7:22 left to play, a Dominic Cormier shot bounced off Sami Aittokallio straight to Derek Gentile, who fired residence the rebound to tie the sport as soon as once more. The Steelers had the higher of the late probabilities, however each groups finally deserved to take one thing from the sport because it headed into extra time.
Within the further body, each Jordon Southorn and Darien Kielb got here shut earlier than Kielb fed the puck throughout the crease for Jason Fram to fit residence the winner at 63:20, sealing one other dramatic extra time victory for the Clan.
Glasgow Clan – Belfast Giants 3:2 OT Glasgow Clan Sheffield Steelers
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