Manchester had the lead after the opening interval in Sheffield because of a superb spin move from Ryan Hughes establishing Grant Hebert in entrance to fireside again previous Matt Greenfield at 8:56. Mark Simpson drew Evan Wenninger into his mattress save of the interval with a low pad cease from shut vary, whereas Alexis D’Aoust ought to have put Storm additional forward however couldn’t beat Greenfield when by alone.
The Steelers began interval two the stronger and it didn’t take them lengthy to stage – Mikko Juusola skated in entrance and wrapped round Weninger to tie the sport simply 17 seconds into the interval. Slightly below 9 minutes later, Juusola tipped Joona Huttula’s shot in entrance of Weninger to place the house aspect forward.
Storm had an excellent pushback within the remaining 5 or so minutes of the second, however drew Greenfield into two wonderful stops to maintain the Steelers forward. That stated, Sacha Guimond noticed a shot come again off the underside of the bar earlier than the interval was out which may have prolonged the Steelers’ lead additional.
Sheffield once more began the interval rapidly and caught Storm out early. This time it took 32 seconds for Juusola to place the Steelers 3-1 up and full his hat trick. A late powerplay for the guests did not yield a aim to get them again into issues, and with Weninger pulled with 93 seconds to go it appeared like just one individual would rating subsequent: Juusola latching on to a brief Jake Durflinger move to race away and fireplace into the empty web.
Photograph: Dean WoolleyWith EIHL Macth Report
