Bees went on to the lose the final 4-1 to Slough Jets.

Bees got a short-handed goal inside the first minute through captain Adam Bicknell. The puck went in after fumbles from the Scimitars defence, with an assist given to Michal Kanka.

It stayed 1-0 until the second period when Wallace found the back of the net after Shudra set him clear from the halfway line.

Jones made a pair of great saves to keep it all square, and Moberg tested Rockman with a powerplay shot before Dowd scored for the Scimitars, still with the one man advantage.

The decisive final period saw an early equalising goal from Michal Kanka, shorthanded at 42.18, with Parrish assisting.

A charge by Lloyd Gibson was stopped dead by a collision behind the Bees net, leaving him bleeding from a cut eyebrow, and Butterworth was penalised at 43.38 when Kanka went down easily in front of the referee.

A vicious bounce at 45.20 beat Jones for a powerplay goal, scored by Dwight Parrish.

A pivotal moment came at 51.52, with Jones forced to skate almost to the blue line to clear a puck in the face of two unopposed attackers.

Bracknell's Kurt Reynolds hit Jones after the clearance, knocking him to the ice and leaving the netminder's helmet spinning across the rink. A match penalty for Reynolds could not make up for the effects on Jones, and Bracknell dug deep to kill the five minute Sheffield powerplay, repeatedly launching the puck the full length of the ice.

Shots were saved at both ends, before Tom Carlon snapped the puck across the goalmouth to Peter Jasik on a 2 on 1 for the import to shoot home behind Jones at 58.58, sealing the game and a place in the final for the Bees.

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