Cardiff Devils 3-2 Sheffield Steelers (result)

Steelers - beaten 3-2 at Cardiff Devils on Sunday night - are determined to strengthen their defensive corps despite ongoing injuries to two forwards.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Nov 2016, 06:20 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2016, 14:41 BST
Sheffield Steelers celebrate after goal against Edinburgh. Pic: Dean WoolleySheffield Steelers celebrate after goal against Edinburgh. Pic: Dean Woolley
Sheffield Steelers celebrate after goal against Edinburgh. Pic: Dean Woolley

Yared Hagos and Andreas Valdix are both out but Sheffield will sign d-man Jace Coyle as a spare import.

The club first decided to try and bring him back weeks ago. And as there are no suitable offensive players seemingly available it is likely Coyle will drop into the D allowing either Mike Ratchuk, Anders Franzon or Zack Fitzgerald to play wing.

Jace Coyle - Sheffield Steelers v Coventry Blaze 13/03/16Jace Coyle - Sheffield Steelers v Coventry Blaze 13/03/16
Jace Coyle - Sheffield Steelers v Coventry Blaze 13/03/16
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Last night, Steelers went into combat at league leaders Cardiff icing three centres including d-man Mike Ratchuk and four sets of wingers.

If there was a player who’d really want to score in Cardiff it is ex Devils winger Jonathan Phillips - and he opened the scoring at 23;25.

But Markus Nilsson took a penalty, Andrew Lord equalised and Guillaume Desbiens blew his top with the officials, getting kicked out of the game at 24.18.

Steelers, who beat Edinburgh on Saturday 7-1, then had a goal disallowed and went behind to a Guillaume Doucet goal at 36:01.

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Jace Coyle - Sheffield Steelers v Coventry Blaze 13/03/16

Things move quickly in hockey!

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Levi Nelson’s 10 minute misconduct left Steelers so unmanned the chances of equalising seemed remote.

However winger Mathieu Roy wouldn’t follow the script and made it 2-2 at 43;32.

Franzon had a couple of chances to win the game for Sheffield but when Fitzgerald was given a minor penalty Devils’ Gleason Fournier hit the winner with two minutes to go.

Cardiff are now 11 points ahead of second place Steelers.

But Paul Thompson’s men have five games in hand -

RESULTS

Sunday 27th November

Elite League

Cardiff Devils 3 Sheffield Steelers 2

Dundee Stars 6 Manchester Storm 3

Edinburgh Capitals 6 Braehead Clan 4

Nottingham Panthers 3 Fife Flyers 2

FIXTURES

Wednesday 30th November

Elite League

Cardiff Devils v Nottingham - 7.30pm

Saturday 3rd December

Elite League

Braehead Clan v Dundee Stars - 7.00pm

Cardiff Devils v Edinburgh Capitals – 7.00pm

Fife Flyers v Belfast Giants – 7.15pm

Manchester Storm v Coventry Blaze – 7.00pm

Nottingham Panthers v Sheffield Steelers – 7.00pm

Sunday 4th December

Elite League

Coventry Blaze v Manchester Storm – 5.15pm

Dundee Stars v Braehead Clan – 6.30pm

Edinburgh Capitals v Belfast Giants - 6.00pm

Sheffield Steelers v Nottingham Panthers - 5.00pm

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