Concentration for the Sheffield Steelers was all on the elite league this weekend. On Friday night the Steelers picked up a 2-1 victory on the road against the Braehead Clan with goals from Andreas Valdix and Jesse Schultz. While the Steelers had Saturday off Sundays opponents the Belfast Giants beat the Clan 5-1 at home in a challenge cup group A game. Head to head the Giants hold the advantage with 66 wins to the Steelers 59 and 11 draws however in the 8 meetings last season the Steelers won 7 games against the Giants. After a scoreless 1st period the Steelers would open the scoring with Jesse Schultz at 21:06 however the 2nd period would end all square as former Steeler Colin Shields would equalise at 37:18. With 10 minutes to go in the 3rd period it was still an extremely tight game with both netminders making some great save to keep there teams in the game but in the end it would be the Steelers who would collect the 2 points with 4 goals in the final 10 minutes. Schultz with his 2nd of the game and 3rd of the weekend at 51:04, Guillaume Desbiens with his 1st goal of the season at 54:21, Christoffer Bjorklund would open his Steelers account at 55:41 and Andreas Valdix would finish the scoring at 58:42.
3 league games played 3 league game won. Next up a double header against the Cardiff Devils an away cup game on Saturday in the Steelers 1st ever visit to Ice Arena Wales followed on Sunday by a league game at the house of steel.
My man of the Match - Ervins Mustukovs - He seems to had struggled so far this season but this weekend we saw the moose we had 5 years ago
