SHE 5:2 SLZ | Sheffield Steelers - Red Bull Salzburg (Champions League)

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Sheffield Steelers Great Britain

5:2 (1:2, 2:0, 2:0)

Red Bull Salzburg

Sunday 11.09.2016, 19:00 • Champions League • Group P

		Welcome. Game starts at 19:00.
Here we go again ????????✈️????????. See you soon, @steelershockey.#CHL #RedBullsHockey pic.twitter.com/LMjBmr3DPa — EC Red Bull Salzburg (@ecrbs) September 10, 2016
		The final game of the CHL group stages sees Salzburg travel to Sheffield already assured of their place in the next round after winning in Jonkoping earlier this week. Sheffield on the other hand go in search of their first points in the CHL at the eighth attempt, and remain the only British team yet to have recorded a point in the competition.
@steelershockey @ecrbs @RTB_218 Thank you ❤❤ #ForAmy #HockeyFamilySticksTogether pic.twitter.com/q7wFVshpx1 — Kev #KevNotKev (@richardwilcock4) September 11, 2016
		Starting lineups: Sheffield Steelers: Mustukovs (Day) – Bjorklund, O'Connor, Franzon, Ratchuk, Phillips, Fitzgerald (A), Sarich – Schultz, Roy, Armstrong – Valdix, Dowd, Nelson – Mosienko, Desbiens (A), Fretter – Nilsson, Ferrara, Phillips (C) Head Coach: Paul Thompson Red Bull Salzburg: Starkbaum (Grancar) – Kutlak, Raymond, Trattnig (c), Flood, Viveiros, Wolf – Raffl, Duncan (A), Hughes – Herburger, Olson, Thomas – Latusa, Welser (A), Baltram – Rauchenwald, Cijan, Kristler – Hochkofler Head Coach: Greg Poss Referees: Deweerdt (BEL), Darnell – Beresford, Kavanagh (All GBR).
@officialsteelers @ecredbullsalzburg #warmup #chl #werealldoomed Fotka zveřejněná uživatelem Bob McGee, Yorkshire (@bobmc40), Zář 11, 2016 v 9:27 PDT
		The last game in the CHL group stage will start pretty soon.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:22	First shot on the net by Raffl. Mustukovs stays solid.
	01:16	And another save for Sheffield's goalie. Starkbaum on the other side still without any touch of puck.
	02:08	The game is quite calm in the beginning of the game. No physical contact, moreover almost no shots.
	02:59	Duncan's shot went up over the net. Although he had quite decent position.
	03:43	Sheffield in the zone in front of Starkbaum, but no shot is coming.
	04:07	Roy's backhander went little bit wide of the net. Starkbaum only controled the direction.
	04:54	Steelers more active last couple of minutes.
	05:06	And tried it with an individual attemp. But Starkbaum made an amazing save.
	05:51	First PP in the game goes to Salzburg. Fitzgerald (SHE) gets two minutes for tripping.
	06:52	Goal for Salzburg! And Salzburg scores a PP goal. Raffl sent the puck from the left side in front of net, where JOHN HUGHES was waiting for this pass and although he was defended by one Steelers' dman, he tipped the puck in. Assist: Thomas Raffl.
06:52 John HUGHES - 0:1
	07:27	Goal for Sheffield! Well the game is tied quite quickly again. JESSE SCHULTZ undressed one of his opponent in front of net and scored a beauty. Assist: Mathieu Roy.
	07:45	And Steelers continues in the zone in front of Starkbaum. But no shot yet.
	08:40	Salzburg made it quite easily through the neutral zone, but then was stopped with an offside.
	08:55	Goal for Salzburg! Great combination brings a leading to Salzburg again. MANUEL LATUSA got an accurate pass in front of net right on his stick and just simply sent it to the open net. Assist: Mark Flood.
	09:01	Ratchuk left the ice following a team doctor. But it doesn't look like serious injury.
Great to see the camaraderie between fans at the @championshockey games #CHL #greatdayatchl Fotka zveřejněná uživatelem Snapchat: PuckStopUK (@puckstopuk), Zář 11, 2016 v 10:07 PDT
	11:00	Sheffield has another PP. Cijan (SLZ) gets two munutes for slashing.
	11:30	But Sheffield can't enter the offensive zone.
	11:52	Finally not with longer consecutive pressure.
	12:16	But Salzburg kills the PP successfully. Sheffield has had no serious shot so far in the PP.
	13:00	Killed! Cijan is back on the ice.
	13:01	And right after he made it back on the ice, Mustukovs had to make an amazing glove save against a shot from the right circle.
	13:27	And another save by Mustukovs. Now he covers the puck with a glove.
	14:13	Hughes tried it from the left and Mustukovs had some small troubles with catching the puck. So it was a chance for Raffle for a rebound, but he didn't reach the puck.
	15:18	Sheffield's attack stopped with an offside.
	15:35	Icing call against Salzburg now.
	15:55	The game has started to be more physical. Franzon with a hit on one side, than Mustukovs was attacked in his goal crease.
	15:56	And the happening in the crease was against rules. Raymond and Desbiens both awarded with two minutes for interference.
	16:49	Long wrister from the left went wide so Starkbaum didn't even have to do anything.
	17:28	Sheffield with a huge pressure in front of Starkbaum. Now Starkbaum had so much work to do. And he did it properly.
	17:49	Salzburg rather sends the puck on icing.
	18:35	Puck stays in the zone, but Salzburg can't reach it so Sheffield can start a new attack.
	19:17	Another icing call against Salzburg. Sheffield is quite dangerous in the last minutes of this period.
	20:00	1st period finished.
End of the first period here in #Sheffield. It's @steelershockey 1-2 @ecrbs.#FanAmbassador #GreatDayAtCHL #CHL pic.twitter.com/Tt6RqTQeF2 — Jake Oakley (@SnapperJakeO) September 11, 2016
		First period is over. Salzburg scored the first goal in the game thanks to a great combination among Raffl and scoring Hughes. But it wasn't even a minute and Schultz tied the game from quite similar situation. But Salzburg has got the leading back thanks to Latusa.
		Stats of the first period Shots: 3 – 13 PIM: 4 – 4
		Next period begins at 19:52.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:15	Raffl's line on fire since first seconds. Mustukovs saves it.
	20:51	Starkbaum with two amazing saves! Especially the second one with his pad was incredible and really important.
	21:47	After initial pressure, both teams are calmer now.
	22:01	Viveiros (SLZ) gets two minutes for delaying the game. Chance for Sheffield.
	22:52	Salzburg kills the penalty quite properly.
	23:14	First bigger chance in PP for Roy. But his first shot Starkbaum covers into his chest and then with glove. No rebound for Steelers.
	23:48	Sheffield can't make it to the zone.
	24:01	Viveiros on the ice. Salzburg in full strength.
	25:18	It's quite calm part of the game now. No shot, no speed.
	26:20	After a while we saw a shot. But it wasn't somehow dangerous. Thomas simply sent the puck from behind the defenceman. Mustukovs had no problems with it.
Red Bull Salzburg vs Sheffield Steeles in the #CHL great game so far pic.twitter.com/xOHiBB2nT1 — Robert Pryce (@pryce11) September 11, 2016
	27:05	Sheffield with a solid pressure. Salzburg struggles with putting the puck from the zone.
	27:29	Salzburg played with six players and gets two minutes penalty.
	27:55	Starkbaum with an easy save. Nothing dangerous from a home team in the PP so far.
	28:25	Steelers still without any shot in PP. Salzburg kills it really good.
	29:07	The puck is more around Mustukovs net than in the offensive zone.
	29:29	Penalty is over. I can't say which team was more dangerous in the PP.
	30:51	Great forecheck by Hughes. Salzburg fought hard and got the zone as Mustukovs covered the puck on the ice.
	30:55	Starkbaum is out of the net with some injury. Grancar is in instead of him.
	31:26	Mustukovs showed how fast hands he has. Important save for Steelers.
	32:45	Sheffield made it in the zone, Franzon sent the puck on net but instead of net it ended on Salzburg's bench.
	33:29	Icing call against Sheffield.
	34:52	Goal for Sheffield! JESSE SCHULTZ scores his second goal tonight. He and Roy made it two one one in front of net, where Schultz got accurate pass from Roy and sent the puck in the open net. Assist: Mathieu Roy.
34:52 Jesse SCHULTZ - 2:2
	35:34	Finally the goal blew some energy to everyone's vains. The game looks definitely better after the equalizer.
	36:42	Icing call against Salzburg.
	37:01	Home team has more energy in last minutes of the period. Nilsson almost scored another goal. But hits only the post.
	37:58	Salzburg with a shot on the other side. Mustukovs saves it with his glove.
	38:05	Icing call against Salzburg again.
	39:00	Last minute of the second period.
	39:26	Sheffield in the zone but no shot is coming.
	39:58	Goal for Sheffield! ROBERT DOWD showed how important the pressure in front of the net or the goal crease. He sent a shot on Grancar, who didn't catch it, so he found the puck again and scored from rebound. Assist: John Armstrong.
39:58 Robert DOWD - 3:2
	40:00	2nd period finished.
Almost doing cartwheels by the pool in Mexico as Dowd makes it 3-2 @steelershockey #CHL — Andy Roberts (@ic3creamman) September 11, 2016
		After quite boring start of this period it was quite fun in the end. Sheffield pumped some energy in the game thanks to the second goal. And only TWO seconds left in the period Dowd, Cramo Top Scorer, scored on 3-2, so Sheffield is in the leading for the firt time in this game.
		Stats of the second period Shots: 14 – 7 PIM: 0 – 4
		Next period begins at 20.43.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	40:43	Mustukovs with two important saves. First one with his pad, second with a edge of his skate.
	40:53	Icing call against Steelers.
	41:01	And now another icing call, but this time against Salzburg.
	41:59	Wrister by Thomas from the left side. But Mustukovs stays solid.
	42:39	Sheffield with a decent pressure in front of Gracnar who sends the puck with his pad to the corner.
	43:22	Scramble in front of Sheffield's bench after which Phillips is heading to the box -two minutes for slashing.
	43:30	Despite losing the puck in the zone, Salzburg stays in.
	43:52	But not anymore. Franzon clears it and sends a puck on Grancar.
	44:38	Goal for Sheffield! Short-handed goal for Steelers. LUKE FERRARA went two on one with Nilsson who served him the puck for a one-timer which shouldn't have been missed. Assist: Markus Nilsson.
	45:48	And Sheffield is on fire. Home team still has at least some motivation to show a nice show to the home crowd.
	46:38	Salzburg in the zone but struggles with some better combination.
	47:36	Goal for Sheffield! Hattrick for JESSE SCHULTZ! Valdix created this chance with a terrible pass on the blue line, where Schultz got the puck, skated to Grancar and fired a blaster which went through over the glove. No assist.
	47:57	Viveiros gets his second penalty in the game. Another PP for Steelers.
	48:53	But Steelers don't rush in this PP. Keep calm and wait for a chance to score.
	49:57	PP is over. Steelers didn't even have a longer pressure.
	50:25	We will see another PP. Fitzgerald (SHE) gets two minutes for hooking.
	50:55	Salzburg again struggles in its PP. Sheffield almost scored another short-handed goal.
	51:30	Finally now Red Bull made it to the zone.
	51:41	But back to the neutral zone. Offside call against Salzburg.
Fans can't believe what's happening on the ice Sheffield?! WOW! ???????????????????????????? #CHL — Tim Larsson (@TimpanHv71) September 11, 2016
	52:25	PP is over.
	52:57	Salzburg was close now! But Mustukovs didn't allow Olson to push the puck under his right pad in the net.
	53:43	Salzburg now plays like in a PP. Steelers are under pressure.
	54:45	Salzburg cleared the zone after Fretter's shot.
	55:09	Trattnig lost the puck so Ferrara had a decent shot from a short distance. Gracnar saves it.
	56:14	Latusa sent the puck in front of net where Welser almost tipped it in.
	56:44	Viveiros wrister went wide.
	57:17	Raymond with a slapper from the blue line, Mustukovs tried to catch it with a glove, but it only bounced to the corner.
	57:54	And another penalty coming up. Mustukovs gets two minutes. Served by Roy. PP for Salzburg.
	58:00	Last two minutes of the period.
	58:33	So much traffic in front of Mustukovs.
	58:41	But Mustukovs found the puck like a first one and covered it with his glove on the ice.
	58:52	Steelers clear the zone.
	59:06	And again.
	59:33	Steelers control the puck.
	59:52	Well Salzburg will have 8 seconds in two-man advantage. Phillips gets two minutes for hooking.
		Game over.
		Sheffield Steelers got their first win in the CHL! Despite that they won't make it to the Round of 32. You can follow the draw for the next roud already tommorow on www.championshockeyleague.net. Stay tuned.
		Stats of the match Shots: 24 – 34 PIM: 12 – 10 (21:19:05)
The @steelershockey win! #CHL #SHEvsRBS 5–2 pic.twitter.com/oWuBtcI8Pc — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) September 11, 2016

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 8. Schultz (Roy), 35. Schultz (Roy), 40. Dowd (Armstrong), 45. Ferrara (Nilsson), 48. Schultz – 7. Hughes (Raffl), 9. Latusa (Flood)

Sheffield Steelers: Mustukovs (Day) – Bjorklund, O'Connor, Franzon, Ratchuk, Phillips, Fitzgerald (A), Sarich – Schultz, Roy, Armstrong – Valdix, Dowd, Nelson – Mosienko, Desbiens (A), Fretter – Nilsson, Ferrara, Phillips (C)
Head Coach: Paul Thompson

Red Bull Salzburg: Starkbaum (Grancar) – Kutlak, Raymond, Trattnig (c), Flood, Viveiros, Wolf – Raffl, Duncan (A), Hughes – Herburger, Olson, Thomas – Latusa, Welser (A), Baltram – Rauchenwald, Cijan, Kristler – Hochkofler
Head Coach: Greg Poss

Referees: Deweerdt (BEL), Darnell – Beresford, Kavanagh (All GBR)

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Kometa Brno – Mountfield HK	3:1 (end)	\|	Vitkovice – Chomutov	2:3 (end)	\|	Mlada Boleslav – Olomouc	0:2 (end)
Litvínov – Zlín	3:6 (end)

1st period
	05:51	SHE	2
	06:52	SLZ	0:1	Hughes (Raffl)
	07:27	SHE	1:1	Schultz (Roy)
	08:55	SLZ	1:2	Latusa (Flood)
	11:00	SHE	2
	15:56	SHE	2
1st intermission
2nd period
	22:01	SHE	2
	27:29	SHE	2
	34:52	SHE	2:2	Schultz (Roy)
	39:58	SHE	3:2	Dowd (Armstrong)
2nd intermission
3rd period
	43:22	SHE	2
	44:38	SHE	4:2	Ferrara (Nilsson)
	47:36	SHE	5:2	Schultz
	47:57	SHE	2
	50:25	SHE	2
	57:54	SHE	2
	59:52	SHE	2
Final