SHEFFIELD, U.K.- The Sheffield Steeldogs recorded their first four point weekend of the new 2012/13 season on Sunday Oct. 7. after travelling to Guildford and beating the Flames 4-5 (after OT).
The Steeldogs opened the scoring in the first period, with Andrew Hirst claiming his second goal of the weekend after 15:11. Sheffield’s ex-Hull Stringrays defender, Derek Campbell made it 2-0 at 19:39, firing the puck past Flames’ and ex-Sheffield Scimitars netminder, Mark Lee.
Early in the second period at 27:31, Stuart Brittle slotted the puck past Lee to secure his first goal of the new season and give the Steeldogs a comfortable 3-0 lead.
The last season’s League and Cup Champions were down, but not out. The Flames scored three in quick succession after a dominating spell of offensive possession.
Josef Kohut began the Guildford comeback, firing the puck past Steeldogs netminder, Dmitri Zimozdra, at 31:23. Less than a minute later, Rick Plant slotted the puck into the back of the Steeldogs’ net to make it 3-2. At 35:23, the Flames comeback was complete, as David Longstaff equalised to make it 3-3 heading into the final period.
Steeldogs hero%2C Greg Wood%2C finds the crucial winning goal in OT (picture courtesy of the Sheffield Steeldogs and Powerplay Magazine)
Greg Wood, Steeldogs captain, was the hero for the Sheffield side, clinching a crucial OT goal at 3:48, his eighth of the campaign so far, to give his team an impressive 4-5 (OT) away victory.
The Sheffield Steeldogs will next travel to Swindon to face the Wildcats on Saturday Oct. 13.
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