In his final game as a Sheffield Steeler, captain Jonathan Phillips scored the teams 7th and final goal of the season, ironically assisted by fellow retirement team mate Brendan Connolly.
It might not have been a Steelers – Panthers classic but with period scores of 3-2 / 1-1 and 3-1 3rd place in the play offs was wrapped up convincingly.
Tomas Pitule misses the game (injured) after taking warm up, Davey Phillips who was due to sit the game out (also injured) stepped up and dressed to cover.
Hadan Lavigne started for the Steelers and has made some excellent saves in the first period, despite the game lacking the normal intensity of a Steelers Panthers clash.
Steelers scored first, Brandon Whistle firing through the five hole of Matthew Bloor at 7.58
Panthers hit back at 14.56 through Mattew Myers before Kevin Schulze took the only penalty of the period for hooking at 15.52
Steelers went ahead again, shorthanded as Daniel Ciampini fed Scott Allen for the Goa ahead goal.
With Panthers on the PP they soon equalised once again through Myers (again)
With just 48 seconds remaining in the period Robert Dod separated the sides once again finding the net for the Steelers 3rd goal.
Brett Neumann doubled the Steelers advantage at 29.42 as he skated away on a breakaway
Panthers hit back at 34.26 with an individual effort from Stephen Anderson
41.36 and young Jack Hopkins took a puck out of the air to beat Lavigne and tie the scores 4-4
Steelers then went on to score three unanswered goals, first from Calle Ackered (44.13) assisted Connolly and Whistle
6-4 when Niklas Nevanainen fired through traffic to double the advantage and then …
Down the right wing and a bullet of a shot from Jonathan Phillips for 7-4 at 54.41
The game ended with both Connolly and Phillips on the ice as the Steelers crowd stood to applaud their players for the final shift of the year.
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