GAME THREAD: Steelers v Storm: CUP Wed Oct 11th:

[Foggy]

Enjoyed that from start to Eddie, I thought Petgrave had a brilliant game he was hardly off the ice all night. If it wasn’t for their excellent net minder it could have been a cricket score.

[ekt]

Can see why their Nettie is leading the stats. He’s very solid. He’s saved 51 out of 52.

Agree Manchester not v good but they’ll take some beating if the goalie stays fit.

I thought it was Oldale in goal for Storm.
Their second keeper, Weninger is the one leading the stats.

Sorry just checked, they swapped after 53 mins.
I don't recall a goalie change being announced at the game.

[Jayboy]

Can see why their Nettie is leading the stats. He’s very solid. He’s saved 51 out of 52.

Agree Manchester not v good but they’ll take some beating if the goalie stays fit.

I thought it was Oldale in goal for Storm.
Their second keeper, Weninger is the one leading the stats.

Sorry just checked, they swapped after 53 mins.
I don't recall a goalie change being announced at the game.

Straight after the 5th goal went in, and the crowd behind the nets were chanting your 5-1 down and it's all your fault, but it was announced your right..

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[stans lad]

Slow and ponderous.
Looks like friendly.
Watching the stream, glad I didn't make the effort to go.

Well the third made up for the other two periods.
The pressure told in the end.
Word to self: be more patient.

[Firefox1001]

I agree with Ginger. Looking back through this thread I think people who say we were a 1 period team are not telling the whole story. The first two periods we were so dominant that they were exhausted by the third and the floodgates opened. Very much a 3 period team. Stats are all massively in our favour SoG 41 to 15 for example. The only downside was a poor faceoff record.. This leads to many lost attacks and must be remedied. It was better in most previous games.

Stats say otherwise regarding face-offs:

https://www.eliteleague.co.uk/game/4302 ... n/tracking

83%-17% in left defensive face off circle,
63%-38% in right defensive face off circle.
100%-0% in all 4 face off dots between the blue lines,
73%-27% in centre face off circle,
70%-30% if left offensive face off circle,
42%-58% in right offensive face off circle.

[smbmetal]

Slow and ponderous.
Looks like friendly.
Watching the stream, glad I didn't make the effort to go.

Well the third made up for the other two periods.
The pressure told in the end.
Word to self: be more patient.

I agree we were very good in the 3rd period. I know I’m very much in the minority with not particularly enjoying this game. I thought the 1st two periods were dire, poor quality and even less entertaining to watch. Really did look like an exhibition game to me.

I don’t see Manchester troubling the top 3 teams over the course of the season. Just the odd scalp here and there.

[jas]

I appreciate there are different opinions about this game but my own view is that we played well in that we had most of the possession by far. However, I have to admit to also being a bit frustrated in that we couldn't find the back of the net for virtually 2 periods. Once we did though, the floodgates opened and the final score became a truer reflection of the overall game