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It's in our own hands now
What a huge weekend that was, and one that proved to be an excellent for the supporters (like me) of Sheffield Steelers. Two massive games against fellow title chasing Cardiff, and we came out of it with a smile as wide as the Severn Road Bridge. Now if you had told me that before the first puck was dropped in the Big Blue Tent, I wouldn’t have believed you. Honestly, I wouldn’t have but hey there this is why we love hockey so much.
People said the title would be decided after these games, well they have not included Belfast into this equation but we have taken a massive step towards to regaining that league title back to S9. Few will go to Cardiff and come away with a win, regardless if it’s a regulation win, overtime or penalty shots but we went there and did the job. I couldn’t make it myself due to financial reasons (I had to take into account two home games this week – one being tonight) but my mate Carol was doing a sterling job with her text updates. Yet the winner was scored by a bloke with a Welsh sounding surname in Thomas, except he comes from Stockport in Cheshire.
Buoyed by this result, I couldn’t wait for the return game in the House of Steel the following day. Literally speaking I bounced into there (my beloved Celtic had given me a feel good factor just hours previously) and pretty confident we could complete a two day double over the Devils. And so we did, and they (the Devils) looked a downcast and beaten force as they came off the ice in South Yorkshire. It was if they had already given up hope of the league despite having two matches in hand on us. I would not let this go if I was Gerad Adams, I would keep going until it was mathematically impossible to do so but as I said some of the Devils players looked like they had surrended and raised the white flag.
One thing which has hurt the Devils recently is the absence of Tylor Michel from the team following on from his five game suspension for a sucker punch incident against Belfast. Safe to say, I would go on record as saying that it may have just cost them the title too. Michel is, what some call, a rink rat – a player that annoys the hell out of you when he’s in opposition and one you love when he’s one of your own. A bit like Vezio Sacratini who used bug me like crazy when he played against us for Cardiff ironically but the boot was proverbially on the other foot when he signed for us (albeit when he was past his best). I could go on with numerous examples of these types of players…
So now mathematically speaking we need six wins from our remaining eight games to be crowned as champions, but the thing is we still have to play Belfast twice and a trip to Nottingham to endure before any champagne corks can be popped. It’s definitely in our own hands, we are the only ones that can throw away something that we are on the verge of achieving. We have to take the momentum from the Devils games into the final straight and clinch it, and I’m damn sure that Ben (Simon) has similar thoughts. Sure bodies will be aching but if adrenaline is a cure then that will help the team get through and onto glory. One slip could be massive and dash our dreams. We can’t afford to be complacent.
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Mark
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- Alex Birch
- Andy Pierce
- Chris Gent
- Christopher Beal
- Craig Simpson
- Dave Simms
- Elliott Stanley
- Gareth Chalmers
- James Broughton
- James Gordon
- Katy Madgwick
- Luke Catterson
- Mark Briggs
- Mark Duell
- Mat Young
- Patrick Smyth
- Promotion
- Russ Morrell
- Seanna Murdock
- Stephen Dowson
- Stewart Roberts
- Tom Forster
- Vicki Smart
- William Lyon
