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Four-goal Huppe sinks Steelers
Photograph of Hull forward Curtis Huppe courtsey of Arthur Foster.
Player-assistant coach Curtis Huppe netted four goals as Excel Hull Stingrays rounded off the Elite League regular season with a 7-4 victory over Sheffield Steelers at Hull Arena.
Matt Hubbauer put Steelers, who started with back-up goaltender Dan Green, into an early lead but Jason Silverthorn (powerplay) showed good hands to level, Lee Esders tipped in a Stephen Burns shot to nudge Stingrays in front before Huppe finished off a fine move involving Lee Mitchell and captain Jeff Glowa to put his side in the driving seat.
Jonathan Zion pulled a goal back for Steelers with a fine finish before Joey Talbot lost his cool and was ejected by referee Dean Smith for abuse of official, with Glowa capitalising on the powerplay.
A bullet from Jeff Legue from just inside the blue line hauled Steelers to within one again but Huppe restored Stingrays’ two-goal cushion with a shot which went straight through the net, Smith awarding the marker having consulted the goal judge.
Jonathan Phillips (powerplay) raced through to cut the deficit once more but Huppe completed his hat-trick and then notched a fourth inside the last five minutes to give Stingrays a confidence boost going into their play-off tie with league champions Coventry Blaze next weekend.
Despite the win, player-coach Sylvain Cloutier was unhappy with some aspects of his side’s performance.
He said: “We wanted to win but we got away from our game a bit, we got a bit lazy and gave them life to come back all night. You can’t have those bad habits.
“I know the guys wanted to have some fun and enjoy themselves but I said to them before the third period that we have to take care of our own end and can’t stop back-checking. But now we will work hard all week and focus on next weekend against Coventry.”
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