Steelers win back to back Murrayfield games
Steelers made it 9 straight wins with a second weekend win in Scotland’s capital city as their title challenge continues at full steam ahead.
A treble by defenceman Steve Birnstill paved the way with fellow blueliner Matt Stephenson scoring twice.
For Capitals however it was a 7th straight loss and they are now getting sucked into a battle for a Play-Off spot with improving Fife gaining momentum.
Steelers were quick to gain the initiative and Ashley Tait fired them ahead after only 68 seconds. Birnstill scored his first at 7.55 before Rene Jarolin got Capitals on the board on the powerplay at 15.25.
Birnstill on the powerplay made it 3-1 at 2.44 of the 2nd period but Capitals stayed in it when Peter Holecko was on the mark at 32.37.
Birnstill completed a straight hat trick at 49.08 but player/coach Richard Hartman again pulled Capitals to within a single goal at 52.43 only for Stephenson to take centre stage and put the game to bed with strikes at 53.25 and 55.26 on the powerplay to give Steelers a winning advantage.
Period Scores: 1-2, 1-1, 1-3
Penalty Mins: Edi 17 – She 19
Powerplay: Edi 1/7 – She 2/6
Shots On: Nathan Craze 40 – John DeCaro 36
Referee: Andy Carson
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| 24th March 2013 18:00 | ||
4-1 |
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| 24th March 2013 18:00 | ||
2-3 |
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| 24th March 2013 17:00 | ||
2-4 |
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| 23rd March 2013 19:30 | ||
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| 23rd March 2013 19:15 | ||
| Club | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nottingham Panthers | 52 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 232 | 111 | 85 |
| 2 | Belfast Giants | 52 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 191 | 132 | 79 |
| 3 | Sheffield Steelers | 52 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 184 | 133 | 73 |
| 4 | Coventry Blaze | 52 | 24 | 28 | 6 | 155 | 180 | 54 |
| 5 | Cardiff Devils | 52 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 160 | 168 | 50 |
| 6 | Fife Flyers | 52 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 153 | 175 | 48 |
| 7 | Edinburgh Capitals | 52 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 149 | 184 | 48 |
| 8 | Braehead Clan | 52 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 163 | 200 | 46 |
| 9 | Dundee Stars | 52 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 138 | 194 | 44 |
| 10 | Hull Stingrays | 52 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 137 | 185 | 43 |
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| 11th November 2012 18:00 | ||
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| 11th November 2012 18:00 | ||
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| 11th November 2012 17:30 | ||
6-3 |
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| 10th November 2012 19:30 | ||
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| 10th November 2012 19:00 | ||
3-1 |
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| 10th November 2012 18:30 | ||
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| 10th November 2012 18:30 | ||
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| 10th November 2012 17:45 | ||
| Club | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester Phoenix | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 48 | 25 |
| 2 | Basingstoke Bison | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 29 | 25 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Lightning | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 42 | 19 |
| 4 | Bracknell Bees | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 62 | 66 | 19 |
| 5 | Guildford Flames | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 73 | 54 | 18 |
| 6 | Slough Jets | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 43 | 16 |
| 7 | Swindon Wildcats | 18 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 54 | 67 | 15 |
| 8 | Sheffield Steeldogs | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 64 | 14 |
| 9 | Peterborough Phantoms | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 55 | 13 |
| 10 | Telford Tigers | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 57 | 6 |
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| 10th November 2012 17:00 | ||
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| 10th November 2012 17:30 | ||
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| 10th November 2012 19:00 | ||
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| 11th November 2012 14:30 | ||
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| 11th November 2012 17:00 | ||
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| 11th November 2012 17:45 | ||
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| 4th November 2012 19:30 | ||
4-5 |
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| 4th November 2012 18:30 | ||
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| 4th November 2012 17:30 | ||
4-0 |
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| 3rd November 2012 18:30 | ||
3-3 |
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| 3rd November 2012 17:15 | ||
6-1 |
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| 28th October 2012 18:30 | ||
| Club | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solway Sharks | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 15 | 20 |
| 2 | Billingham Stars | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 20 | 18 |
| 3 | Whitley Warriors | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 32 | 14 |
| 4 | Sutton Sting | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 33 | 10 |
| 5 | Blackburn Hawks | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 23 | 10 |
| 6 | Sheffield Spartans | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 44 | 6 |
| 7 | Trafford Metros | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 48 | 4 |
| 8 | Coventry NIHL Blaze | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 37 | 4 |
| 9 | Telford Titans | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
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| 2nd September 2012 18:30 | ||
7-2 |
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| 2nd September 2012 17:15 | ||
7-6 |
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| 2nd September 2012 17:15 | ||
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| 1st September 2012 19:00 | ||
| Club | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wightlink Raiders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Invicta Dynamos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Bracknell Hornets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Romford Raiders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | Streatham Redskins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Thunder | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | Solent & Gosport Devils | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2nd September 2012 18:45 | ||
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| 1st September 2012 17:45 | ||
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| 1st September 2012 17:00 | ||
| Club | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1 | Deeside Dragons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Nottingham Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Fylde Flyers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Hull ENL Stingrays | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Blackburn Eagles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
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