Incredibly tense game that was an absolute beauty to win. Sheffield battered us for two periods but the more I see of Carruth, the more I wonder if I have ever seen an EIHL nettie who is better at playing the angles. He is square to the shooter almost every time and that means that although the shots were heavily weighted in favour of Sheffield, most were straight into Carruth's breadbasket.
I loved how we played a red-hot Sheffield team from about 30 minutes onwards, someone mentioned the rope-a-dope strategy and it wasn't far off..... consistently we broke with speed when given half a chance (led by Register who was immense yesterday) but when there wasn't a chance we just played it safe and got fresh legs. Face off wins in key areas were an issue - we need far more, although conversely our key man in that area, Dixon, was an absolute rock all other aspects of the game.
Sheffield fans seemed happy enough afterwards - in fairness the result doesn't massively help us, but does help them - and the game reinforced my view that this team has a great chance in the cup and in the playoffs as in any one off game, they are incredibly hard to beat.