Ice Hockey: Wasps draw Steelers' sting
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Basingstoke Beavers and Sheffield Steelers, of the First Division, finally fell by the wayside in the Benson & Hedges Cup, losing to the Premier sides, Nottingham Panthers and Durham Wasps, respectively, in the quarter-finals, writes Steve Pinder.
Steelers, playing last season's League and championship double winners, went into the two matches without their leading scorer, Steve MacSwain, an American qualified to hold a British passport who was declared ineligible by the British Ice Hockey Association last week.
Sheffield shrugged aside his absence and came away from the first leg at Durham just 7-6 down thanks to two late goals from Steve Nemeth and Paul Dixon. The next day in front of a 7,500 home crowd Les Millie tied the score in the first period, Michael Tasker restored Wasps' lead in the second and Ron Shudra tied the score in the third.
Ten minutes of sudden-death overtime remained scoreless and it came to penalties. Rick Brebant, Tim Cranston and Mike Blaisdell scored for Wasps while Shudra and Nemeth missed for Sheffield. Millie stepped up for the final Steelers' penalty only to see it saved by Stephen Foster. Against the Beavers, Panthers won the first leg 10-7 and the second leg 8-7.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments