STEELERS SHARK BITTEN

The Steelers ran their string of losses to 3 this past Tuesday against the first place team in the D1 Division, the Sharks. Although the Steelers lost their 3rd straight, some positives signs were seen on the Steelers side as they showed a lot of confidence against the top team in the new division and scored 5 times during the loss including a hat trick from Jeff Anderson. The unfortunate part was that they weren't able to hold onto a 5-3 lead with about six minutes left in the third. The Steelers got of to a quick start with goals from Didulka and Anderson on the first shift of the game and held 2 goal leads on 3 occasions at 2-0, 3-1, and 5-3. The Sharks cut the Steelers lead in the first to 2-1 before Anthony Lam banged in a power play goal on a heads up play by Larry Romaniuk who did well to stop a puck from clearing the Sharks zone and quickly flipped a shot towards the net that handcuffed the Shark goalie and Lam was there to bang in the rebound. Before the 1st period was done the Sharks cut the lead to one again with only 19 seconds left and then tied it early in the 2nd with a shorthanded marker. The Steelers didn't let that get them down, and Jeff Anderson scored on a shorthanded breakaway of his own and less than a minute later scored again to open up a 5-3 Steeler lead. It stayed that way until 6:07 on the clock in the third when the Sharks made their comeback scoring three times in 4 minutes. The Steelers had a late power play to try and tie it but with the net empty and the extra attacker on, couldn't find the net as the Sharks did a solid job keeping the Steelers to the outside.

Scoring Summary

Anderson G 3 (5) A 0
Didulka G 1 (6) A 2 (4)
Lam G 1 (1) A 0
Sharpe G 0 A 1 (1)
Romaniuk G 0 A 1 (5)
Chow G 0 A 1 (1)
Durigon G 0 A 1 (2)