Sheffield Steelers 3-0 Excel Hull Stingrays
Sheffield Steelers netminder Ervins Mustukovs recorded his 11th shut out of the year, and second against the Stingrays at Ice Sheffield, and Jason Hewitt scored his third and fourth goals in two games against Sylvain Cloutier's side as the South Yorkshire side blanked the Rays 3-0 tonight.
Hewitt - who netted his previous double against the club less than four days earlier - opened the scoring for the Steelers 13 minutes in and, in a tightly fought game, didn't add to his tally until six minutes into the third, when he doubled their lead.
The Rays fired 27 shots on Latvian Mustukovs but couldn't find a way past the league's standout netminder with Tom Squires on hand to fire home an empty net goal little more than 20 seconds remaining, condemning the Stingrays to their fifth consecutive defeat.
