Sheffield Steelers 4-0 Hull Stingrays
The Hull Stingrays came up empty handed this evening in their search for a four point weekend against Erhardt Conference sides as they were defeated by four goals to nil against the Sheffield Steelers at the Motorpoint Arena.
A hat-trick from import forward Shawn Limpwright and a further goal from Simon Ferguson was enough to hand the Steelers the two points in the Yorkshire derby, with netminder John DeCaro helping himself to his second shutout of the weekend by denying all 17 of Stingrays shots. Returning to his hometown once again, Rays netminder Ben Bowns turned away 28 of the Steelers 32 shots.
In complete contrast to their season long series against fellow Erhardt Conference side the Cardiff Devils - which is 4-0-1 following last night's victory - the Rays record against Sheffield with one game to go is five defeats in five games.
The shutout is the Stingrays second blank of the season following October's 6-0 loss in Nottingham.
Sylvain Cloutier and his side now gear themselves up for five consecutive Gardiner Conference games starting next Saturday in Fife before a home fixture against the Braehead Clan in a week's time.
The Hull Stingrays came up empty handed this evening in their search for a four point weekend against Erhardt Conference sides as they were defeated by four goals to nil against the Sheffield Steelers at the Motorpoint Arena.
A hat-trick from import forward Shawn Limpwright and a further goal from Simon Ferguson was enough to hand the Steelers the two points in the Yorkshire derby, with netminder John DeCaro helping himself to his second shutout of the weekend by denying all 17 of Stingrays shots. Returning to his hometown once again, Rays netminder Ben Bowns turned away 28 of the Steelers 32 shots.
In complete contrast to their season long series against fellow Erhardt Conference side the Cardiff Devils - which is 4-0-1 following last night's victory - the Rays record against Sheffield with one game to go is five defeats in five games.
The shutout is the Stingrays second blank of the season following October's 6-0 loss in Nottingham.
Sylvain Cloutier and his side now gear themselves up for five consecutive Gardiner Conference games starting next Saturday in Fife before a home fixture against the Braehead Clan in a week's time.
