Sheffield Steeldogs 5-5 Hull Stingrays (Pre-season)
In the second of four pre-season fixtures, the Hull Stingrays tonight came from behind thanks to a hat-trick from Jereme Tendler and two goals from Guillaume Doucet to tie 5-5 with the Sheffield Steeldogs in the first leg of the Bradfield Brewery Cup on Pad 2 at Ice Sheffield.
The Stingrays lost 4-3 in the first leg of last season's pre-season challenge game against Andre Payette's side before rebounding to win 4-1 and 7-5 on aggregate in the second leg at Ice Sheffield and they again struggled early on against a well-drilled Steeldogs team.
The Steeldogs held a 3-1 lead heading into the second period tonight thanks to goals from Steven Duncombe (8.17), Ashley Calvert (PPG - 12.31) and Lubomir Korhon (17.22) with Tendler (10.15) leveling the score with his third of pre-season at 1-1.
The Canadian added his second of the game and fourth of pre-season at 3.43 into the second period but the Steeldogs would again take control of the game. A lack of discipline saw the Rays - who were without Derek Campbell - give away a number of powerplays throughout the night and penalties against Martin Ondrej and then Lee Bonner allowed the Steeldogs to extend their lead to three with goals from former Stingray Andrew Hirst and Calvert - who recorded his second goal on the man advantage.
Three goals down, Sylvain Cloutier got a big response for his side early in the third period with the visitors netting three goals in the opening four minutes of the final period.
Doucet played a big part in the comeback, adding two more goals to his pre-season tally with a short handed goal on 41.10 and then a powerplay goal at 43.07 with Lee Haywood sitting in the box.
25 seconds after the Rays fourth from Doucet, Tendler bagged his third of the night to level the scores at 5-5.
Things had simmered between the sides all night, with Steeldog and former Hull junior player Craig Elliott generally at the centre of the Stingrays ire. That boiled over with less than ten minutes remaining as Matt Suderman was thrown out of the game for fighting with new Steeldogs enforcer Callum Pattison while Bobby Chamberlain dropped the gloves with Elliott.
The Rays killed off the resulting five minute powerplay with Suderman dismissed thanks to a 2+2+5+game penalty but there was still time for Tom Squires - who had a number of chances throughout the night - to go agonisingly close to winning the game with 1.20 left only to ring the iron.
With the tie finely balanced the two sides will meet again in the second leg next Wednesday to decided the winners of the pre-season Bradfield Brewery Cup.
Before that though the Rays travel to Scotland on Sunday night for the second of two challenge games against Edinburgh following Wednesday's 9-0 thrashing of a poor, understrength Capitals side.
In the second of four pre-season fixtures, the Hull Stingrays tonight came from behind thanks to a hat-trick from Jereme Tendler and two goals from Guillaume Doucet to tie 5-5 with the Sheffield Steeldogs in the first leg of the Bradfield Brewery Cup on Pad 2 at Ice Sheffield.
The Stingrays lost 4-3 in the first leg of last season's pre-season challenge game against Andre Payette's side before rebounding to win 4-1 and 7-5 on aggregate in the second leg at Ice Sheffield and they again struggled early on against a well-drilled Steeldogs team.
The Steeldogs held a 3-1 lead heading into the second period tonight thanks to goals from Steven Duncombe (8.17), Ashley Calvert (PPG - 12.31) and Lubomir Korhon (17.22) with Tendler (10.15) leveling the score with his third of pre-season at 1-1.
The Canadian added his second of the game and fourth of pre-season at 3.43 into the second period but the Steeldogs would again take control of the game. A lack of discipline saw the Rays - who were without Derek Campbell - give away a number of powerplays throughout the night and penalties against Martin Ondrej and then Lee Bonner allowed the Steeldogs to extend their lead to three with goals from former Stingray Andrew Hirst and Calvert - who recorded his second goal on the man advantage.
Three goals down, Sylvain Cloutier got a big response for his side early in the third period with the visitors netting three goals in the opening four minutes of the final period.
Doucet played a big part in the comeback, adding two more goals to his pre-season tally with a short handed goal on 41.10 and then a powerplay goal at 43.07 with Lee Haywood sitting in the box.
25 seconds after the Rays fourth from Doucet, Tendler bagged his third of the night to level the scores at 5-5.
Things had simmered between the sides all night, with Steeldog and former Hull junior player Craig Elliott generally at the centre of the Stingrays ire. That boiled over with less than ten minutes remaining as Matt Suderman was thrown out of the game for fighting with new Steeldogs enforcer Callum Pattison while Bobby Chamberlain dropped the gloves with Elliott.
The Rays killed off the resulting five minute powerplay with Suderman dismissed thanks to a 2+2+5+game penalty but there was still time for Tom Squires - who had a number of chances throughout the night - to go agonisingly close to winning the game with 1.20 left only to ring the iron.
With the tie finely balanced the two sides will meet again in the second leg next Wednesday to decided the winners of the pre-season Bradfield Brewery Cup.
Before that though the Rays travel to Scotland on Sunday night for the second of two challenge games against Edinburgh following Wednesday's 9-0 thrashing of a poor, understrength Capitals side.
