Sheffield Scimitars 3-0 Guildford Flames
Saturday 23rd December 2006
English Premier League
iceSheffield, Coleridge Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 5DA,
England

The Flames travelled to Sheffield in the final pre-Christmas game of
the season, and with their first opportunity to jump into first place
in the league standings, the Surrey based club fell 3-0 to the
Yorkshire side, who extended their league lead to 4 points over the
Flames.  Sheffield opened their account at 8:55 thanks to Lloyd
Gibson.  While Andrew Hemmings served a slashing minor for the Flames,
the Scimitars' Robert Dowd scored on the powerplay at 17:58 to extend
the home side lead to 2-0 as the clubs went to the first break.  Just
beyond the midway point of period 2, the Scimitars struck on the
powerplay again when Steve Roberts beat Joe Watkins for a 3-0 lead.
In final session, the Flames delivered as much pressure as possible,
outshooting their opponents 14-5, but Pasi Raitanen was up to the
task, turning aside all rubber directed his way to earn the shutout,
helping Sheffield retain the top spot in the EPL table with the 3-0
win.

SCORING

SHEFFIELD; 23-Dec-2006 03:00 PM; 2006/2007; ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS 3 vs GUILDFORD FLAMES 0

First Period

1. SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS, Lloyd Gibson (Carl Ashton / Steve Duncombe)
08:55 (gw)
2. SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS, Robert Dowd (Matt Towe / Simon Butterworth)
17:58 (pp)

Penalties - Steve Duncombe - SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS (Delay of Game-Minor)
00:59, James Goodman - SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS (Interference-Minor) 12:53,
Andrew Hemmings - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Slashing-Minor) 16:56, Milos
Melicherik - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Hooking-Minor) 18:22, Rob Lamey -
GUILDFORD FLAMES (Highstick-Minor) 19:31

Second Period

3. SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS, Steve Roberts (Les Millie / Matt Towe) 10:05
(pp)

Penalties - Paul Dixon - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Elbowing-Minor) 02:25,
Marian Smerciak - GUILDFORD FLAMES
(Interference-Minor) 08:46, Marian Smerciak - GUILDFORD FLAMES
(Hooking-Minor) 18:22

Third Period

No Scoring.

Penalties - Lloyd Gibson - SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS (Tripping-Minor) 03:06,
Marian Smerciak - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Interference-Minor) 04:32, Paul
Dixon - GUILDFORD FLAMES (Holding-Minor) 08:47

Shots On Goal

SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS 11-13-14--38
GUILDFORD FLAMES  15-15-5--35

Goal - SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS: Pasi Raitanen; GUILDFORD FLAMES: Joe
Watkins

Power plays - SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS: 2-for-8; GUILDFORD FLAMES: 0-for-3

Lineups

SHEFFIELD SCIMITARS: Pasi Raitanen; Paul Jones; Simon Butterworth;
Steve Duncombe; Jon Woolhouse; Ryan Johnson; James Goodman; Ben
Morgan; Steve Roberts; Lloyd Gibson; Mike Holland; Stuart Brittle; Ron
Shudra; Carl Ashton; Matt Towe; Les Millie; Robert Dowd

GUILDFORD FLAMES: Joe Watkins; Tom Annetts; Neil Liddiard; Marian
Smerciak; David Savage; Ben Johnson; Rob Lamey; Stuart Potts; Andrew
Hemmings; Rick Plant; Ben Duggan; Milos Melicherik; Paul Dixon; Vaclav
Zavoral; Simon James; Chris Wiggins; Ben Austin; Adam Hyman; Rick
Skene; Ollie Bronnimann

BOX SCORE

Period Scoring  1st  2nd  3rd  OT  Final
Guildford  0 0 0  0
Sheffield 2 1 0  3

Shots On Goal 1st  2nd  3rd  OT  Final
Watkins 15 15 5  35
Raitanen 11 13 14  38

Penalty Minutes  1st 2nd  3rd  OT  Final
Guildford  6 6 4  16
Sheffield 4 0 2  6


Referee - S. Wardell

Linesmen - P. Memmott; J. Liptrott

Attendance - 443

Man of Match - Rick Plant (Flames); Matt Towe (Scimitars)