EIHL Analysis - Sheffield Steelers 4–1 Cardiff Devils

Challenge Cup

Sheffield Steelers4

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Cardiff Devils1

Challenge Cup · Sunday, 19 October 2025 · Utilita Arena Sheffield · Face-off 16:00 · Started 16:07 · Ended 18:40

Summary Full

The game

24:29 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Heard · PP

29:30 · Sheffield Steelers scoreJack Dougherty · ES

32:14 · Sheffield Steelers scoreRobert Dowd · ES

43:23 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Balmas · ES

47:49 · Cardiff Devils scoreJoey Martin · PP

The game — full timeline

02:36 · Cardiff Devils penaltyBayley Harewood · Holding · 2

10:01 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyStephen Harper · Holding · 2

22:56 · Cardiff Devils penaltyUnknown · Too Many Men · 2

24:29 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Heard · PP · Dominic Cormier, Derek Gentile

29:30 · Sheffield Steelers scoreJack Dougherty · ES · Evan Jasper, Robert Dowd

32:14 · Sheffield Steelers scoreRobert Dowd · ES · Mitchell Balmas, Joona Huttula

34:01 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyCliff Pu · High-sticking · 2

34:01 · Cardiff Devils penaltyJimmy Oligny · Cross-checking · 2

38:43 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyStephen Harper · Holding · 2

43:23 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Balmas · ES · Stephen Harper, Cliff Pu

44:42 · Cardiff Devils penaltyJimmy Oligny · Slashing · 2

46:43 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyMitchell Heard · Slashing · 2

47:49 · Cardiff Devils scoreJoey Martin · PP · Ryan Barrow, Cole Sanford

51:39 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyBrien Diffley · Hooking · 2

Lines

Declared lines from the gamesheet: forward lines with the defence pair of the same number. Shaded by points in the game (darker is more); a bar on the left marks a starter.

Sheffield Steelers

1Matthew Greenfield

27/28 saves

34Curtis Warburton

Line 1

15Harper

LW 1A 4 PIM

92Balmas

F 1G 1A

86Pu

RW 1A 2 PIM

5Huttula

D 1A

58Cormier

D 1A

Line 2

75Dowd

LW 1G 1A

62Jasper

C 1A

77Gentile

RW 1A

10Southorn

65Diffley

D 2 PIM

Line 3

13Heard

C 1G 2 PIM

18Tremblay

8Tait

55Dougherty

D 1G

67Kelly

Line 4

6Tansey

61Neilson

44Björkly Nordström

Cardiff Devils

33Ben Bowns

30Christian Stoever

31/35 saves

Line 1

92MacDonald

88Martin

C 1G

96Sanford

RW 1A

52Oligny

D 4 PIM

6Estes

Line 2

27Kontos

79Barrow

RW 1A

21Olischefski

23Mosey

20Fournier

Line 3

11Perlini

5Davies

25Brandt

17Richardson

44Helgesen

Line 4

22Caponi

77Harewood

C 2 PIM

16Duggan

42MacLean

Rosters

Dressed players and game statistics from the gamesheet.

Sheffield Steelers 20 dressed


1	Matthew Greenfield	G	—	—	—	0	—	60:00	28	27	96.4%
34	Curtis Warburton	G	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
8	Ryan Tait	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	20:51	—	—	—
13	Mitchell Heard	C	1	0	1	2	+0	15:58	—	—	—
15	Stephen Harper	LW	0	1	1	4	+2	19:36	—	—	—
18	Samuel Tremblay	C	0	0	0	0	+0	19:43	—	—	—
44	Ivan Björkly Nordström	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	1:06	—	—	—
61	Logan Neilson	F	0	0	0	0	+0	3:20	—	—	—
62	Evan Jasper	C	0	1	1	0	+1	17:34	—	—	—
75	Robert Dowd	LW	1	1	2	0	+2	18:24	—	—	—
77	Derek Gentile	RW	0	1	1	0	+1	17:12	—	—	—
86	Cliff Pu	RW	0	1	1	2	+1	22:24	—	—	—
92	Mitchell Balmas	F	1	1	2	0	+2	20:11	—	—	—
5	Joona Huttula	D	0	1	1	0	+2	18:41	—	—	—
6	Kevin Tansey	D	0	0	0	0	+0	18:31	—	—	—
10	Jordon Southorn	D	0	0	0	0	+1	18:55	—	—	—
55	Jack Dougherty	D	1	0	1	0	+1	18:42	—	—	—
58	Dominic Cormier	D	0	1	1	0	+1	20:37	—	—	—
65	Brien Diffley	D	0	0	0	2	+1	16:33	—	—	—
67	Reece Kelly	D	0	0	0	0	+0	1:06	—	—	—

Cardiff Devils 21 dressed


30	Christian Stoever	G	—	—	—	0	—	60:00	35	31	88.6%
33	Ben Bowns	G	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
5	Ben Davies	C	0	0	0	0	+0	10:56	—	—	—
11	Brett Perlini	C	0	0	0	0	-2	14:37	—	—	—
16	Samuel Duggan	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	6:55	—	—	—
21	Kohen Olischefski	RW	0	0	0	0	-2	17:44	—	—	—
22	Connor Caponi	F	0	0	0	0	+0	10:15	—	—	—
25	Riley Brandt	F	0	0	0	0	-3	12:18	—	—	—
27	Kristoff Kontos	C	0	0	0	0	-1	14:28	—	—	—
77	Bayley Harewood	C	0	0	0	2	+0	6:17	—	—	—
79	Ryan Barrow	RW	0	1	1	0	+0	21:30	—	—	—
88	Joey Martin	C	1	0	1	0	+0	19:14	—	—	—
92	Josh MacDonald	LW	0	0	0	0	+0	20:08	—	—	—
96	Cole Sanford	RW	0	1	1	0	+0	19:26	—	—	—
6	Brandon Estes	D	0	0	0	0	+0	29:14	—	—	—
17	Mark Richardson	D	0	0	0	0	+0	15:47	—	—	—
20	Gleason Fournier	D	0	0	0	0	-3	17:26	—	—	—
23	Evan Mosey	D	0	0	0	0	-3	17:31	—	—	—
42	Steven MacLean	D	0	0	0	0	+0	0:00	—	—	—
44	Tyson Helgesen	D	0	0	0	0	-1	14:54	—	—	—
52	Jimmy Oligny	D	0	0	0	4	+0	25:26	—	—	—