EIHL Analysis - Sheffield Steelers 5–2 Manchester Storm

League

Sheffield Steelers5

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Manchester Storm2

League · Saturday, 24 January 2026 · Utilita Arena Sheffield · Face-off 19:00 · Started 19:05 · Ended 21:26

Summary Full

The game

06:39 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMikko Juusola · ES

06:53 · Sheffield Steelers scoreEvan Jasper · ES

36:48 · Sheffield Steelers scoreEvan Jasper · ES

50:52 · Sheffield Steelers scorePatrick Watling · ES

51:20 · Manchester Storm scoreJosh Crawley · ES

55:07 · Manchester Storm scoreStephen Johnson · ES

59:34 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Balmas · EN

The game — full timeline

06:39 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMikko Juusola · ES · Brien Diffley, Jordon Southorn

06:53 · Sheffield Steelers scoreEvan Jasper · ES · Mitchell Balmas, Kevin Tansey

16:44 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyStephen Harper · High-sticking · 2

36:48 · Sheffield Steelers scoreEvan Jasper · ES · Mitchell Heard, Kevin Tansey

50:52 · Sheffield Steelers scorePatrick Watling · ES · Jordon Southorn

51:20 · Manchester Storm scoreJosh Crawley · ES · Rais Francis, Harrison Caines

55:07 · Manchester Storm scoreStephen Johnson · ES · Gary Haden, Bradley Jenion

59:34 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Balmas · EN · Brien Diffley, Stephen Harper

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

27/29 saves

34Curtis Warburton

Line 1

75Dowd

62Jasper

C 2G

92Balmas

F 1G 1A

55Dougherty

58Cormier

Line 2

15Harper

LW 1A 2 PIM

13Heard

C 1A

23Ritchie

10Southorn

D 2A

65Diffley

D 2A

Line 3

63Juusola

LW 1G

14Watling

C 1G

8Tait

6Tansey

D 2A

67Kelly

Line 4

18Tremblay

44Watson

Manchester Storm

44Drew DeRidder

36/40 saves

42Tyler de la Bertouche

Line 1

29Cutler

19Gilmour

18Ergang

77Welsh

7Clavelle

Line 2

12Johnson

F 1G

23Haden

C 1A

9Hinam

6Harrison

4Busby

Line 3

84Caines

LW 1A

14Ulett

79Dudek

10Ehrhardt

8Jenion

D 1A

Line 4

74Francis

F 1A

20Crawley

F 1G

21Sullivan

Rosters

Dressed players and game statistics from the gamesheet.

Sheffield Steelers 19 dressed


1	Matthew Greenfield	G	—	—	—	0	—	60:00	29	27	93.1%
34	Curtis Warburton	G	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
8	Ryan Tait	RW	0	0	0	0	+1	17:50	—	—	—
13	Mitchell Heard	C	0	1	1	0	+1	17:09	—	—	—
14	Patrick Watling	C	1	0	1	0	+1	14:52	—	—	—
15	Stephen Harper	LW	0	1	1	2	+1	16:36	—	—	—
18	Samuel Tremblay	C	0	0	0	0	+1	12:03	—	—	—
23	Brett Ritchie	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	15:10	—	—	—
44	Kyle Watson	F	0	0	0	0	-1	7:30	—	—	—
62	Evan Jasper	C	2	0	2	0	+2	15:06	—	—	—
63	Mikko Juusola	LW	1	0	1	0	+1	17:35	—	—	—
75	Robert Dowd	LW	0	0	0	0	+1	18:01	—	—	—
92	Mitchell Balmas	F	1	1	2	0	+2	18:14	—	—	—
6	Kevin Tansey	D	0	2	2	0	+2	19:30	—	—	—
10	Jordon Southorn	D	0	2	2	0	+1	18:59	—	—	—
55	Jack Dougherty	D	0	0	0	0	+0	23:11	—	—	—
58	Dominic Cormier	D	0	0	0	0	+0	24:46	—	—	—
65	Brien Diffley	D	0	2	2	0	+2	21:00	—	—	—
67	Reece Kelly	D	0	0	0	0	+1	12:10	—	—	—

Manchester Storm 20 dressed


42	Tyler de la Bertouche	G	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Drew DeRidder	G	—	—	—	—	58:10	40	36	90.0%
9	Tyler Hinam	RW	0	0	0	-1	19:41	—	—	—
12	Stephen Johnson	F	1	0	1	+0	22:17	—	—	—
14	Loren Ulett	C	0	0	0	-2	14:44	—	—	—
18	Kaleb Ergang	RW	0	0	0	-2	22:04	—	—	—
19	Brady Gilmour	C	0	0	0	-2	20:58	—	—	—
20	Josh Crawley	F	1	0	1	+1	5:53	—	—	—
23	Gary Haden	C	0	1	1	+0	19:04	—	—	—
29	Brandon Cutler	LW	0	0	0	-2	21:49	—	—	—
74	Rais Francis	F	0	1	1	+1	7:05	—	—	—
79	J.D. Dudek	C	0	0	0	-2	15:18	—	—	—
84	Harrison Caines	LW	0	1	1	-1	14:42	—	—	—
4	Dennis Busby	D	0	0	0	-1	20:14	—	—	—
6	Chase Harrison	D	0	0	0	-1	10:26	—	—	—
7	Brendon Clavelle	D	0	0	0	-1	23:18	—	—	—
8	Bradley Jenion	D	0	1	1	-1	12:42	—	—	—
10	Dallas Ehrhardt	D	0	0	0	+1	13:34	—	—	—
21	Zach Sullivan	D	0	0	0	-1	8:26	—	—	—
77	Nicholas Welsh	D	0	0	0	-1	27:28	—	—	—