EIHL Analysis - Sheffield Steelers 3–1 Cardiff Devils

Challenge Cup

Sheffield Steelers3

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Cardiff Devils1

Challenge Cup · Saturday, 26 September 2026 · Utilita Arena Sheffield · Face-off 19:00 · Started 19:06 · Ended 21:24

Summary Full

The game

09:17 · Cardiff Devils scoreRyan Barrow · ES

19:33 · Sheffield Steelers scoreBrandon Whistle · PP

29:42 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Balmas · SH

59:48 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMacoy Erkamps · EN

The game — full timeline

09:17 · Cardiff Devils scoreRyan Barrow · ES · Panu Mieho

19:09 · Cardiff Devils penaltyJimmy Oligny · Cross-checking · 2

19:33 · Sheffield Steelers scoreBrandon Whistle · PP · Dominic Cormier, Olivier Archambault

28:31 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyTim Gettinger · Delay Thr · 2

29:42 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Balmas · SH · Mikko Juusola, Brien Diffley

36:28 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyRobert Dowd · Holding · 2

59:48 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMacoy Erkamps · EN · Ryan Tait, Matthew Greenfield

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

25/26 saves

44Lucas Brine

Line 1

93Archambault

LW 1A

74Whistle

C 1G

92Balmas

F 1G

59Erkamps

D 1G

58Cormier

D 1A

Line 2

75Dowd

LW 2 PIM

62Jasper

71Teissala

57Roe

65Diffley

D 1A

Line 3

25Gettinger

LW 2 PIM

81Collins

72Björkly Nordström

77Aarnio

3Steele

Line 4

63Juusola

LW 1A

8Tait

RW 1A

2Stucker

Cardiff Devils

33Ben Bowns

28/30 saves

30Christian Stoever

Line 1

11Caron

63Mieho

C 1A

79Barrow

RW 1G

52Oligny

D 2 PIM

Line 2

88Martin

22Welsh

Line 3

57Yaremko

25Brandt

Line 4

Rosters

Dressed players and game statistics from the gamesheet.

Sheffield Steelers 20 dressed


1	Matthew Greenfield	G	0	1	1	0	—	60:00	26	25	96.2%
44	Lucas Brine	G	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
8	Ryan Tait	RW	0	1	1	0	+1	14:14	—	—	—
25	Tim Gettinger	LW	0	0	0	2	+0	12:11	—	—	—
62	Evan Jasper	C	0	0	0	0	+0	14:34	—	—	—
63	Mikko Juusola	LW	0	1	1	0	+2	16:02	—	—	—
71	Leevi Teissala	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	13:25	—	—	—
72	Ivan Björkly Nordström	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	9:46	—	—	—
74	Brandon Whistle	C	1	0	1	0	-1	17:52	—	—	—
75	Robert Dowd	LW	0	0	0	2	+0	15:00	—	—	—
81	Sean Collins	C	0	0	0	0	+1	13:32	—	—	—
92	Mitchell Balmas	F	1	0	1	0	+0	19:27	—	—	—
93	Olivier Archambault	LW	0	1	1	0	-1	17:09	—	—	—
2	Robbie Stucker	D	0	0	0	0	+0	7:28	—	—	—
3	Liam Steele	D	0	0	0	0	+0	11:36	—	—	—
57	Logan Roe	D	0	0	0	0	+0	21:55	—	—	—
58	Dominic Cormier	D	0	1	1	0	+0	19:59	—	—	—
59	Macoy Erkamps	D	1	0	1	0	+1	23:52	—	—	—
65	Brien Diffley	D	0	1	1	0	+0	21:22	—	—	—
77	Aatu Aarnio	D	0	0	0	0	+1	19:35	—	—	—

Cardiff Devils 18 dressed


30	Christian Stoever	G	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
33	Ben Bowns	G	—	—	—	0	—	58:22	30	28	93.3%
5	Ben Davies	C	0	0	0	0	+0	8:28	—	—	—
11	Thomas Caron	LW	0	0	0	0	+1	16:34	—	—	—
21	Kohen Olischefski	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	20:57	—	—	—
25	Riley Brandt	F	0	0	0	0	-1	16:29	—	—	—
28	Jake Sacratini	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	6:32	—	—	—
57	Nolan Yaremko	LW	0	0	0	0	-1	18:41	—	—	—
63	Panu Mieho	C	0	1	1	0	+1	18:51	—	—	—
77	Bayley Harewood	C	0	0	0	0	+0	11:36	—	—	—
79	Ryan Barrow	RW	1	0	1	0	+0	18:40	—	—	—
88	Joey Martin	C	0	0	0	0	-2	23:43	—	—	—
92	Josh MacDonald	LW	0	0	0	0	-2	21:03	—	—	—
6	Brandon Estes	D	0	0	0	0	+0	27:22	—	—	—
17	Mark Richardson	D	0	0	0	0	+1	14:03	—	—	—
20	Gleason Fournier	D	0	0	0	0	-2	25:53	—	—	—
22	Nicholas Welsh	D	0	0	0	0	-1	27:36	—	—	—
52	Jimmy Oligny	D	0	0	0	2	+1	21:52	—	—	—