Ice Hockey: Steelers wait on replay verdict after meltdown
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Your support makes all the difference.Sheffield Steelers, the Superleague leaders, will find out later this week whether their match at Bracknell Bees will be replayed after it was abandoned on Sunday with 10 minutes remaining because the ice had become dangerous. The score was 1-1 at the time.
The Scottish Eagles, who have had a disappointing start to the Superleague season, have reached the third round of the Continental Cup, a "fantastic achievement" according to their managing director, Bob Zeller.
The Eagles defeated Storhamar Dragons, of Norway, and the French hosts, Rouen, to ensure their progress even without their final match, against Latvia's Skonta Riga, being played after the ice melted. They face Belfast Giants, Norway's Valerenga and the Austrians of EHC Linz at the Odyssey Arena between 22 and 24 November.
The Eagles' progress capped a super weekend as they also moved into the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup, which they won last season, after Belfast lost to Sheffield Steelers.
Zeller said: "This is a fantastic achievement. We'd been written off by just about everybody but Paul Heavey and the boys showed just what ice hockey is all about – determination, team spirit, and a will to win in the face of overwhelming odds.
"Not only does our European dream continue, we are also on course to retain the Challenge Cup we won last year."
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