Conway hat-trick helps Giants battle past Steelers

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Belfast Giants v Sheffield Steelers (19:00)

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STEELERS TO THE POWERPLAYpublished at 19:28 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2023
Belfast Giants 1-0 Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield have been the better team since going behind and now have a powerplay chance - the first of the game - 5 minutes left in period
GIANTS TAKE THE LEADpublished at 19:25 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2023
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Lewis Hook opens the scoring for the Belfast Giants
GOAL! HOOK GIVES GIANTS THE LEADpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2023
Belfast Giants 1-0 Sheffield Steelers
Eight minutes gone and Giants take the lead. Josh Roach gets the shot away, Matthew Greenfield makes the pad save but the loose puck is tracked down by Lewis Hook who buries it through a crowd. Terrific start, every loose puck being contested, crowd into this one from he start.
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Lewis Hook
FIRST PERIOD - PUCK IS DROPPEDpublished at 19:06 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2023
Belfast Giants 0-0 Sheffield Steelers
Raucous sell-out crowd, big Steelers following, two of the top teams going at it in the first of a huge doubleheader - LET THE GAME BEGIN
Pride Game 2023published at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2023
Belfast Giants v Sheffield Steelers
For the third time all 10 Elite League teams have been taking part in the EIHL's Pride Week, an initiative first started in 2020.
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2023 Pride Game
TONIGHT'S STARTING SIX FOR BOTH SIDESpublished at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2023
Belfast Giants
G Jackson Whistle D Gabe Bast D Sam Ruopp RW Mark Cooper C Scott Conway LW David Goodwin
Sheffield Steelers
G Matthew Greenfield D Kevin Schulze D David Phillips LW Daniel Ciampini C Scott Allen RW Brett Neumann
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Belfast Giants v Sheffield Steelers
HOCKEY NIGHT IN BELFASTpublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2023
Belfast Giants - Sheffield Steelers
Welcome to the SSE Arena in Belfast.
It doesn't get any bigger than this. The business end of the season and a 4-team race for the Elite League title with twenty games to go and a doubleheader between the Giants and Steelers.
Three points separate them in the standings with the Steelers in second and Giants in fourth and the Devils in between.
The Guildford Flames remain in top spot three points ahead of Sheffield.
The two sides have met only twice so far this season splitting a doubleheader in Sheffield back in November which means there are four massive head-to-head encounters left starting tonight.
Buckle up - it's a great weekend of hockey in front of two expected sell-out crowds and a big travelling support here in Belfast.
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Belfast Giants Henrik Eriksson skates onto the ice