An early goal from Flames and Steelers was all the scoring either team could muster in leg 1 of the aggregate goal Playoff quarter final leaving both sides to decide it in a 2^nd leg showdown Sunday night in Sheffield.

They traded strikes less than 3 minutes apart on either side of the period’s halfway mark with Jamal Watson kicking it off before Evan Jasper brought it level for a 1-1 tie.

Neither team could find another before the 1^st timed out, and the 20 minutes that followed were also scoreless thanks to Justin Fazio at the Flames end and Matt Greenfield guarding the visitor’s cage. 

About halfway through the 3^rd, Flames blueliner Jonathan Racine was handed a major penalty for head contact, but fortunately for Spectrum’s men it was mitigated by a Steelers fight instigator to chew the first 2 minutes of that stretch at 4 on 4.  When Steelers did get to the 3 minute powerplay portion, a solid penalty kill limited chances and held the score at a goal each by the time Flames returned to full strength about 5 minutes from time. Not long after that, a Steelers minor put Flames to a powerplay to try and take an aggregate lead, but with no luck there, Sunday sets up as a winner take all event.

Fazio made 40 saves on 41 shots while Greenfield also had just a single blemish on the 31 shots his way.