{"id":31405,"date":"2019-02-01T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T11:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=31405"},"modified":"2019-02-01T11:45:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T11:45:07","slug":"cardiff-devils-can-sheffield-steel-the-limelight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/01\/cardiff-devils-can-sheffield-steel-the-limelight\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Devils: Can Sheffield Steel the limelight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHEFFIELD Steelers will be hoping to avenge their 2-3 defeat to Cardiff Devils nine days ago in a repeat of last season\u2019s Grand Final.<br \/>\nThe Devils\u2019 100% record in 2019 came to an end last Sunday with a 2-1 defeat to the Nottingham Panthers.<br \/>\nLuke Pither claimed the winner in the third period for the Panthers before Belfast Giants capped an emphatic 9-2 win at Milton Keynes Lightning on Sunday closing the gap on last season\u2019s champions to just five points.<br \/>\nThe Steelers meanwhile won last time out at the Guildford Flames and will be hoping to further dent the Devils\u2019 title charge as they aim to pick up some form of their own.<br \/>\nThe 2017 Play-Off winners, who have won the competition a record five times, have struggled to maintain steady form in the league this season. They also find themselves at the foot of the Erhardt Conference.<br \/>\nAndrew Lord\u2019s side have seen their lead cut from11 points to just five at the top of the Elite League but will be keen not to let the 2014 Elite League winners, Belfast Giants, gain any ground on them.<br \/>\nIt has been confirmed that key forward Layne Ulmer is suspended for the next three games after an altercation with Jaynen Rissling in the Devils\u2019 last game against the Panthers.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29875\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-29875 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29875 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/ADB29FC0-75A7-40DD-A86B-0002F3B47696.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> The Devils will be without Layne Ulmer as he is suspended for three games.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nUlmer was reacting to Rissling\u2019s illegal check on teammate Evan Mosey of which Rissling has now received a six-game ban. DOPS (Department of Player Safety) said: \u201cIf Ulmer felt he had to take an action to fight, the stoppage where he entered the ice from the players bench was not the stoppage to pick.\u201d<br \/>\nA key figure in their recent double success over their closest rivals Belfast Giants, the 38-year-old is sure to be a big miss.<br \/>\nAiming for their third successive title, a feat that has never been achieved since the new format in 2003, the Devils first face the challenge of Manchester Storm at the Silverblades Ice Rink on Saturday.<br \/>\nSheffield Steelers face the familiar challenge of Guildford Flames with the opportunity to go level on points with the side before Sunday\u2019s fixture at the Viola Arena.<br \/>\nThe Devils claimed yesterday that they have fewer than 100 tickets remaining for this tie, one that is surely a must-win if they fail to win in Manchester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHEFFIELD Steelers will be hoping to avenge their 2-3 defeat to Cardiff Devils nine days ago in a repeat of last season\u2019s Grand Final. The Devils\u2019 100% record in 2019 came to an end last Sunday with a 2-1 defeat to the Nottingham Panthers. Luke Pither claimed the winner in the third period for the Panthers before Belfast Giants capped an emphatic 9-2 win at Milton Keynes Lightning on Sunday closing the gap on last season\u2019s champions to just five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":31413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,113],"tags":[1291,59,1185,65,74],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-31405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ice-hockey-sport","category-sport","category-uncategorised","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-devils","tag-ice-hockey","tag-sheffield-steelers","tag-sport-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff Devils: Can Sheffield Steel the limelight? - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/01\/cardiff-devils-can-sheffield-steel-the-limelight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff Devils: Can Sheffield Steel the limelight? - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SHEFFIELD Steelers will be hoping to avenge their 2-3 defeat to Cardiff Devils nine days ago in a repeat of last season\u2019s Grand Final. 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