SmartStop Recap – More Than a Game
Mississauga, ON – The Mississauga Steelheads took to the ice on Sunday afternoon for Superhero Day as they played for Reese Meyer of Caledon East against the Kitchener Rangers. The Steelheads honoured Reese and his family before the game in an on-ice ceremony. For more information on Reese and his story, please click here.
Kitchener had the first powerplay opportunity of the game, as the Steelheads headed to the box for hooking. The Rangers capitalized, as Greg Meireles received a bounce pass off the end of the boards from Riley Damiani and one-timed it past Kai Edmonds. Kitchener increased their lead to two goals, as Declan McDonnell found Mike Petizian on a 2-on-1, who chipped the puck past Edmonds. Late in the first, the Rangers came down the ice on a 4-on-1 making a nice passing play to make the score 3-0. The Steelheads had an opportunity to climb back into the game, as the Rangers went to the penalty box for high-sticking. Mississauga was unable to score and headed into the first intermission down by three.
With the Steelheads in the penalty box, Nic Canade put the team on his back, as he burst into the offensive zone 1-on-2 and wired a wrist shot past former Steelheads goaltender Jacob Ingham to cut the Rangers lead to two goals. The Rangers regained their three-goal lead, as Donovan Sebrango took a shot that bounced over the shoulder of Edmonds and trickled into the back of the net. The Steelheads headed into the third looking for a miraculous comeback.
A super effort on superhero day from @canade_n #SteelTheShow #MISSvsKIT pic.twitter.com/tx3LQNH238
— Mississauga Steelheads (@OHLSteelheads) January 26, 2020
Ty Collins started the comeback push early in the third, as he fired a shot over the shoulder of Ingham to put the Steelheads within two. Near the midway point of the period, Cole Schwindt scored one of the finest goals you’ll see, going between the legs to get past the Rangers defence and lifted a backhander behind Ingham, as it was all of a sudden a one goal game.
🚨🚨Beauty alert!! 🚨🚨@C_Schwinny10 #SteelTheShow #MISSvsKIT pic.twitter.com/ykOw5kGJCj
— Mississauga Steelheads (@OHLSteelheads) January 26, 2020
With under a minute to go, it was again Cole Schwindt who scored his second of the period as he fired a one-timer past Ingham to tie the game at four. The rest of regulation would solve nothing, as these teams needed overtime to decide a winner. The Steelheads came back from a three-goal deficit to start the third period to force OT.
.@C_Schwinny10 = CLUTCH!!
Game tying goal with 49 seconds left!! #SteelTheShow #MISSvsKIT pic.twitter.com/kpZRQXGVb5
— Mississauga Steelheads (@OHLSteelheads) January 26, 2020
45 seconds into overtime, Harley fired a cross-crease pass over to Schwindt who made no mistake beating Ingham, as the Steelheads comeback was complete. It was Schwindts third goal of the game for the hat trick, his third in the last month.
🎩🎩@C_Schwinny10 caps off the comeback by scoring his hat-trick goal to win it in overtime!! #SteelTheShow #MISSvsKIT pic.twitter.com/lzVNPgwQEo
— Mississauga Steelheads (@OHLSteelheads) January 26, 2020
Following the game, Cole Schwindt spoke about the emotional comeback victory “There’s no quit in this group. I trust every guy in that room, there was a regroup after the second period, we came out strong and ready to play.”
THREE STARS
1st star – Cole Schwindt (3G)
2nd star – Keean Washkurak (1A)
3rd star – Kai Edmonds (34/38, .895 SV%)
LINE COMBINATIONS
Kitchener Rangers
Hawel – Meireles – Noel
Valade – Damiani – Yantsis
Pinelli – Petizian – McDonnell
Serpa – Langdon – Dickerson
Vukojevic – Sebrango
MacPherson – Bergkvist
Xhejaj – Ottavainen/Wale
Ingham
Pfeil
Mississauga Steelheads
Hardie – Schwindt – Canade
Whittaker – Washkurak – Martin
Isaacson – Portokalis – Collins
Dodig – DelBelBelluz – Stubbs
Harley – Del Mastro
Penman – Ham
Callaghan – Sharpe
Edmonds
Ranger
The Steelheads will return home on Friday, January 31st to take on the North Bay Battalion. Tickets to the game can be purchased by visiting the Box Office, online through ticketmaster.ca or by calling 905-502-9100.
