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Smithers’ sleeping beauties awaken to quell Rampage

Steelheads bench snapped out of a slumber and squashed the visiting Prince Rupert Rampage with a 6-2 shellacking Saturday.
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Once again the Steelheads showed great support for goalie David Little

Read the full story in the Nov. 2 edition of The Interior News.

After a slow start, it seemed like the sleeping beauties on the Steelheads bench snapped out of a slumber and squashed the visiting Prince Rupert Rampage with a 6-2 shellacking.

On the opening face-off, the locals seemed a bit sluggish as they quickly gave up a breakaway goal.

For those first few moments, they lacked their usual speed and drive as they were out-skated and outplayed in a very unusual fashion.

That first goal however, seemed to press the reset button and we saw what we have become accustomed to: fast skating, precision passing and domineering defense.

To show the depth of the Steelhead attack, all six goals were scored by different players while nine players contributed assists.

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Some fans came ready for a tough battle last weekend. The Steelheads treated them to a fast exciting game.

Joel Gellvear (17) found a good parking spot that led to a goal and two assists in last weekends game against Prince Rupert.