SHEFFIELD STEELERS kept up the pressure on Elite League leaders Nottingham Panthers by beating Dundee Stars 4-0 on Sunday night.

The shutout on Tayside was the Steelers’ impressive response from the previous night’s 3-1 defeat at home to Coventry Blaze – the West Midlands’ club’s second win in as many visits at the Utilita Arena during the 2025-26 season.

Evan Jasper got the ball rolling for the Steelers in Scotland, scoring on the power play at 8.59 and it took just 22 seconds for the lead to be doubled through top scorer Mitchell Balmas.

Goals either side of the second intermission then settled the constest, Ryan Tait making it 3-0 with just 36 seconds left in the middle period before Mikko Juusola made it two goals in as many games when he beat Stars’ goalie Emil Kruse at 43.16.

NIHL National

Sheffield Steeldogs 7 Basingstoke Bison 1

The Steeldogs held on to second place in the regular season league standings as well as confirmed themselves as top seeds for the NIHL National Cup semi-finals with a comprehensive 7-1 win over Basingstoke Bison.

The Bison were still very much in the Ice Sheffield clash with them only trailing 3-1 after the first two periods, only for the Steeldogs to cut loose with four unanswered strikes in the third.

Ivan Björkly-Nordström, Jonathan Phillips and Joonas Larinmaa all scored twice, with Liam Steele also finding the net.

Leeds Knights 5 Solway Sharks 1

Defending champions Leeds remain one point behind Sheffield in third – but with two games in hand – after their 5-1 win in a fiesty clash at home against bottom club Solway Sharks.

Liam Peyton led the way with two goals, while Finley Bradon, Arturs Mickevics and Matt Bissonnette also got on the scoresheet.

KEEPING IT CLEAN: Sheffield Steelers' Dominic Cormier (left) and Jack Dougherty battle for possession against Dundee. Picture: Derek Black/EIHL Media.

placeholder image — KEEPING IT CLEAN: Sheffield Steelers' Dominic Cormier (left) and Jack Dougherty battle for possession against Dundee. Picture: Derek Black/EIHL Media.

In a fiesty encounter, the damage was done by the hosts with three goals in as many minutes early in the second, Bradon breaking the deadlock at 21.35 before Peyton struck twice in quick succession.

Arturs Mickevics made it 4-0 in the 44th minute and, after Jonathan Yantsis ended Sam Gospel’s hopes of a third straight shutout at 51.58 51.36, it was left to Matt Bissonnette to have the final word, blasting home past Jordan Marr to make it 5-1 with just 52 seconds remaining.

Hull Seahawks 5 Peterborough 4 (SO)

Emil Svec scored a shoot-out winner as Hull Seahawks came from behind to edge out visitors Peterborough Phantoms 5-4.

Luke Ferrara put Peterborough ahead inside five minutes, Josh Hodgkinson levelling early in the second period.

Cameron Hough twice put the visitors ahead again, only for Brock Bartholomew (34.01) and Svec, on the power play at 48.41, to drag Hull level.

The Phantoms went ahead for a fourth time through Janne Laakkonen at 50.52 before Bartholomew bagged his second of the night three minutes later.

Overtime couldn’t separate the two teams, leaving Svec to come up with the only successful attempt in the shooit-out to ensure a four-point weekend for the Seahawks.