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Admit it... how many of you sat in your Arena seats

last Saturday, watching starng goalie Marek Pinc

leave the ice injured, and thought “Well, thats done

it!"

The Steelers were playing so well. They trailed Cardiff 1-0 de-

spite liming them to just three shots in the first period – this

was as well as the clu had played all year! dominang a first

place side. "ut with your young ac# up in goal! would that e

good enough to secure two points$

%e o& li'le &aith. %e need not ha(e worried ecause in young

"rad )ay we ha(e a more than capale ac# up who loo#ed sol-

id! com&ortale and assured etween the pipes. *e shut the

door on the )e(ils and allowed his team mates to go to wor# at

the other end scoring three unanswered goals. Steelers win +-,.

Twenty-&our hours later he did the same to the talented )undee

Stars. t ,-, at the end o& regulaon! he then went on to sa(e all

the Stars penalty shots and with /essrs /osien#o and elson

con(erng! the Steelers returned to Sheeld in the early hours

o& /onday morning with &our points in the ag.

2t was certainly a eau&ul )ay! than#s to "rad.

3ot &a4ed at all5 - those were words said to me separately y

head coach 6aul Thompson! captain 7onathan 6hillips and )ays

teammate /athieu 8oy when re&erring to young )ay. 3*e isnt

&a4ed y anything! he ta#es it in and just gets on with it!5 added

Thompson. 3*is impro(ement this year has een incredile. The

oys lo(e him! lo(e playing in &ront o& him.5

Twice now! )ay has had to enter a game 1-0 to the Cardiff )e(-

ils! once replacing the injured Tyler 6lante and last Saturday re-placing /are# 6inc. Twice he has shut the door and earned the

Steelers the points. Twice the Steelers ha(e gone into a penalty

shoot out... twice )ay has shut the door! eang "raehead in

9lasgow and last Sunday with the (ictory in )undee.

ll o& a sudden people are ta#ing noce. rcles in newspapers!

inter(iews on the radio... and this wee# the T: staons called us

;rather than us call them< as#ing i& they can come to training and

inter(iew this "rad )ay #id. %e may ha(e just &ound oursel(es a

new Steelers star! &ol#s.

=ne thing that the general punter li#es aout )ay is that he is alocal lad! a good old >or#shire oy. *e relates to the lo#e in the

stands. They can actually see a it o& themsel(es in someone li#e

)ay. s he starts his career he could do worse than loo# to an-

other Steelers star who this wee# celerates 11 years with the

clu and on Tuesday had his tesmonial? 7ason *ewi'.

Dave Simms’ Steelers column: It’s a beautiful

Day when Brad wins us key games.

Thursday 28 th

 January 2016  

*ewi' shares that appeal with the &an in the stands. *e con-

nects! he relates with us all. 2ts why we root &or him ecause we

#now he is gi(ing his all &or us. Somemes when you hear peo-

ple say things li#e @he is a great team guy! or he is great in the

room! 2 thin# it ta#es away &rom what he does on the ice!

which at the end o& the day is what the player wants to e

#nown &or.

*ewi' isnt a s#illed 8oert )owd or "en =Connor ut on the

ice is eAually as important. =(er the years he has scored ig

goals! championship-winning goals. *e has loc#ed shots! won

crical &ace offs in #ey moments o& the game and #illed more

penales than proaly any other Steeler in history. *e has

worn the Steelers shirt in more games than any player in histo-

ry! more than e(en the great 8on Shudra.

=ff the ice he is the 39BD5. Those were words many o& his

team mates used on /onday at his tesmonial dinner when

as#ed to spea#. /athieu 8oy! the clus great goalscorer! said

to meE 3>ou can replace me! you can uy more goals! there are

players out there who will score ut how do you replace *ewy$

3*ow do you replace his heart! his desire! his lo(e &or the clu$

*ow do you replace the guy who stands up and ma#es us all

honest e(ery training session$5

/athieu ma#es a (ery good point. *ow luc#y as a clu were we

to ha(e the three mus#eteers in /ar# Thomas! 7onathan 6hil-

lips and 7ason *ewi'$ The three o& them werent superstars o&

the game ut history will show them as eing three o& the most

important players who e(er wore the Steelers shirt.

"ig wee#end ahead with a home and away series against Co(-

entry! who ha(e een a ogey side &or the Steelers to date.

/essrs 6lante and 6inc ha(e &ailed against the "la4e! now its

me &or the young )ay.