Interview with Sheffield Steelers' captain Robert Dowd on the Elite League title race and the positive influence of netminder Matt Greenfield
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00:00It's not over until it's over and we're going to try our best to try and grab every point
00:16we can.
00:17What happens elsewhere is out of our control so we've just got to focus on us and like
00:21I said all the teams all over the league are taking points off everybody so it's one of
00:26those where we've just got to focus on us right now and what happens will happen.
00:30The Champions Hockey League are looking like a great experience, you surprised a hell of
00:33a lot of people and it was a great run to get to the last 16.
00:38Do you feel that that has obviously impacted on the season overall?
00:41It's a long season.
00:42Yeah it's a long old grind all the other teams can attest to when you're in separate trophies
00:48outside of our league it just adds extra strain on guys' bodies because we've already got
00:53a pretty cramp-packed schedule as it is.
00:55So Cardiff just after playing the Continental Cup and that was amazing by them to win it
00:59but it's just added games to them and it's normally typical fashion injuries are picked
01:05up in those games outside of our league's competitions and it can be frustrating in
01:09that way but yeah it definitely adds a strain.
01:11And at this stage of the season for you, your bodies, is it just simply a case of keep it
01:15ticking over, rest and recovery, just get as much rest as you can in between games?
01:19Yeah.
01:20Because you've got a busy schedule coming up this month haven't you?
01:22Like you said, it's just trying to stay healthy, it's keeping ticking over.
01:25I think we've got three Wednesday games on the bounce in the next three weeks so Wednesday,
01:31Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and repeat so it's one of those where we've
01:35got to try and stay healthy and keep ticking.
01:37Just one last word, you mentioned Matt Greenfield earlier, just a quick word on the impact he
01:43has on your team and how much confidence he breeds throughout the rest of the line-up
01:46in front of him.
01:47He's massive.
01:48Since he got in, he's been one of the elite goalies I've ever played with and I've played
01:55obviously in the league for quite a while now and we've had some very, very good goalies.
01:59But he's elite and every night he brings it, he brings it every day in practice and for
02:03us as a team, it breeds massive confidence because you know you're not going to let a
02:08stinker in behind you, a soft one's not going to go in, he'll battle for every puck.
02:13So it gives our defencemen room to breathe and express themselves offensively as well
02:18because we know we've got a hell of a goalie behind us.