FOR the second time in eight days Swindon Wildcats were toasting a victory over Sheffield Steeldogs.

Having defeated Sheffield 5-1 last weekend on their own rink, Wildcats claimed a 5-4 win at the Link Centre this evening.

Head coach Ryan Aldridge had called for his players to make a fast start against the south Yorkshire side but it was the visitors who were first to break the deadlock.

With 5.06 on the clock Jeff Legue picked out Tom Squires and he drilled the puck beyond Stevie Lyle.

But Cats pushed hard for a leveller and it came from their former Sheffield man Aaron Nell after he slotted the puck past Dalibor Sedlar, following a lovely pass from captain Jan Kostal.

As the first period headed towards a close both sides had players sent to the bin.

First Steeldogs saw Steve Duncombe sin-binned for tripping and Kostal was soon to follow to level matters.

Ben Morgan was then penalised for hooking on Nell before a check from behind from Tomasz Malasinski saw him get a five minute rest.

It did not take Cats long to take the lead in the second period as Henri Sandvik netted on 21.14 after being played in by Ollie Betteridge.

Steeldogs then saw Greg Wood, Legue and Lloyd Gibson binned for interference and Jonas Hoog took full advantage on 30.44 to make it 3-1 after being put in by Aaron Nell.

Lee Richardson then made it 4-1 on 31.39 with a deft shot from behind the blue line after Nell played the puck back to him, however, Lubomir Korhon pulled a goal back for the visitors on 32.14.

Adam Harding made it 5-2 on 43.14 with a fine sole effort but the visitors were quickly on target with their third of the night when Korhon played in Lee Haywood to net.

In a bid to try and save the game Steeldogs pulled netminder Sedlar for the final two minutes and despite Korhon's late strike they could not force overtime.