Swindon Wildcats went further behind at the start of the second period when Simon Butterworth scored at 22.10.

And matters got worse for Cats when Slamiar added his second at 29.01 to put the home side well in control.

Cats did pull a goal back on 31 minutes when Robin Davison and Richardson combined to set up Petkoff to score.

However, after John Wheaton and Richardson both went close Sheffield went further ahead when Slamiar completed his hat-trick at 39.19.

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