Steel Have Rough Road Trip

Bensenville (January 31st, 2009) -- The Chicago Steel started their season-long seven game road trip with three games in three different cities in Iowa, but could not find a win as they lost in Des Moines 3-2 in Overtime on Thursday, Cedar Rapids 6-1 on Friday night, and 5-3 in Waterloo on Saturday.

On Friday night Cedar Rapids jumped out to a 2-0 lead midway through the first with a pair of goals in a 3 minute span before Matt Lindblad got Chicago back within one with just over 2 minutes left in the first.

It was all Cedar Rapids after that, as the hosts scored three goals in the first 12:35 of the second period to take a 5-1 lead. They added another goal six minutes into the third for the final margin.

The Steel were outshot 30-19 in the game, and never had more than 7 shots in any of the three periods of play Friday night.

The next night, the Steel visited Waterloo, and things were still not going Chicago’s way as the Black Hawks scored once in each of the first two periods to take a two-goal lead into the third. 

Early in the final period, Waterloo made it a three goal advantage before Chicago could crack the scoreboard.

Armand DeSwardt and Max Nicastro (Boston University, Detroit Red Wings) scored 2:19 apart to get the Steel back in the game.

Waterloo would be able to create a comeback effort five minutes after Nicastro's power play goal with two goals which were only 32 seconds apart.

Alex Krushelnyski finished the scoring for Chicago with a minute remaining to make the final score 5-3.

The road trip continues next weekend with two more games on the road against the Omaha Lancers Friday night, and the Sioux City Musketeers Saturday night.  The Steel return home to the Edge Ice Arena on February 18th against the Indiana Ice.  Puck drop is 7:30 p.m. and tickets for all Steel home games can be ordered by calling the Steel Box Office at 630.594.1165.