Steel Open Up Omaha Series With A Big Win
Bensenville, IL (December 18th, 2009) - Due to inclement weather across Chicago, not everyone who could’ve seen it did, but, those 1,023 who made the trip left satisfied.

 Omaha’s success against the Steel, (25-0-4), was well documented leading into Friday’s matchup at the Edge Ice Arena.

In the first, both goalies; the Steel’s Nick Pisellini (Western Michigan) and Omaha’s Jeff Teglia each turned away eleven shots to close out the period.

In the second period, Chicago’s Mark Anthoine (Maine) recorded his fourth short- handed goal of the season off a cross-ice pass from Forward Andrei Kuchin. The short- handed goal extends Chicago’s league lead to nine in that category.

Minutes later, already up 1-0, Chicago’s Alex Carpenter was granted a penalty shot after being hooked on a break -away.  Carpenter made a nice move to beat Teglia on the stick side to give Chicago a 2-0 lead.

Omaha’s Matt White answered back with a short-hander of his own with less than six minutes to go in the second which cut the Lancers’ deficit in half.

Chicago closed out the second period with Kevin Lind’s (Notre Dame) third goal of the year. 3-1 Steel after two periods of play.

Omaha pushed offensively in the third, outshooting the Steel 16-4, and, 32-27 overall but came away with little to show for it.

Game play came to a halt midway through the third period when a pane of glass on the North end of the rink came down. Play was suspended for 38 minutes until a new piece could be installed.

Chicago survived a late power play goal from Omaha’s Mathieu Brisson to seal the game for Chicago 3-2.

The two teams are back at it tonight Friday, December 19 beginning at 7:30. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time by calling the Chicago Steel box office at (630) 594-1165.