Men's Ice Hockey 11/7/2026 10:04:00 PM Calvin Bush

Chicago Scores Three in Third in OT Loss to Des Moines

Tolan scores twice; Chicago scores three power play goals in loss

CHICAGO, IL — After trailing by two goals with less than five minutes remaining, the Steel scored twice to tie the game and force overtime, but Kalib Capecci scored in the extra frame to lift the Buccaneers (9-6-0-1, 19 pts.) to a 5-4 win over Chicago (5-5-2-1, 13 pts.) Saturday night at USG Arena.

Patrick Tolan scored his fifth and sixth goals, including a power play tally. Benson Grande potted his first goal of the season on the power play, and Jayden Kurtz scored a power play goal late in regulation to force overtime. Alex Wang stopped 31 shots in the loss.

The Steel ended a brief three-game pointless skid with the overtime defeat, which was the third home overtime game in the last four outings.

Tensions from an intense Friday matchup carried over into Saturday's rematch, and it took just three minutes to reach a boiling point when a hit near the Steel bench sparked a tilt between Cole Peters and Logan Smith.

Des Moines benefited from a penalty before the scrum ensued, but were penalized with 26 seconds left to cancel the power play.

In turn, the Steel went to a brief man advantage but were unsuccessful.

The Buccaneers were penalized shortly after killing their first penalty and again came through shorthanded to keep Chicago off the board.

The road team broke through at 10:09 when Mason Jenson made a heads-up play to fake to his right behind the net and send a pass against the grain to the left post for Riley Zupfer who made it 1-0 Des Moines.

The Buccaneers added another tally three minutes later off a perfectly-placed snapshot from the left faceoff circle by Stepan Rezvyi for a 2-0 lead.

Chicago went to its second full power play with 6:03 left in the first and took just 20 seconds to get on the board when Reese Tracy made a perfect backdoor pass to Tolan who made it 2-1.

Des Moines outshot Chicago 11-6 in the first frame.

The Steel were penalized just over three minutes into the middle frame, and Des Moines capitalized when Chicago mishandled a clearing attempt. Chris Pinko picked up the turnover and sent a pass to Joey Argentina open in front of the net. Argentina fired past Wang, giving the Buccaneers a 3-1 lead.

Chicago had a 3-on-1 chance late in the second period, but Des Moines goaltender Jon Kavcic made a massive sliding stop to maintain the Buccaneers two-goal lead.

The Steel narrowed the shots on goal gap, with the Buccaneers holding a 23-20 lead going to the third period.

Tolan got on the board for the second time of the night at 5:38 of the third frame off a great backdoor feed from Cole Bumgarner to make it 3-2.

Des Moines replied just under six minutes later when Zupfer tallied his second of the night to give the Buccaneers a 4-2 lead.

After the second fight of the night that saw Reese Tracy drop the gloves with Jakub Dubravik, Chicago hit the gas and took full advantage of a pair of timely power plays to tie the game.

Grande displayed great patience in front of the net to stretch past Kavcic and put a shot past the goalie's glove and bring the Steel within one, 4-3.

A late Des Moines penalty set the Steel up for a two-man advantage with Wang pulled and an extra attacker on.

With less than two minutes remaining in regulation, Kurtz ripped a one-timer from the point that deflected past Kavcic, tying the game at 4-4.

Neither team struck in the remaining regulation time, forcing overtime.

The two teams exchanged looks in the extra frame until Kalib Capecci sped past the Steel defense and tucked a shot past Wang at 3:38 to earn Des Moines the extra point.

The Steel will travel to Green Bay to face the Gamblers on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 7:05 pm. Chicago will then head to Michigan for two games against the USA Hockey NTDP U18 Team on Friday, Nov. 13 at 6:00 pm CT and Saturday, Nov. 14 at 5:00 pm CT.

The next home games for the Steel are Friday, Nov. 20 at 7:00 pm for Chicago House Music Night and Saturday, Nov. 21 at 6:00 pm on Second Chance Night presented by Stick Revival.

Single-game, group, and premium seating tickets for the 2026-2027 season are on sale now. Season ticket plans are also available starting at just 5 games.

For more information, call 855-51-STEEL or visit ChicagoSteelHockeyTeam.com.

Chicago Steel Upcoming Schedule:
Wednesday, November 11 at Green Bay Gamblers (7:05 pm CT)
Friday, November 13 at USA Hockey NTDP U18 (6:00 pm CT)
Saturday, November 14 at USA Hockey NTDP U18 (5:00 pm CT)

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