Steel Remain Unbeaten In Pink

By: Steve Jankowski
Bensenville (October 25, 2008) - The Chicago Steel improved to 3-0 in pink jerseys with a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Tri-City Storm Saturday night at the Edge in Bensenville.

It marked the first back-to-back wins for Chicago and put them above .500 for the first time this year.

Tri-City opened the scoring when Michael Cichy found an opening on left wing and beat Chicago goalie Matt Delaney glove-side at 3:52 of the first period.

Delaney (2-1) stopped 20 shots in the win.

The Steel tied it up late in the first when Matt Lindblad redirected a Brett Kostolansky (University of New Hampshire) shot from the point past Storm goalie Nick Hopper.

Early in the second, the Storm regained the lead with goal from Kevin Nugent.

A couple minutes later, with Chicago two men down, Eli Zuck tipped in a pass from the top of the crease to extend Tri-City's lead to 3-1.

Midway through the period, the Steel forecheck created a turnover in Tri-City's zone and Alex Simonson found Greg Wolfe who skated into the slot and beat Hopper with a wrist shot for his second goal this season.

Just over half a minute later, Matt Zarbo put Tri-City back in front by two.

Tri-City began the third period with a two-goal lead, and got an early power play. However, Chicago's Andrew Miller (Yale University) tied the game with his fourth goal of the year.

Six minutes later, with Chicago on the power play, Lindblad found John Moore (Colorado College) open in the slot and he fired a wrist shot past Hopper's blocker at the 7:43 mark of the third to give the Steel their first lead of the night.

They would make that goal hold up, and win their fourth game of the year.

The Steel next return to action Wednesday, October 29th against the Waterloo Black Hawks. Tickets can be ordered by calling 630.594.1165.