Four Goal Third Period Dooms Steel
Story By: Steve Jankowski
Bensenville (December 31, 2008) - The Chicago Steel visited Waterloo to end the calendar year of 2008, and looked to end the year on a positive note, but the Black Hawks scored four goals in the third period to take a 7-4 victory.

Max Nicastro (Boston University, Detroit Red Wings) scored the only goal of the first period just over five minutes into the game on a power play.

By the midway point of the second period, Waterloo scored twice to take a 2-1 lead.  But with five and a half minutes left in the 2nd, Chicago's top line tied the game at two, on the first of three goals on the night for Andrew Miller (Yale University).

The deadlock was broken shortly thereafter, with Waterloo re-taking the lead 36 seconds after Miller's goal. 

But with just over 3 minutes left in the middle period, Miller tied the game at 3, heading into the 2nd intermission.

The third period would be Chicago's undoing, as the Black Hawks would score four unanswered goals in a nine-minute span in the late stages of the period, with the final of the four goals giving Waterloo a 7-3 lead with two minutes left. 

Miller would add another power play goal with 24 seconds left to finish the scoring, and cap his hat trick.  He now has 18 goals and and 26 assists, for 44 total points on the year, and Miller leads the league in each category.  Dean Chelios and Philip Samuelsson also added two assists each in the losing effort.

The Steel will return home for their first two games against the Fargo Force.  Both Friday and Saturday night's games will start at 7:30 p.m. and tickets can be ordered by calling the Steel Box Office at 630.594.1165.