NEWS STORY
Chicago Continues Success
Story By: Chris Babb
Bensenville, IL (October 10th, 2009) -
After welcoming Team USA into the league with a 5-1 loss
on Friday, the Steel looked to repeat their success in
Saturday's home opener.
The Chicago Steel, starting out 3-0, have successfully
managed their matchups early on in the 2009 campaign.
Scoring 21 goals in their last three games while
limiting the opposition to 9 has Chicago sitting atop
the USHL’s Eastern Division points standings.
The Steel were well aware of Waterloo’s long term
success at the EDGE Ice Arena, making Friday’s early
season matchup the team’s first real test.
Forward Andrew Schmit wasted little time going top shelf
on Waterloo goalie C.J. Motte, making it 1-0 Chicago.
After a quick goal by Waterloo tied the game, Steel
Defenseman Dan Kolomatis turned offensive, capitalizing
on nice passing from Sahir Gill and Mark Anthoine
(Maine) to record his second goal of the year, which put
Chicago up 2-1 after one period of play.
The Black Hawks ran into penalty problems early and
often in the second period, giving Chicago 9:00 worth of
power play advantage.
Sahir Gill took advantage of nice feeds from Andrei
Kuchin and Jake Chelios, whose power play goal made it
3-1 Chicago. Two minutes later, while still on the 5-4
advantage, Chicago’s Alex Krushelnyski notched his first
goal of the year, extending the lead to 4-1. Greg Wolfe
sent the Steel into the second intermission up 5-1 with
seconds to play. For Wolfe, it was his third of the
year.
Waterloo
was not done though. Pressure by the Black Hawks up
front closed the gap, making it 4-3, despite a nice
effort by Steel goalie Nick Pisellini (Western
Michigan), who received 1st star honors for
his 23/26 effort that night.
Anthoine added all the insurance the Steel would need,
beating the defense on a fast break to his fourth goal
of the season.
Chicago
(3-0) now waits for Youngstown (0-1) this Sunday to
close out the home stand. The two split the preseason
evenly 1-1.
Tickets are available by calling the Chicago Steel box
office at 630-594-1165. |
