Chicago Hits Bump In Road
Story By: Chris Babb
Bensenville, IL (October 22nd, 2009) -  Chicago entered their current road trip in a tie with Cedar Rapids atop the Eastern Division standings.

With Cedar Rapids idle Thursday night it was possible for the Steel to jump the RoughRiders in the standings heading into their game with the Omaha Lancers.

Omaha Forward Seth Ambroz gave the Lancers the lead with 10:21 to play in the first.

But before the Omaha Civic Center crowd of just fewer than 2,000 fans could regain their seat, Chicago Steel forward Alex Krushelnyski tied it up at one apiece. The goal was Alex’s second on the season and the only to be allowed by Omaha goalie Jeff Taglia who finished with a stat line of 25 saves on 26 chances.

Lancers Dakota Eveland and Ryan Daughterty (PP) each scored to close out the period, Omaha over Chicago 3-1.

Penalties seemed to dictate the game the rest of the way. Chicago up to this point had scored a power play goal in each of its first five games but against Omaha went 0-4.

Omaha’s Daughterty opened the second period when his swift strike, his second of the game, made it 4-1 Lancers.

16 minutes worth of penalties against Chicago left the Steel shorthanded throughout the third period as Omaha forward Anthony Hamburg netted his first goal of the year extending the Lancer lead to 5-1.

In all, Chicago served 22 minutes on 11 penalties.

Chicago (4-2) now heads to Lincoln to take on a Stars squad (3-3) that’s been outscored 20-16 this season. Game time is set for 7:05 this Friday night.