Splitting the Road
Bensenville, IL (March 5th, 2010) -  The Chicago Steel looked to carry their new found success on the road following the two game sweep against Tri-City into March beginning with a matchup against Sioux Falls this past Thursday. 

Chicago’s offense never got going as Sioux Falls limited them to no more than nine shots on goal in any of the three periods of play. Meanwhile, Sioux Falls benefited from bookend goals in the first and third period off of Chicago Goalie Connor Wilson (26/28).  

The 2-0 final leaves Chicago and Sioux Falls tied  with two regular season victories apiece in their ’09-’10 head to head matchups. 

On Friday, from the Lincoln Icebox Arena, Chicago‘s offense picked up where it was stagnant the night before. The shutout through the first period marked a scoring drought which spanned four quarters until Forward Danny Mattson (North Dakota) snagged his second goal in eight games with the Steel.  

The Steel made the 1-0 lead heading into the third period a no-doubter with two more goals to close out the 3-0 win. Buffalo Sabres’ draftee Mark Adams (Providence College) recorded his fourth goal of the season on a nice pass from Forward Jake Chelios on a power play early in the third to make it 2-0 Steel before Forward Alex Carpenter capped the scoring for Chicago with his 11^th goal on the year.  Connor Wilson earned his second shutout of the season with the victory on Friday. 

Following the split, Chicago heads back to the Edge for a weekend series against Tri-City this Friday and Saturday March 12^th and 13^th beginning at 7:30 p.m.  The Steel also play on Sunday March 14^th vs the Indiana Ice at 3:00. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Steel box office at (630) 594-1165.