STORM COME BACK AGAIN, BEAT GAMBLERS 4-3
Friday, February 19, 2010
- Game Summary
KEARNEY, Neb. – After trailing 2-0 early in the second period, the Tri-City Storm (23-17-6, 52 pts) scored three unanswered goals in effort to beat the top team in the league – the Green Bay Gamblers (33-8-4, 40 pts) – 4-3 on Friday night at the Viaero Event Center. The Storm has won five in a row and eight of their last 10 games.
After a scoreless first period, Green Bay opened the scoring in the second period with two goals back-to-back 2-minutes and 6-seconds apart, as Anders Lee and Chris Crane tallied the goals for the Gamblers.
Tyler Amburgey got the Storm rolling with his fifth goal of the season at the 12:47 mark into the second period on the power play. Jaden Schwartz and Brett Mohler assisted on Amburgey’s third power-play goal in as many games.
Four minutes later, Schwartz scored on an unassisted breakaway to tie the game at 2-2. Schwartz extended his point streak to eight games and multi-point streak to six games on his 25th goal of the season.
With 27-seconds left in the second period, Tri-City scored again on the power play on a delayed penalty to Green Bay. Tucker Brockett scored his 10th goal of the season and fifth of the power play, as the goal was assisted by Tyler Pistone and Nate Jensen.
The Gamblers tied the game at 3-3 at the 1:00 mark into the third period, as Nick Jensen scored short-handed on a breakaway.
However, the Storm got the goal back on a 5-on-3 power play a minute and 40-seconds later, as Anthony DeCenzo scored his 12th goal of the season. The goal was assisted by Radoslav Illo and goalie Carsen Chubak.
Chubak (16-12-6) picked up the win with 27 saves on 30 shots. Ryan McKay (9-6-2) made 21 saves on 25 shots in the loss for the Gamblers.
Tri-City on the power play was 3-for-5, while Green Bay was 0-for-8 with the man-advantage.
The Storm are four points back of the third place Sioux Falls and 11 points in front of fifth place Sioux City in the West Division standings.
The Storm are on the road in Des Moines on Saturday night and are back home next weekend against the Chicago Steel.
Notes: The Storm special teams in the last six games continue to be hot with the power play 13-23 and the penalty kill 35-37… Schwartz again leads the USHL in scoring by three points over Omaha’s Matt White… the winning streak for the Storm is matches the longest of the season
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
(No Scoring)
Period 2
Green Bay - Anders Lee (Ryan Furne, David Makowski) 0:22
Green Bay - Chris Crane (Travis Lynch, William Kessel) 2:28
Tri-City - Tyler Amburgey (powerplay) (Jaden Schwartz, Brett Mohler) 12:47
Tri-City - Jaden Schwartz (unassisted) 16:47
Tri-City - Tucker Brockett (powerplay) (extra attacker) (Tyler Pistone, Nate Jensen) 19:33
Period 3
Green Bay - Nick Jensen (shorthanded) (Patrick McCadden) 1:00
Tri-City - Anthony DeCenzo (powerplay) (Radoslav Illo, Carsen Chubak) 2:40
Shots
Green Bay – 7, 14, 9 – Total 30
Tri-City – 6, 8, 11 – Total 25
Saves
Green Bay – Ryan McKay (Loss) 21 (25 shots)
Tri-City – Carsen Chubak (Win) 27 (30 shots)
Power Play
Green Bay – 0/8
Tri-City – 3/5