WILCOX AMAZING WINNING DEBUT FOR THE STORM
Tri-City wins 3-2 in a shootout, G Adam Wilcox makes 40-plus saves
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
- Game Summary
LINCOLN, Neb. – Making his debut for the Tri-City Storm on Wednesday night, G Adam Wilcox put on a show in the 3-2 shootout win against the Lincoln Stars on the road. Wilcox made 40 saves on 42 shots and was three-for-three in shootout saves, moving the Storm into a tie for seventh place in the Western Conference.
With 10 seconds left in the first period, Tri-City (5-11-0, 10 pts – Tied for 7th in Western Conference) scored the opening goal, as RW Tim Lappin and C Tim Bonner battled to get the puck along the end boards to C/LW Heikki Liedes in the slot. Liedes would score his third goal of the season to give the Storm a lead into the first intermission.
Lincoln (10-5-1, 21 pts – 1st in Western Conference) would convert on their third power play of the game at the 16:12 mark of the second period on Ralfs Freibergs first power-play goal of the season on a shot from the left-point.
The Storm didn’t take long to tie the game, as LW Trevor Moore scored his third goal of the season on a backhand shot 13 seconds later from LW Brad Schierhorn.
Freibergs tied the game for the second time at the 11:00 mark in the third period on his third goal of the season, as he shot it from the high-slot with traffic in front of Wilcox.
The Storm would be outshot 16-10 in the third period heading into overtime. Lincoln again outshot the Storm 4-0 in the overtime period after receiving a power play less than two minutes into the overtime. Wilcox would help kill the Stars power play to force a shootout.
In the three-round shootout, the Storm got the lone-goal from LW Soren Jonzzon, as Wilcox made all three saves on the Lincoln shooters.
It was the first extra-time game of the season for both teams on Wednesday night.
Wilcox (8-2-0) made a total of 22 saves on 23 shots from the third period to the end of the game for the Storm, while G Jackson Teichroeb (8-4-1) finished the game with 24 saves on 26 shots picking up the shootout loss for the Stars.
Tri-City went 0-for-4 on the power play, while going only 5-for-6 on the penalty kill against the USHL’s third-best power play.
The Storm will be back home this Saturday and Sunday to host the Stars and Sioux Falls Stampede. Classic Hits 98.9 FM will air both games, as the Viaero Wireless Pre-Game Show will start at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday and 4:45 p.m. on Sunday.
Notes: The Storm are now 30-47-7 all-time against the Lincoln Stars and now 1-1-0 this season… Storm C Nick Lappin was out for the fourth game with an injury sustained two weeks ago in Sioux Falls; Lappin could return this weekend… Storm RW Andrew Dorantes was also out of the game for the seventh-straight game; Dorantes could be back also on the weekend… Moore now has four points (2g, 2a) and a plus-3 rating in his last five games
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Tri-City - Heikki Liedes (Tim Lappin, Tim Bonner) 19:50
Period 2
Lincoln - Ralfs Freibergs (powerplay) (Brent Tate, Colton Saucerman) 16:12
Tri-City - Trevor Moore (Brad Schierhorn) 16:25
Period 3
Lincoln - Ralfs Freibergs (Brent Tate, Kevin Roy) 11:00
Overtime
(No Scoring)
Shootout
Tri-City
1 – Brad Schierhorn – No Goal – Save
2 – Soren Jonzzon – Goal
3 – Michael Vecchione – No Goal – Save
Lincoln
1 – Jared Hanson – No Goal – Save
2 – Kevin Roy – No Goal – Save
3 – Zach Frye – No Goal – Save
PENALTIES
Period 1
Lincoln - Jared Hanson - (Holding), 2 min, 1:29
Tri-City - Bryan Sinz - (Hooking), 2 min, 5:11
Tri-City - Tim Bonner - (Checking from Behind), 2 min, 15:16
Lincoln - Brent Tate - (Slashing), 2 min, 18:55
Tri-City - Griffin Foulk - (Cross Checking), 2 min, 18:55
Period 2
Lincoln - Dax Lauwers - (Interference), 2 min, 3:11
Lincoln - Mike McKee - (High Sticking), 2 min, 7:10
Tri-City - J.D. Peterson - (Boarding), 2 min, 14:24
Period 3
Lincoln - Teemu Tiitinen - (Delay of Game), 2 min, 7:47
Tri-City - Dylan Maller - (Delay of Game), 2 min, 7:47
Lincoln - Luke Johnson - (High Sticking), 2 min, 9:08
Tri-City - Kenny Brooks - (Slashing), 2 min, 10:09
Tri-City - Tyler Amburgey - (Tripping), 2 min, 11:18
Overtime
Tri-City - Greg Johnson - (Tripping), 2 min, 1:57
Shots
Tri-City – 7, 9, 10, 0, 1 – Total 27
Lincoln – 10, 12, 16, 4, 0 – Total 42
Saves
Tri-City – Adam Wilcox (Win) 40 (42 shots)
Lincoln – Jackson Teichroeb (SOL) 24 (26 shots)
Power Play
Tri-City – 0/4
Lincoln – 1/6