LANCERS CONTINUE TO CONTROL STORM IN OMAHA
Tri-City drops to 0-8-2 all-time at the Omaha Civic Auditorium
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
- Game Summary
OMAHA, Neb. – The Tri-City Storm left Omaha on Tuesday night still looking for their first-ever win at the Omaha Civic Auditorium, as the Omaha Lancers won 3-1 and moved into first place in the Western Conference.
Tri-City (6-15-0, 12 pts – 8th in Western Conference) got the opening goal in the 1:48 into the second period on RW Tim Lappin’s second goal of the season from C Tim Bonner.
However, Omaha (12-8-2, 26 pts – 1st in Western Conference) would respond with two goals back-to-back in the second period, as C Jimmy Murray would score his fifth goal of the season more than two-minutes after the Storm scored the opening goal. Murray would then set up LW Casey Bailey for his team-leading 12th goal of the season at the 7:40 mark, which gave the Lancers the 2-1 lead.
RW Ken Babinski would add an empty-net goal for the Lancers with 1:12 remaining in the game to assure Omaha a two-goal win.
Storm G Adam Wilcox (8-5-0) made 29 saves on 31 shots in the loss for the Storm, while G Thatcher Demko (3-1-0) finished the game with 33 saves on 34 shots receiving the win for the Lancers.
Tri-City went 0-for-5 on the power play, while going 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.
The Storm will return home for a pair of games against Des Moines this weekend. The Breeze 94.5 FM will air Friday’s game with the Viaero Wireless Pre-Game Show will starting at 6:45 p.m., while Fox-Nebraska will televise the game on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
Notes: The Storm are now 0-9-0 this season and 0-36-4 dating back to last season when trailing after two periods … Omaha leads the all-time series 45-23-10… Tri-City is now 5-6-0 when scoring the first goal… Storm LW Trevor Moore’s six-game point streak and C Nick Lappin and RW Kenny Brooks’ four-game point streaks ended on Tuesday night… Storm LW Thomas Nykopp and RW Michael Vecchione both sat out of the game due to injuries
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
(No Scoring)
Period 2
Tri-City - Tim Lappin (Tim Bonner) 1:48
Omaha - Jimmy Murray (Matthew Gaudreau) 4:08
Omaha - Casey Bailey (Jimmy Murray, Matthew Gaudreau) 7:40
Period 3
Omaha - Ken Babinski (emptynet) (unassisted) 18:48
PENALTIES
Period 1
Omaha - Scott Dornbrock - (Delay of Game), 2 min, 1:43
Omaha - Casey Bailey - (Slashing), 2 min, 10:42
Omaha - Anthony Hamburg - (Holding), 2 min, 18:53
Period 2
Tri-City - Dalton Spicer - (Interference), 2 min, 9:13
Tri-City - J.D. Peterson - (Tripping), 2 min, 16:41
Period 3
Tri-City - Tyler Amburgey - (Holding), 2 min, 2:43
Tri-City - Josh McArdle - (Interference), 2 min, 6:19
Omaha - Anthony Hamburg - (Hooking), 2 min, 15:32
Omaha - Scott Dornbrock - (Elbowing), 2 min, 19:09
Shots
Tri-City – 14, 8, 12 – Total 34
Omaha – 8, 13, 11 – Total 32
Saves
Tri-City – Adam Wilcox (Loss) 29 (31 shots)
Omaha – Thatcher Demko (Win) 33 (34 shots)
Power Play
Tri-City – 0/5
Omaha – 0/4