Bucs stretch Musketeers to the limit
Published on January 24, 2004 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Des Moines Buccaneers News Release
Bob Ferguson wished for two things on the night he was honored for becoming the first coach in USHL history to win 500 league games: a sell-out crowd and win number 501. Buccaneers fans delivered on the first one, as 3449 fans packed the Metro Ice Sports Arena to see the Bucs take on Sioux City, and the players did all they could to take care of the second, but came just short and fell 3-2 in a shootout.
Sioux City's Tim Kennedy got the visitors on the board first, five minutes and twenty seconds into the game, giving them a 1-0 lead that they would keep for nearly an entire period. The Bucs put their first score on the board at the 5:15 mark in the second period, when Mike Neilon put a shot past Musketeer netminder Jeff Lantz.
Neither team would score again until a minute into the final period, when Sioux City's Mike Curry was barely able to slip one past Bucs goalie Pat Watson. Mike Neilon answered the Sioux City challenge once again for the Bucs though, scoring his second goal of the game ten minutes later to tie the game at two. The teams would remain knotted up throughout the rest of regulation and the five-minute overtime period.
The shootout, which was the third of the season between the two teams, saw extended action, as neither team had an advantage after the first five shots. It wasn't until their tenth shot that the Musketeers were able to finish out the game.
The Bucs return home on January 31st to take on the Sioux Falls Stampede on "Souper Bowl Saturday", sponsored by Valley West Mall and Nextel. Fans are asked to bring non-perishable food items to the game to be donated to the Food Bank of Iowa. The first 1000 fans through the door will receive a free Nextel folding chair and carrying case. Tickets can be purchased by calling 278-9757 or by stopping by the Metro Ice Sports Arena box office.
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