Halladay Shuts Down Steel

April 1, 2016 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Bloomington Thunder News Release

GENEVA, Illinois - Goaltender Logan Halladay (Merrimack College) and the Bloomington Thunder wentinto Chicago and walked away with their 12th win in 13 games.Bloomington's 1-0 win over the Steel is their third of the season againstChicago and gives Halladay three shutouts in his sophomore campaign. TheThunder (35-18-3-1) hold in the Eastern Conference's second place, whileChicago (22-26-4-3) falls for the second game in a row.

Halladay won his10th game of the season, making 30 saves. The Thunder goaltender hasthree shutouts to his credit and has won his last three starts. In the game,the Merrimack commit was all over the crease in the game, including stopping 13shots in the opening period. After the Steel were held without a shot for overeight minutes, the goaltender helped them to stop two power play chances.

In the second,the Thunder rallied for the first goal of the game. Ethan Somoza (Bemidji State University) turned a rebound fromHalladay up the ice. Developing into a 2-on-1 with Vlad Dzhioshvili (Cornell University), the Simi Valley, CA native fireda quick, hard wrist shot over the shoulder of Steel goaltender John Lethemon (Michigan State University).The shot was the only one of 33 shots on net to beat the future Spartan netminders.

Halladaycontinued into the second and third periods as he and the Thunder defense heldthe Steel off the board. Chicago was 0-for-4 on the power play thanks to theirwork in the defensive zone in the game. Chicago managed to stop the top ratedpower play in the league on the night as the Thunder came away 1-0 winners.

Thanks to thewin, the Thunder kept pace with both the Dubuque Fighting Saints and Green BayGamblers who each won games on Friday night. Bloomington has two more games toplay this season and are 12-1-0-0 over their recent winning streak. They arealso 14-0-0-0 on the road this season in one-goal games.

The Thundercontinue their road stretch to Madison on Friday night. Bloomington is 3-0-0-0against the Capitols and will have a full week off from games before facing offfrom the Alliant Energy Center in Wisconsin.

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United States Hockey League Stories from April 1, 2016

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• Halladay Shuts Down Steel - Bloomington Thunder
• Halladay Shuts Out Steel Friday - Chicago Steel
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• Storm Strengthens First-Place Lead in OT Loss, 4-3 - Tri-City Storm
• Courtnall's Goal Lifts Herd Past Bucs 3-2 - Sioux Falls Stampede
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• Charlie Gerard Nets Four Goals in Return to Madison - Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Black Hawks Down Stars, 5-4 - Lincoln Stars
• Gerard Leads Takedown of His Former Team - Madison Capitols
• Phantoms Top Line Pummels Lancers - Youngstown Phantoms
• Rivera, French Score in 5-2 Loss in Youngstown - Omaha Lancers
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