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Lancers Conclude Western Conference Stretch Against Sioux City, Tri-City

February 9, 2011 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Omaha Lancers News Release


The Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) conclude a stretch of ten consecutive games against Western Conference competition this week as they prepare for showdowns with the Sioux City Musketeers and Tri-City Storm. Omaha (22-10-5, 49 Pts.) enters Week 20 of USHL action in sole possession of second place in the Western Conference. The Lancers are coming off another solid week, which saw the team capture five of a possible six points during a three-game week that started with a 3-1 home victory over the Sioux Falls Stampede before skating to a 2-1 win in Fargo Friday followed by a 4-3 shootout defeat against the Force on Saturday. Saturday's setback snapped Omaha's season-long six-game winning streak but the Lancers are still 6-0-1 over their last seven games and have claimed 13 of a possible 14 standings points in seven straight games against Conference opponents.

Omaha's Western Conference stretch continues this Friday when the Lancers head to the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City to battle the Musketeers. Sioux City (18-17-4, 40 Pts.) snapped a three-game winless skid last night with a 2-1 overtime victory against the Tri-City Storm in the first of four games this week for the Musketeers. The win was just Sioux City's third in its last 12 games overall and the Musketeers now rest in a tie for sixth place in the West alongside Tri-City.

The Lancers then return home to the Omaha Civic Auditorium Saturday for a special afternoon showdown with the Storm. Following last evening's overtime defeat, Tri-City (16-14-8, 40 Pts.) is locked in a tie for sixth in the Conference with Sioux City and enters the weekend having fallen in five of its last seven games overall. The Storm's offensive struggles continued last week when the team managed just five goals during a three-game week. Tri-City has now scored two goals or fewer in eight of its last nine games overall. With 86 goals scored this season, the Storm have tallied the fewest goals of any Western Conference team and are now averaging the second fewest goals for per game (2.26).

Omaha's busy weekend then concludes Sunday when the Lancers welcome Sioux City to the Civic Auditorium for a 5:05 PM match-up. Sunday's showdown will be the second get-together in three days between the Lancers and Musketeers and will be the final head-to-head regular season meeting at the Civic Auditorium.

Friday, February 11th @ Sioux City Musketeers, 7:05 PM CDT, Tyson Events Center

Saturday, February 12th vs. Tri-City Storm, 4:05 PM CDT, Omaha Civic Auditorium

*Presented by Stenstrom Services!

*Charity Night presented by CN Railroad, The Baer Foundation & The Lund Company!

Sunday, February 13th vs. Sioux City Musketeers, 5:05 PM CDT, Omaha Civic Auditorium

**Radio coverage for all three games this week can be found on 1290 AM KKAR or www.1290kkar.com beginning with the Valpakdeals.com pre-game show at 6:50 PM CDT Friday, 3:50 PM CDT Saturday and 4:50 PM CDT on Sunday.

NEWS & NOTES FOR THE WEEKEND

- With an assist in last Saturday's contest in Fargo, third-year forward Seth Ambroz became the first Lancers skater this season to reach the 30-point plateau. It's the third straight season in which the New Prague, Minnesota native has notched at least 30 points. Ambroz continues to pace all Lancers this season with 17 goals, 30 points and 144 shots on goal.

- Stefan Demopoulos leads all Lancers with 12 power play points (5 goals, 7 assists) this season. The veteran from La Mesa, California added to those team-leading totals with a power play goal and man advantage assist in last weekend's series in Fargo.

- Defenseman Ben Marshall leads all Omaha blueliners in scoring this season with 17 points (5 goals, 12 assists). The native of Mahtomedi, Minnesota leads all Lancers and ranks second among all USHL skaters with a +23 rating this season. The Detroit Red Wings draft pick leads all USHL defensemen with 4 game-winning goals this season and ranks third among all blueliners with 83 shots on goal.

- Omaha's penalty kill continues to sizzle as the Lancers have surrendered just two power play goals against over the last 15 games (50/52 96.2%). The Lancers saw a stretch of 34 consecutive successful penalty kills snapped last Saturday but still haven't surrendered a 5-on-4 power play goal against since a December 17 match-up in Cedar Rapids.

- Friday and Sunday's contests present the sixth and seventh meetings of the 2010-2011 regular season between the Omaha Lancers and Sioux City Musketeers. After falling in the series opener, the Lancers have claimed four straight get-togethers with the Musketeers including a 3-1 victory in Sioux City on January 29th.

- Saturday's match-up marks the fifth of eight meetings during the 2010-2011 regular season between the Lancers and Tri-City Storm. Omaha is a dramatic 4-0 against the Storm this season with two overtime wins coupled with a pair of shootout victories. Most recently, Omaha outlasted Tri-City 2-1 in a shootout back on January 28th.

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