Lancers Pull Away, Top Bucs 5-1
Published on March 15, 2014 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Omaha Lancers News Release
DES MOINES, IA - In the final game of the two teams' six-game regular season series, the Omaha Lancers defeated the Des Moines Buccaneers by a final score of 5-1 on Saturday at Buccaneer Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. With the win, the Lancers improved to 36-12-5 overall this season and with 77 points, remain alone in second place in the Western Conference and overall USHL standings, four points behind the first place Waterloo Black Hawks.
After a scoreless first period, Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson sparked the Lancers' offense immediately in the second, as the Stockholm, Sweden native's tenth goal of the year gave Omaha a 1-0 lead just 47 seconds into the middle frame with Jake Randolph and Luca Frigo collecting assists on the play. Another Swede extended the Lancer lead at 3:34, as Niklas Folin wired home a Forsbacka-Karlsson feed from Matt Nelson to make it 2-0 Omaha. The Buccaneers fought back late in the frame, however, as Danny Elser buried on the power-play at 16:50 to draw Des Moines within a goal at the end of the second period.
Needing a beefy third period push, the Lancers got just that, as Randolph potted back-to-back goals, at 6:22 from Steven Johnson and Tucker Poolman at even strength, and on the power-play at 15:37 from Forsbacka-Karlsson and Poolman, to make it 4-1 Omaha. A late Anthony Angello goal, set up by a persistent push from Jake Henderson, capped the scoring for the Lancers in a 5-1 victory. With Saturday's win, the Lancers finished their six-game regular season series vs. Des Moines with a record of 4-1-1 overall and 3-0-0 at Buccaneer Arena.
Next up for the Lancers, it's the final regular season home game of the year, a 5:05 pm tilt on Sunday at Ralston Arena vs. Team USA's U-17 squad on a "TeamMates Sunday", presented by the Harold K. Scholz Company. Full coverage of Sunday's game begins with the "Valpak Pregame Show" at 4:50 pm on the Lancers' flagship station, "The Mighty" 1290 KOIL with Lancers broadcaster Tony Brown providing the play-by-play.
In 2013-14, the five-time Anderson Cup and seven-time Clark Cup Champion Omaha Lancers drop the puck on their 28th season in the USHL. Season ticket packages for the Lancers' second campaign at the state-of-the-art Ralston Arena are available now starting at just $12.50 per game! To reserve your seats, contact the Lancers' ticket office today at 402-344-7825, extension 1, or log on to www.lancers.com for more information. Be sure to follow the Lancers on Twitter @OmahaLancers and don't forget to 'Like' the official "Omaha Lancers" fan page on Facebook.
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