Lancers rally past Hawks, 3-1
Published on October 26, 2004 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Omaha Lancers News Release
Jeff LoVecchio scored a pair of goals as the Lancers rallied for a 3-1 victory over the Black Hawks in Waterloo, Sunday, October 24th. LoVecchio has now scored six goals in his last four games. The Lancers have now won three games in a row.
Waterloo scored first with a power play goal from David Meckler at 9:26 of the first period. But, LoVecchio's first goal came at 17:05 of the frame, from Nick Fanto and Andy Meyer, making the game a 1-1 tie after 20 minutes.
After a scoreless second period, LoVecchio got the eventual game winning goal at 3:17 of the third period on the power play, helped again by Fanto and Meyer, for a 2-1 lead. Tim Miller added an unassisted empty net goal at 18:24 to ice the contest for the Lancers.
Waterloo outshot the Lancers for the game 26-25, with Jeff Lerg winning his seventh game in net. Lerg stopped 25 shots on goal, while losing goalie Joe Grossman stopped 22 of 24 shots on goal. The Lancers were 1-for-7 on the power play, while Waterloo went 1-for-5. The Lancers received nine penalties for 18 minutes; the Black Hawks took 11 penalties for 32 minutes. Trevor Smith led the Lancers' plus-minus statistics with a plus-two for the game.
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