Lancers Weekly
February 17, 2014 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Omaha Lancers News Release
RALSTON, NE - In the finale of their eight-game regular season series vs. their bitter rivals, the Lincoln Stars, the Omaha Lancers fought back from down 3-0 in the first period to defeat Lincoln on the road on Friday, thanks in large part to a hat-trick from Lancers Assistant Captain and Omaha native Gage Hough. With the victory, the Lancers' fourth in a row, Omaha improved to 31-9-4 overall this season and with 66 points, remain alone in second place in the Western Conference and overall USHL standings, just one point shy of the suddenly skidding Waterloo Black Hawks. After allowing three quick goals to the Stars on Friday, Hough started the comeback late in the first before multi-point performances from Tucker Poolman (2G), Jake Randolph (2A), Tyler Vesel (GWG, 1A) and Luca Frigo (2A) helped the Lancers wrap their 2013-14 head-to-head series with Lincoln at 5-1-2 overall and 2-0-2 at the Lincoln IceBox Arena. Next up for the Lancers, it's the first of back-to-back three-game weekends, starting with a Friday road clash with the defending Anderson and Clark Cup champion Dubuque Fighting Saints (26-12-3, 55 pts., 3rd in Eastern Conference) at 7:35 pm at the Mystique Community Ice Center in Dubuque, Iowa before a return trip to Ralston Arena for a pair of home games on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the Lancers team up with Methodist Health System to aid in the fight against breast cancer by donning specialty jerseys for their 7:05 pm clash with the Waterloo Black Hawks (32-7-3, 67 pts., 1st in Western Conferece) on " Pink in the Rink Night " before hosting the Des Moines Buccaneers at 5:05 pm on Sunday, presented by TeamMates and the Harold K. Scholz Company. Full coverage of Friday's game begins with the " Valpak Pregame Show " at 7:20 pm on the Lancers' flagship station, " The Mighty " 1290 KOIL with Lancers' broadcaster Tony Brown providing the play-by-play.
LANCERS NOTES:
OMAHA LANCERS (31-9-4), 66 pts., 2nd in Western Conference, W4
- G Hayden Hawkey (19 GP, 15-2-0, 1 SO, 1.90 GAA, .930 S%) leads the USHL in goals-against average and save percentage and has appeared in seven of the Lancers' previous eight games.
- Lancers F Jake Randolph (19G, 51A - 70 PTS) leads the USHL in assists, points and power-play assists (20) and ranks third league-wide in plus/minus (+33).
- Omaha F Tyler Vesel (32G, 35A - 67 PTS) leads the league in goals and plus/minus (+38), ranks second to Randolph in assists and points, ranks tied for second in power-play goals (10) and tied for first in game-winning goals (6).
- Among USHL defensemen, Lancers captain Tucker Poolman (11G, 21A - 32 PTS) leads the league in goals and ranks first alone in power-play tallies (8).
- Lancers F Louie Rowe leads the USHL with 11 major penalties and ranks second in penalty minutes with 137.
- The Lancers' penalty kill ranks second in the USHL at home (90.4%) and first on the road (88.4%) and overall (89.5%).
- Omaha's active four-game winning streak is tied for the longest such active streak in the USHL.
- Omaha's power-play has surrendered just one shorthanded goal all season, tied for the fewest in the USHL this year.
- Omaha's road power-play (25.9%) and overall power-play (23.4%) ranks second in the USHL.
- The Lancers allow the fewest goals per game to their opponents this season (2.20).
OPPONENT NOTES:
DUBUQUE FIGHTING SAINTS
(26-12-3), 55 pts., 3 rd in Eastern Conference, OTL2
- Dubuque F Seamus Malone leads the USHL with four shorthanded goals this season.
- Among USHL defensemen, Alexx Privatera ranks second in the league in assists (27) and points (34) and is tied for the USHL lead in power-play assists (15).
- Dubuque boasts the USHL's best power-play at home (25.0%).
WATERLOO BLACK HAWKS
(32-7-3), 67 pts., 1st in Western Conference, OTL1
- Since their all-time USHL record 16-game winning streak came to an end, Waterloo is just 0-2-2 in their past four games.
- Waterloo G Cal Petersen (29 GP, 23-3-3, 2.32 GAA, .920 S%) leads the USHL in wins, ranks third in save percentage and fourth in goals-against average.
- As a team, the Black Hawks lead the league in goals (168), assists (289), points (457), power-play goals (50), overall power-play (24.3%), road power-play (27.3%), shots on goal per game (40.1) and shorthanded goals allowed (1).
DES MOINES BUCCANEERS
(16-21-5), 37 pts., 5th in Western Conference, OTL1
- Buccaneers D Ruslan Rakhmatov ranks tied for third in the USHL with seven major penalties this season.
- Des Moines F Tanner Karty is tied for the USHL lead in shootout goals (4).
- Among USHL defensemen, Des Moines' Corey Schueneman is tied for the league-lead in shorthanded goals (1).
- The Buccaneers allow the second-most shots on goal per game in the USHL this season (36.9).
United States Hockey League Stories from February 17, 2014
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- Waterloo Black Hawks Name Players of the Week - Waterloo Black Hawks
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- Ice Home Saturday and Sunday at Pan Am Pavilion - Indiana Ice
- Chicago Steel Alumnus Luca Cunti Competing in Sochi Winter Olympic Games - Chicago Steel
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