Lancers Weekly
April 7, 2014 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Omaha Lancers News Release
RALSTON, NE - Following a pair of victories in the final two games of the 2013-14 USHL regular season, a 3-2 shootout win on Friday at Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota over the Fargo Force, and a 4-2 win over the Sioux Falls Stampede on Saturday at Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the Omaha Lancers capped their 28th regular season in the United States Hockey League at 39-14-7 and with 85 points, Omaha finished second in the USHL's Western Conference standings, poised for a clash with the third-seeded Sioux City Musketeers in the first round of the 2014 Clark Cup Playoffs.
Lancers captain Tucker Poolman played the hero for Omaha on Friday, scoring once in regulation before adding the game-winning tally in the shootout, but on Saturday, future Nebraska-Omaha Maverick Jake Randolph stole the show as the Duluth, Minnesota native notched a pair of assists in the season's final game to match, then surpass the USHL's Tier 1 Era (2002-present) single season assists record by posting his 60th helper of the season.
On Monday, the USHL announced the schedules for each of the Clark Cup Playoffs' four first round series. The schedule for the Lancers' best-of-five game Western Conference Semi-Final series vs. Sioux City is included below:
USHL Western Conference Semi-Finals - #2 Omaha vs. #3 Sioux City (best of five game series)
Game 1 - SC @ OMA, Saturday, April 12th, 7:05 pm, Ralston Arena, Ralston, NE
Game 2 - SC @ OMA, Sunday, April 13th, 5:05 pm, Ralston Arena, Ralston, NE
Game 3 - OMA @ SC, Friday, April 18th, 7:05 pm, Tyson Events Center, Sioux City, IA
Game 4 - OMA @ SC, Saturday, April 19th, 7:05 pm, Tyson Events Center, Sioux City, IA **
Game 5 - SC @ OMA, Tuesday, April 22nd, 7:05 pm, Ralston Arena, Ralston, NE **
** (If Necessary)
Next up for the Lancers, it's game one of the Western Conference Semi-Finals as the Lancers play host to the third-seeded Sioux City Musketeers at Ralston Arena on Saturday, April 12th at 7:05 pm. Full coverage of Saturday's game begins with the "Valpak Pregame Show" at 6:50 pm on the Lancers' flagship station, "The Mighty" 1290 KOIL with Lancers broadcaster Tony Brown providing the play-by-play.
LANCERS NOTES:
OMAHA LANCERS (39-14-7), 85 pts., 2nd in Western Conference, W2
LANCERS VS. SIOUX CITY:
HEAD-TO-HEAD REG. SEASON STATS:
OMA RECORD: (2-2-1)
OMA GOAL DIFFERENTIAL: -2 (14/16)
POWER-PLAY VS: (3/21) ïÆ 14.3%, 1 SHGA
PENALTY-KILL VS: (5/24) ïÆ 79.2%, 0 SHGF
TOP SCORERS VS:
- TYLER VESEL - 4GP, (4G, 1A - 5 PTS)
- JAKE RANDOLPH - 5GP, (1G, 4A - 5 PTS)
GOALTENDING VS:
- COLE BRUNS - 3GP, (1-1-1), 3.34 GAA, .885 S%
- HAYDEN HAWKEY - 2GP, (1-1-0), 2.51 GAA, .909 S%
NOTES:
- Nine of Lancers' 14 total head-to-head goals scored (64.3% of production in the season series), scored in first period of games.
- Lancers 1-1-0 at home, 1-1-1 on the road vs. Sioux City this year.
OPPONENT NOTES:
SIOUX CITY MUSKETEERS (38-19-3), 79 pts., 3rd in Western Conference, W1
MUSKETEERS VS. OMAHA:
HEAD-TO-HEAD REG. SEASON STATS:
SC RECORD: (3-2-0)
SC GOAL DIFFERENTIAL: +2 (16/14)
POWER-PLAY VS: (5/24) ïÆ 20.8%, 0 SHGA
PENALTY-KILL VS: (3/21) ïÆ 85.7%, 1 SHGF
TOP SCORERS VS:
- JARED THOMAS - 5GP, (1G, 6A - 7 PTS)
- BRANDON HAWKINS - 5GP, (5G, 1A - 6 PTS)
GOALTENDING VS:
- KYLE HAYTON - 4GP, (2-2-0), 3.29 GAA, .878 S%
- COLIN OLSON - 2GP, (1-0-0), 1.82 GAA, .944 S%
NOTES: - The Musketeers will be without forwards Waltteri Hopponen (World U-18 Championships - Finland - gone until second round) and Brandon Hawkins (emergency appendectomy - out 2-4 weeks) in the first round of the Clark Cup playoffs. Hopponen and Hawkins combined to produce 43 goals and 79 points in the regular season.
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