Musketeers Drop Season Opener
November 7, 2020 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Sioux City Musketeers News Release
SIOUX CITY, IA - The Sioux City Musketeers couldn't overcome an early deficit Saturday night, falling to Tri City 5-1 in the season opener for both teams.
Tri City got the scoring going 8:11 into the game when Hunter Strand found the back of the net on a power play. The Storm doubled their lead with 19 seconds left in the first period when Carter Mazur scored on the man-advantage.
The Musketeers appeared to cut the deficit to one early in the second period but the goal was disallowed. Moments later Cole McWard put Tri City ahead 3-0 and teammate Mark Espata added a goal of his own before the period ended.
Sioux City attempted to surge late as Brian Carrabes scored with 3:43 left in regulation but an empty net goal from Strand put the game away.
The Musketeers outshot Tri City 31-26 on the contest but went 0/4 on the power play. Alex Tracy finished with 21 saves. Sioux City drops to 0-1 and hosts Waterloo on November 13th and 14th.
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