USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints

Saints to Host Steel Tonight, Search for 7th Straight Win

Published on November 4, 2011 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Dubuque Fighting Saints News Release


DUBUQUE, Iowa - After winning five consecutive games away from the Mystique Community Ice Center and six straight overall, the Fighting Saints will return to home ice tonight for the first time since October 14. *Zemgus Girgensons *continues to lead the way for the Fighting Saints, having scored six goals and thirteen points on the season. Defensively, *Gabe Antoni* has shouldered the load in between the pipes with *Matt Morris *out of the lineup with an injury, leading the USHL with a 1.05 goals against average and a .953 save percentage.

The Steel are off to a 4-5-0 start, winners of two of their last three games. *Scott McConnell* had his interim tag removed in the off-season, and is in his first year as head coach and general manager. Tonight's meeting is the first of four in the regular season between the Saints and Steel - the two teams will next meet in Chicago on November 19.

The Fighting Saints will play the Lancers in Omaha tomorrow night, in a game that will be their first of another five straight away from the Mystique Community Ice Center. The Saints will next be at home on Wednesday, November 23, the night before Thanksgiving, against Cedar Rapids.

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