Friday, January 30, 2015

Chicago Steel Week 19 Game Preview

The Chicago Steel travel to Wisconsin this weekend for road matchups against the Madison Capitols and the Green Bay Gamblers. On Friday, the Steel face the Capitols with play set to begin at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Chicago takes on Green Bay at 7:05 p.m.

After a 7-1 road loss in Waterloo last Friday, the Steel (15-17-3) defeated the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Saturday in thrilling fashion to split their weekend games. Down 3-1 in the final period, Freddy Olofsson scored twice to tie the game with under a minute remaining in regulation. In overtime, Ryan Blankemeier lit the lamp to defeat the Fighting Saints. Mason Bergh (1g, 1a) and Freddy Olofsson (2g, 1a) are now tied for the team lead with 17 goals this season.

The Madison Capitols (17-11-6) are coming off two Week 18 losses. Last Wednesday, the Capitols were defeated in overtime by the Lincoln Stars and then fell to the Bloomington Thunder 5-1 last Friday. The Steel are 2-0-0 against the Capitols this season, defeating Madison 2-1 in October and 8-1 in December. In the December meeting, Brendon Kearney registered his first career hat trick.

The Green Bay Gamblers (13-19-4) fell to the Sioux City Musketeers twice last weekend, dropping Saturday’s game 4-1 and Sunday’s game 6-2. The Steel are 1-1-1 against the Gamblers this season, outscoring Green Bay 13-10 across the three matchups.

The Steel are on the road for the next three weeks but will return to the Edge on February 20th-22nd for three home games against Green Bay, Muskegon and Madison. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Steel Ticket Office at 630-594-1161 or by visiting tickets.chicagosteelhockeyteam.com.  

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