Drew Palmisano was often spectacular while making 32 saves and his Omaha
Lancers scored four unanswered goals on the way to a 4-1 win over the
host RoughRiders Friday night.
The
Lancer goal rush started when Jake Marto snapped the puck home from
the left wing circle to tie the game at one just 61 seconds into the
second period.
Omaha
took the lead at 13:48 of the second when Rider goaltender Kent Patterson
wandered from his crease and the Lancers’ Patrick Schafer fired the
puck into the empty net before Patterson could scramble back in.
The
Lancers wrapped up the win with a pair of third period goals.
Mark Olver wristed the puck in from the right wing boards to make it
3-1 at 3:30 of the third.
Just
over three minutes later, Jack Downing provided the fourth Lancer goal
with a blast from the top of the left wing circle.
The
Riders started the night well, taking a 1-0 lead at 11:37 of the first
period. Rob Bordson buried the rebound after Palmisano stopped
Evan Stephens’ blast from the right wing circle.