Wednesday, April 30, 2008

USHL Playoff Update

The Chicago Steel were swept by the Waterloo Blackhawks in the second round. 2009 Maine recruit Mark Anthoine had no points in the series.

The Omaha Lancers and the Lincoln Stars have each won two games. The Lancers have Will O'Neil and Joe Diamond who will be attending Maine next year. O'Neil has four points including one goal in eight games. Diamond has one goal in eight games.

Ryan Hegarty who was apart of the National Team Development Program was ranked the 186th best player in North America by NHL Central Scouting. He was the only Maine recruit named to the list.

Nathan Fournier

(Nathan also is a writer for MVN.com. He's the writer for the Asylum which covers the Lewiston Maineiacs of the QMJHL. He's also a regular contributor to the NHL Source also at MVN.com. He can be reached at fbbhgfan@aol.com)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Omaha wins the series over Lincoln with a 5-4 victory in game five. Joe Diamond sparked a three-goal second period with two power play goals that helped the Lancers rally from 2-0 down after one. Omaha plays Waterloo in the Clark Cup finals starting this weekend, best-of-five.