Stampede Run Past Black Hawks

Scoring at least twice in every period on Friday, January 16, 2015, the Sioux Falls Stampede pulled away from the Waterloo Black Hawks for a 7-3 win at Sanford Premier Center.

The matchup was scoreless for more than half of the first period, until Logan O’Connor slipped a shot from the left boards inside the short-side post at 12:04. Sioux Falls built their lead at 17:40, when Troy Loggins capped a three-on-one rush by finishing a feed from Dakota Joshua.

In the second period, the teams took turns scoring. Moments after a power play ended, Tyler Sheehy lifted a chance under the crossbar from close range at 6:58. Sioux Falls reestablished their two-goal lead at 11:13 when Dillon Eichstadt swiped a clearing attempt and fired a shot to the stick side of Trevor Gorsuch.

Waterloo drew back within one goal at 13:58 as Tom Novak scored from the left hashmark. The count remained 3-2 through a Stampede power play, but Lawton Courtnall struck to push the home team farther ahead, putting back his own rebound in transition at 17:21.

In the third, the Herd pulled away; Eichstadt beat Kris Carlson from the left circle at 4:44. A turnover allowed Cooper Marody to make it 6-2 at 12:18. While shorthanded less than two minutes later, John Wiitala temporarily stemmed the tide, scoring on a shorthanded breakaway. However, Loggins added a final Stampede goal at 17:13.

The Hawks and Stampede meet again in Sioux Falls on Saturday evening. After the matchup – which is the final game of six-in-a-row on the road – Waterloo is back at home on January 23rd versus the Chicago Steel. Tickets for that contest are available online from waterlooblackhawks.com or by calling the Domino’s Black Hawks Box Office at (319) 291-7680.

For Friday's box score, please click here.