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Phantoms pick up a road win in USHL

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Staff report

BENSENVILLE, ILL.

Austin Cangelosi and Sam Anas each scored a goal and an assist to lead the Youngstown Phantoms to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Steel in a United States Hockey League game on Friday night.

The Phantoms (9-5-0, 14 points) won for the second time in as many games at Chicago (5-10-0, 10 points) this season.

Youngstown won 3-0 at Edge Ice Arena on Oct. 7.

The Phantoms won despite being outshot 45-29, including 33-16 over the final two periods.

Youngstown’s Matthew O’Connor got the win, stopping 44 shots.

The Phantoms did go 1 for 4 on the power play, and held the Steel without a goal in five opportunities with the man advantage.

Cangelosi and Ryan Belonger assisted on the Phantoms’ first goal of the game, by Mike Ambrosia, with 10:58 remaining in the first period.

Chicago tied the score with 17:35 left in the second period on a Theo DiPauli goal, assisted by Ali Thomas.

Youngstown regained the lead with 4:55 remaining on Sam Anas’ tally. Daniel Renouf and Stephen Collins had the assists.

In the final period, J.T. Stenglein made it 3-1 on a power-play goal, assisted by Anas, with 5:17 to go.

Cangelosi’s goal was unassisted and came with the Phantoms short-handed and Chicago having pulled its goalie with 49 seconds to go.