Alberta Beats Omaha 3-2

The good news is, the last time the Mavs lost an exhibition game, they ended up going to the Frozen Four.

The bad news is, the two times they lost an exhibition game before that, they didn't.

What kind of season will this be?

The game started well for the Mavericks, with goals from Fredrik Olofsson and Mason Morelli sparking the Mavs to a 2-0 lead in the first period. Evan Weninger took the first shift in goal (as is tradition, each of the goalies played a period in goal), but he allowed two goals. The score was tied 2-2 after one.

The score remained 2-2 after two periods. Alex Blankenburg had a good second period in goal, stopping eight shots, including a couple of solid Alberta attempts.

New goalie Kris Oldham was solid in net until late in the third period, when Austin Ortega lost the puck and Alberta turned it into a goal.

Final score: Alberta 3, UNO 2.

Catch the game highlights from Omaha Video:

Highlights: Alberta edges @OmahaHKY on late goal, 3-2 pic.twitter.com/liJYzOMixm

— Omaha Video (@OmahaVID) October 9, 2016

Here's the OMavs writeup from the game:
http://www.omavs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211216852&DB_OEM_ID=31400

Here's the Omaha World-Herald article ($):
http://www.omaha.com/uno/hockey/after-fast-start-uno-drops-exhibition-opener/article_95881988-8dca-11e6-b276-0b2e0732a338.html

And photos from the Omaha World-Herald:
http://www.omaha.com/multimedia/gallery/photos-omaha-mavs-take-on-alberta-in-exhibition-hockey/collection_b1d03e82-8da1-11e6-9772-f37d721fb803.html


And here's what Coach Blais had to say in the post-game press conference:

Press Conference: @OmahaHKY vs. Alberta pic.twitter.com/p7qY7w9twv

— Omaha Video (@OmahaVID) October 9, 2016

Next up:
UNO heads up to Alaska next weekend for the Brice Alaska Goal Rush tournament. The Mavs take on Alaska Anchorage in the Friday game, which will begin at 7 p.m. Omaha time. We'll have a blog post for you later this week with all the game info.