Jets fall to El Paso at NAHL Showcase
Sep. 17—BLAINE, Minn. — The Janesville Jets dropped their first contest at the NAHL Showcase Thursday night at the Super Rink, falling to the El Paso Rhinos, 4-1.
El Paso got out to a 4-0 lead midway through the second period before Janesville got on the board with a Cy LeClert goal at the 13:31 mark. It was LeClerc's third goal of the season. William Gustafson and Jan Lasak were credited with assists on the play.
Each of the 29 NAHL teams is playing 3-4 games at the event.
The Jets are scheduled to face the Shreveport Mudbugs today at 2:45 and wrap up their weekend with a contest against the U.S. National Development Program's U-17 team Saturday night at 6:15.
EL PASO 4, JANESVILLE 1
Janesville 0;1;0;1
El Paso 2;2;0;4
First period
ELPNE—Alex Krause (1). Connor McGrath (!), Aleksi Kayra (1).
ELPNE—Jan Olenginski (1).
Second period
ELPNE—Krause (2). Noah Van Vlliet (1)
ELPNE—Bo Cosman (1). Jonathan Horn (1)
JNE—Cy LeClerc (3) Will Gustafson (2), Jan Lasak (1).
Shots on goal: Janesville 26; El Paso 18. Saves: JJ Cataldo (JNE) 14; Lassi Lehti (ELPNA) 25.
