COUNCIL BLUFFS - Barry Almeida's backhanded goal 6 minutes and 8 seconds into overtime lifted the Omaha Lancers to a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Waterloo Black Hawks Saturday giving the Lancers their seventh Clark Cup championships at the Mid-America Center.

Almeida broke through a pack of Black Hawks defenders and beat Black Hawks' goalie Matt DiGirolamo top-shelf from point-blank range.

The goal capped off a rally which saw the Lancers come from a 2 games to 1 deficit to beat Waterloo.

The Black Hawks had two outstanding opportunities to score in overtime the first two minutes on a 4-on-1 break, and the second at the 15:10 mark when Billy Maday hit a post on a slap shot from the right circle.

It was the second consecutive loss in the Clark Cup finals for Waterloo.

Jake Hauswirth gave Omaha a 1-0 lead in the first on nice set up by Joe Diamond with 2:41 left.

But instead of burying their heads, the Black Hawks played the second period with a purpose.

Waterloo was the aggressor from the drop of the puck, and finally solved Lancer goalie Drew Palmisano 7:13 into the period when Olson slammed home a power-play goal ending an 80-plus minute Black Hawks scoring drought.

Drew MacKenzie made a nice play in neutral ice to help Waterloo jump ahead. MacKenzie's pass ignited Liivik on a mini-breakaway along the boards and as he carried the puck behind Palmisano, he sent a centering pass to Juutilainen who beat the Lancer netminder 5-hole for a 2-1 lead with 3:36 to go.

Omaha tied it on a Ben Arnt goal 3:58 into the third.

With an extra attacker on the ice and a delayed penalty set to be called on the Black Hawks, Patrick Wiercioch put the Lancers up with a laser from the blue line that beat DiGirolamo glove hand just under the 10-minute mark.

Once again, Waterloo rallied as Chad Billins scored his fifth power-play goal of the playoffs with 8:14 remaining.