Allen Americans Beat Thunder

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After a dominating 8-2 win over the Wichita Thunder yesterday, the Allen Americans came back to the Allen Event Center on Saturday to face the same Thunder. It was a fiesty win for the Americans as they defeated the Wichita Thunder, 6-4. Gary Steffes and Ian Schultz with two goals, Kyle Follmer and Chad Costello with one goal were the goal scorers for the Americans. Aaron Dell stopped 26 out of the 30 shots he faced in the game for the victory.

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The Allen Americans started the scoring in the first period as Kyle Follmer scored his 5th goal of the season on the power play with Gary Steffes getting the assist with 10:03 in the first period. Then Steffes with his first goal of the game, his 22nd goal of the season, extended the lead 2-0 in the first period with Tyler Ludwig and Kyle Follmer getting the assist at the 11:31 mark in the first period. After scoring his first goal of the game, he got back on the scoreboard with his second goal of the game on the power play at the 13:09 mark in first period. Justin Baker and Kevin Young got the assists on Steffes’s goal.

The Thunder responded being down three goals in the first period as Nikita Kashirsky made it 3-1 Americans in the first period with his 8th goal of the season at the 13:42 mark as Ian Lowe got the lone assist. Erick Lizon then scored his 6th goal of the season with 13:57 in the first period with RG Flath and Ian Duval getting the assists. With 14.0 seconds left in the first period, Mike MacIntyre tied the game up at 3-3 with his first goal of the season with Mike Wilson and Jared Walker getting the assists on the goal.

Ian Schultz scored to end the tie at three goals at the 6:54 mark in the second period with Chad Costello and Ian Schwartz get the assists on the goal to make it 4-3. Then Costello extended the lead to 5-3 with 1:55 left in the second period with Schwartz and Brett Lyon getting the assists on the goal.

Ian Schultz got his second goal, his 16th goal of the season on the power play at the 7:50 mark in the third period with Rylan Schwartz getting the lone assist. Eight seconds in the third period, Todd Hosmer gets his 12th goal of the season with Travis Granbois and Jared Walker getting the assists.

The next game for the Allen Americans is when they face the Missouri Mavericks on Monday for a 1:05 start at the Allen Event Center.

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