- The Americans took three of four points from Idaho and have a chance to make it a five of six point weekend when they take on the Tulsa Oilers this afternoon with a 4:05 pm puck drop.
- Goal scorers for Allen were Vincent Arseneau (3), Peter MacArthur (3) and Mathieu Aubin (1&2). The video highlights are at ECHL Rewind. Here is the link: https://www.echl.com/
- Here is the game recap from the Allen Americans along with post game quotes from Mathieu Aubin: https://allenamericans.com/americans-earn-point-5-4-loss-idaho/
- Here is the game recap from the Idaho Steelheads: http://www.idahosteelheads.com/events/idaho-steelheads-vs-allen-americans-8/#gametab-2
- The game last night provided many ups and downs for the Allen Americans. They fell behind 2-0 in the first period but came back with two goals of their own. They took a 4-2 lead only to see Idaho comeback to tie the score 4-4 and send it to overtime. Allen scored three power play goals but allowed two power play goals and a shorthanded goal. In the shootout Allen sent out Daniel Leavens who converted last Sunday to win the game against Tulsa, Mathieu Aubin who is 9-22 in shootouts over the last five years and Jonathan Lessard who was 2-4 in ECHL shootout attempts. All failed to convert. Meanwhile, the game winner for Idaho was scored by a rookie taking his first shootout attempt as a pro.
STEVE MARTINSON'S COMMENTS
- Here is the pregame interview from last night with Tom Manning and Steve Martinson:
- Here are Steve Martinson's post game comments:
- It was a stupid game. We had a poor start but our power play got us back in the game and then it was one stupid penalty after another. Obviously we self destructed in the third period. We emphasized the importance of keeping the sticks on the ice but what do we do, get stick penalty after stick penalty. The stick penalties we took were just brain dead penalties. Tough hockey is not hitting a guy with your stick or slapping them in the head. If you want to fight someone step back and challenge them to a fight or get them back with a clean hard check. Instead we retaliated and ended up giving them power plays which they finally converted.
- Unless the time on the video is incorrect we scored four power play goals tonight.
- I thought we had the better chances in overtime but the guys that had the chances looked tired when they had the chances.
- We have had several odd man rushes this weekend and I don't think we have converted on any of them.
- I am planning on putting the guys that have been sitting out in the lineup tomorrow. They are rested and with Tulsa not playing we will need the fresh legs.
- Tomorrow is another day. We have to get five out of six points and make it a good weekend. We have to play smarter than we did tonight.
ALLEN VS TULSA GAME PREVIEW
- For the third week in a row the Allen Americans will be playing the Tulsa Oilers at home on Sunday afternoon. For the Americans it is the third straight weekend they have had to play three games in less than 48 hours. Not the case for Tulsa who has not played a game since last Sunday when they lost to Allen 2-1. The fresher legs definitely belong to Tulsa.
- The game this afternoon will be the fifth of 13 meetings between Allen and Tulsa this season. Tulsa beat Allen three games in a row on October 27th (4-3), October 28th (2-0) and 29th (4-3) before the Americans won last Sunday by a score of 2-1.
- Tulsa has scored at least one point in six straight games (4-0-1-1) while Allen has a three game point streak (2-0-0-1).
- Here is a match up between Allen and Tulsa:
ALLEN TULSA
Team Record 6-4-2-0 (15 points) 5-3-1-2 (13 points)
Division Ranking 3rd - Mountain 6th - Central
Conference Ranking 4th - Western 8th - Western
League Ranking 10th 16th
Last Game 5-4 loss (Idaho) 2-1 Loss (Allen)
Goals For 43 33
Goals Against 37 33
Power Play 14.9% (10/67) 10.4% (5/48)
Penalty Kill 88.9% (7/63) 80.8% (10/52)
Leading Scorer Pierro-Zabotel (4-11-15) Bleackley (7-4-11)
Most PIM's Eberle (27) Pleskach (20)
- Here is how Allen and Tulsa rank in the ECHL in some statistical categories:
Penalty Minutes Per Game: Allen 5th (20.31) - Tulsa 20th (14.18)
Goals Scored Per Game: Allen 11th (3.31) - Tulsa 20th (3.00)
Goals Allowed Per Game: Allen 8th (2.85) - Tulsa 11th (3.00)
Shots For Per Game: Allen 6th (34.92) - Tulsa 3rd (38.91)
Shots Against Per Game: Allen 23rd (36.00) - Tulsa 21st (35.09)
Power Play Percentage: Allen 17th (14.9%) - Tulsa 24th (10.4%)
Penalty Kill Percentage: Allen 3rd (88.9%) - Tulsa 18th (80.8%)
-If you look at the four head to head games these teams have played the team that scored first has won all four games. For the season Allen is 4-0 when they score first and 2-4-2-1 when they don't.
- Head to head Tulsa has the edge is goals (11-8) and shots (164-153). Tulsa has averaged 41 shots per game and in the last two meetings has had 47 shots and 50 shots. For Allen to prevail this afternoon they will need to tighten down on shots allowed to the Oilers.
- If you look at the stats above Allen has the edge on the power play and the penalty kill. However, head to head Allen is 3-18 (16.7%) against Tulsa on the power play while Tulsa's power play against Allen is 2-10 (20%).
- Officials scheduled for the game are referee Matt Menniti (#10) and linesmen Brian Bull (#95) and Lucas Bisbee (#72). Menniti has been the referee for all three games this weekend, that doesn't happen very often.
OTHER COMMENTS
- It was another tough night for the Colorado Eagles against the Rapid City Rush. Friday night the Eagles blew a 3-0 lead in the final eight minutes of the game at home against the Rush and ended up losing in overtime. Last night in Rapid City the Eagles scored the go ahead goal with 66 second remaining in the game but then gave up the tying goal with 21 seconds remaining. Rapid City won the game in overtime. After a horrible start to the season Rapid City has won four straight games.
- Wichita cruised to its10th win of the season against one loss with a 4-2 win in Kansas City last night. Wichita has 20 points to lead the ECHL standings by one point over Florida. No other team has more than 16 points.
- If you look at the Mountain Division standings by winning percentage it looks like this:
.909 - Wichita
.614 - Colorado
.591 - Tulsa
.583 - Idaho
.577 - Allen
.500 - Utah
.455 - Rapid City
Here are a couple of my favorite photos from last night courtesy of Lauren Lyssy:
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| Love this photo! |
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| Mathieu Aubin pokes home his second goal |
DID YOU KNOW: Blowing a lead in the third period at home, as the Americans did last night, is a very unusual event. Combining last season and this season Allen's record (prior to last night) when leading after two periods at home was 25-0-0-1.
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