The Allen Americans lost to the Kansas City Mavericks 6-4 last night before a Wednesday night crowd of 2512 at the Cable Dahmer Arena. The Americans had no answer for the Mavericks top line who torched Allen with all six goals and all 10 assists in the game. Patrick Curry had four goals and six points in the game which is the most goals and points in the ECHL in a game this season. His linemate, Chad Bouchardt, had five assists which is the most in a game in the ECHL this season. The third member of the line, Nolan Walker also had five points (2G, 3A). You add it all together and this line had 16 points (6G, 10A) and was +12. The rest of the Kansas City team had no points and was -2.
- Allen fought back after giving up the first two goals of the game and trailing 2-0 after the first period. The Americans scored three unanswered goals in second period to take the lead 3-2. Easton Brodzinski, Colby McAuley and Blake Murray (playing his 1st game in Allen) were the goal scorers. Kansas City (Patrick Curry) scored with 38 seconds remaining in the period and the teams headed into the second intermission with the score tied 3-3.
- Patrick Curry continued to cause the damage. He followed up his goal with 38 seconds remaining in the second period by scoring his third goal of the game just 46 seconds into the third period to give Kansas City a 4-3 lead. Colby McAuley scored an unassisted goal, his second goal of the game at the 7:58 mark to tie the score 4-4. It was Curry to the rescue again as he scored his fourth goal of the game just 60 seconds after McAuley's goal to give the Mavericks the lead 5-4. Allen could not get the equalizer and Kansas City scored an empty net goal with 15 seconds remaining in the game to make the final score 6-4.
- Other stats and information:
- Allen was oushot 16-2 in the third period and 37-20 for the game.
- Allen has been outshot 216-119 in its five game against KC this season.
- Allen has now lost four of its last five games after winning three of four.
- In Allen's seven wins this season the Americans average goals allowed was 2.43.
- In Allen's 15 losses this season the Americans average goals allowed was 5.40.
- Allen has taken 32 penalties, KC 18 in the five games this season.
- Allen's IR list is now up to a staggering 10 players with the recent addition of Justin Allen and Johnny Walker. Allen has twice as many players on IR than any other ECHL teams and three or four times more than most teams.
- Here is the game recap from the Allen Americans: https://allenamericans.com/news/2023/12/americans-fall-to-the-mavericks-6-4
- Here is the game recap issued by the Kansas City Mavericks including the franchise record set in the game last night: https://kcmavericks.com/news/2023/12/historic-offensive-night-sees-kc-come-out-on-top-with-a-6-4-victory
- Here are the video highlights: https://echl.com/videos/allen-americans-vs-kansas-city-mavericks-dec-13-2023
OTHER COMMENTS
- Patrick Curry's four goals last night was the first four goal game in the ECHL this season. Last season there were four goal games four times. One of them was against Allen. The last Allen player to score four goals in a game was Zach Pochiro. On January 11, 2019 in a 7-3 home win over Wichita, Zach scored the first goal of the game, a power play goal, a penalty shot goal and two even strength goals including the game winning goal.
- Utah and Rapid City both lost last night (RC in overtime) so the scramble among the four Mountain Division teams with point percentages under .500 for the final playoff spot remains close. Here are the four teams likely competing for one playoff spot. Team wins is in parenthesis:
- .455 - Rapid City (9)
- .440 - Wichita (9)
- .400 - Utah (8)
- .341 - Allen (7)
- How do the Mountain Division teams rank among all ECHL teams with about 30% of the season in the books. Here is the rank by point percentage since games played varies from a low of 19 to a high of 25. You can see the Mountain Division is very divided with teams at the top or bottom with none in the middle.
- #2 - Idaho (.804)
- #3 - Kansas City (.729)
- #8 - Tulsa (.614)
- #22 - Rapid City (.455)
- #23 - Wichita (.440)
- #26 - Utah (.400)
- #28 - Allen (.341)
- There are two ECHL teams with point percentages above .800 and they play very different styles. Idaho (.804) is a high octane offense with a league leading 113 goals but ranks #18 in goals allowed (75). Greenville (.818) is much more balanced, ranked #5 in goals scored (82) and #5 in goals allowed (60). Two different approaches that are both successful and clearly Kelly Cup contenders.
- The top four teams in the North Division have been going head the head this week. Last night #4 Newfoundland beat #1 Adirondack 4-3 in a shootout and #2 Norfolk beat #3 Trois Rivières 4-3. The teams play again tomorrow night.
- It is amazing how far Atlanta has fallen. The Gladiators started the season winning eight straight games including two against Allen. It is the longest winning streak in the league this season and the second longest winning streak to start the season in ECHL history. Atlanta is now in the midst of a seven game losing streak which is the longest losing streak in the ECHL this season. Atlanta has gone from the #1 team in the ECHL on November 12 (1.000) to #25 (.429) in one month.
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