All Offense, No Defense, Game Recap, Video Highlights, Coach's Comments, Today's Preview, Team Leaders and More

 

The Allen Americans found their offense last night, but lost their defense. The Americans scored six goals and still managed to lose to the Tulsa Oilers 7-6. Allen has scored as many as six goals only three times all season and lost two of those games 7-6. 

- If you like seeing a lot of goals the game was very entertaining. There have only been four ECHL games all season with more combined goals than the 13 goals Allen and Tulsa scored last night. The teams went back and forth scoring throughout the game. Tulsa scored first so Allen did most of the catching up, but the Americans led 4-3 in the second period and 6-5 in the third period. Here is the scoring sequence in the game. Don't ever remember a game with so much back and forth:

• 1-0 Tulsa
• 1-1
• 2-1 Tulsa
• 2-2
• 3-2 Tulsa
• 3-3
• 4-3 Allen
• 4-4
• 5-4 Tulsa
• 5-5
• 6-5 Allen
• 6-6
• 7-6 Tulsa 

 

- Goal scorers for Allen were Trevor LeDonne with his first pro goal, Tyler Burnie (7), Jared Westcott (9), Brayden Watts (19) and Mark Duarte (22,23). Here are the video highlights: https://echl.com/videos/tulsa-oilers-vs-allen-americans-apr-11-2025

 

- Here are the game recaps from both teams:

• Allen Americans: https://allenamericans.com/news/2025/04/game-recap-americans-lose-wild-7-6-affair-to-the-oilers
• Tulsa Oilers: https://tulsaoilers.com/news/2025/04/oilers-clinch-playoff-berth-with-win-in-highest-scoring-game-of-the-season 

Here are some stats from the game last night, the series and the season:

• Tulsa is 9-2-0-0 against Allen, but needs a win tonight to possibly avoid ending up as the #4 seed and having to play Kansas City in the first.
• Tulsa has scored first in seven of the 11 games and won them all.
• Allen is 2-2 in the four games it has scored first.
• Allen will finish the season with the second fewest home wins in league history. If the Americans win tonight they will be tied for the record, if they lose they will hold the record alone.
• If Allen loses tonight it will finish with a point percentage below .300 (.299).
• Tulsa has had 95 shots and 15 goals in the first two games of this series.
• Allen penalty kill percentage in the first two games of the series is 50% (6-12).
• With one game remaining in the season Allen has a total of 16 wins. The next lowest total is 24 wins (Utah).
• Allen gave up seven goals last night and became the first ECHL team to pass the 300 goals allowed mark (304). 
• Allen's six goals scored last night allowed the Americans to catch Indy for the fewest goals scorerd (143). Ironically, Indy is tied for last in goals scored, but has qualified for the playoffs because the Fuel is top six in goals allowed (185).  

 

- You could come up with a lot of reasons why the game tonight is important for the Americans, however, in reality it is meaningless as the die has already been cast. I hope the guys stay healthy, just play hockey and enjoy what will be another big crowd there to support them.

 

- If you didn't like how the game was officiated last night, you probably won't like it tonight. The same referee has worked all three games against Tulsa. He worked with a partner on Wednesday and they called 10 penalties. He called 14 penalties last night. Last night he called five tripping penalties, four slashing penalties and a hooking penalty. He didn't let much go, so would expect the same tonight.

 

COACH'S COMMENTS

"It was a funny game tonight. Tulsa put three of the seven goals in the back of the the net. The other four  were tipped and one went off our defenseman's butt, right to their guy who put it in the open net."

"It was a ping pong type of game where you felt the last team to score would win. There were 13 goals scored and neither team had more than a one goal lead." 

"Mark Duarte played unbelievable tonight. The team, the fans and the building feeds off is energy as he is out there working his pants off." 

"I was proud of how our group never gave up and just kept fighting. The message on the bench was just keep going, forget about the last shift and just look forward. That happened a lot giving up seven goals." 

"In our last 25 games, everyone except the three in Utah have been against teams in the playoffs or fighting for playoffs. Even though we are out of the playoffs it has been a good experience for our young guys to play in these "for men only" games down the stretch where every inch of ice is contested."

"Luke Richardson will get the start in goal tomorrow."

 

OTHER COMMENTS

 - Haven't listed the top Allen players by category for a while. Some of the top three are no longer with the team."

 

Games Played

• 67 - Brayden Watts
• 66 - Mark Duarte
• 64 - Hudson Wilson

Points

• 52 - Brayden Watts
• 44 - Kyle Crnkovic
• 39 - Mark Duarte

Goals

• 23 - Mark Duarte
• 19 - Brayden Watts
• 18 - Spencer Asuchak

Assists

• 33 - Brayden watts
• 33 - Kyle Crnkovic
• 20 - Spencer Asuchak

Plus/Minus

• +4 Trevor LaDonne
• +2 Ayden MacDonald

PIMS

• 88 - Cole Fraser
• 82 - Nick Isaacson
• 79 - Colin Jacobs

Power Play Goals

• 7 - Spencer Asuchak
• 6 - Brayden Watts
• 5 - Mark Duarte

Power Play Assists

• 15 - Brayden Watts
• 14 - Kyle Crnkovic
• 8 - J.C. Brassard
  

Points Per Game

• .78 - Brayden Watts
• .76 - Kyle Crnkovic
• .72 - Easton Brodzinski

Shots

• 171 - Mark Duarte
• 152 - Brayden Watts
• 130 - J.C. Brassard  

Game Winning Goals

• 4 - Kyle Crnkovic
• 3 - Mark Duarte
• 3 - Brayden Watts

Shooting Percentage (minimum 50 shots)

• 16.8% - Spencer Asuchak
• 13.9% - Easton Brodzinski
• 13.5% - Mark Duarte

Points by Defensemen

• 23 - J.C. Brassard
• 17 - Quinn Warmuth
• 13 - Artyom Kulakov

Goals by Defensemen

• 7 - Quinn Warmuth
• 5 - J.C. Brassard
• 5 - Artyom Kulakov

Assists by Defensemen

• 18 - J.C. Brassard
• 10 - Quinn Warmuth
• 8 - Artyom Kulakov
• 8 - Hudson Wilson

Goalie GAA (minimum 20 games played)

• 3.80 - Dylan Wells
• 3.99 - Luke Richardson
• 4.35 - Anson Thornton

Goalie Save Percentage

• .896 - Dylan Wells
• .895 - Luke Richardson
• .888 - Anson Thornton

 

- The only thing that remains to be decided in the Mountain Division is the #3 and #4 seeds with the #4 seed taking on Kansas City in the first round of the playoffs. Wichita is currently the #3 seed, one point ahead of Tulsa and has the outcome in its own hand. A Thunder win in Tahoe tonight earns Wichita the #3 seed. Tulsa owns the tie breaker so a Tulsa win and a Wichita loss in overtime/shootout will give both teams 88 points and Tulsa will be the #3 seed. Both teams can be reassured no matter what happens tonight they are in the playoffs.

 

 

- Idaho has to especially disappointed in missing the playoffs. The Steelheads were on the outside of the playoffs looking in most of the season and under performed expectations. Idaho went on a good run starting with a sweep of Allen at home in March. The Steelheads were 8-2-0-0 going into the series this week at home against Kansas and they had fought themselves into a playoff spot. It was all for naught as Idaho lost 4-2 on Wednesday after taking 2-0 lead and lost 4-1 last night and the Steelheads lone goal was scored late in the game. Most people had Idaho making the playoffs, but it was not to be.

 

 

- South Carolina won the Brabham Cup last night as the regular season champion with a 6-3 win over Norfolk. The Stingrays have two games remaining and have won 16 straight. Only four ECHL teams have ever had a win streak longer than 16 games. 

 

 

- There is only one playoff team yet to be decided and you couldn't ask for a better way to decide who will make the playoffs. In the North Division, Worcester and Reading are separated by just one point. Even better they play each other tonight in the last game of the season for both teams. The game is in Reading. They played last night and Reading won in a shootout (4-3) to make the game tonight an all or nothing game. Last night Reading took a 3-0 lead, but Worcester came back to send the game to overtime. Reading has the a record of 6-2-0-0 against Worcester this season and playing at home has to give them the advantage. 

 

 

- Many Allen fans know linesmen Daniel Barnes from his playing days. Barnes played a few games for Allen in the Americans last Central Hockey League season (8 games) and their first ECHL season (4 games). Barnes was working the game last night and twice got crunched between players right in front of the Allen bench. He went down hard both time. He worked through what looked like a knee injury the first time, but had to leave the game after the second collision. The one remaining linesmen and the lone referee worked the rest of the game. 

 

 

    

- There are 13 games on the schedule tonight. Here are the previews: https://echl.com/news/2025/04/echl-today-april-12 

DID YOU KNOW: Here are the ECHL defensemen that lead their team in points, goals and/or assists. Two defensemen lead their team in points, one leads his team in goals and eight lead their team in assists:

 

Points

55 - Derek Dashke, Utah

38 - Gianfranco Cassaro, Reading

 

Goals

25 - Chas Sharpe, Cincinnati

 

Assists

51 - Matt Register, Idaho

49 - Connor Welsh, Worcester

39 - Derek Dashke, Utah

36 - Noah Laaouan, Jacksonville

33 - Derek Topatigh, Atlanta

32 - Parker Berge, Greenville (now with Idaho)

29 - Sam Sedley, Reading

26 - Zach Berzolla, Kalamazoo