Allen Defeats Utah 4-2

Allen, Texas – The Utah Grizzlies took a 2-0 lead in the first period but 4 unanswered goals by the Allen Americans, including 3 in the third period gave them a 4-2 victory on Saturday night at the Allen Events Center.

Utah took a 2-0 lead on first period goals by Turner Ottenbreit and Josh Dickinson. Utah outshot Allen 13 to 6 in the period.

Allen got on the board with 1:35 left in the second period as Dante Salituro scored his 13^th goal of the season.

In the third period, the Americans killed 2 penalties where they were down 5 skaters to 3. The first was from 3:10 to 4:11 in the period and 7:11 to 8:27 into the frame. Utah finished the night 1 for 10 on the power play. Allen was 0 for 4 on the power play.

Gary Steffes scored his 2^nd of the season 5:36 into the third. Allen took the lead as Spencer Asuchak scored his 16^th of the season. Allen added an empty net goal from Zach Pochiro, who got his 28^th of the year.

Kevin Carr stopped 26 of 29 shots, while Allen’s CJ Motte was outstanding, stopping 36 of 38 Grizzlies shots.

Allen has won each of the first 2 games of the 3 game series. For the Grizzlies it’s now a season long 4 game losing streak. The final game of the 3 game in 3 day trip is Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm mountain time. Utah has a record of 4-3 against Allen this season. The game can be heard on ESPN 700 and seen on ECHL.TV.

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