INDEPENDENCE, MO – The Idaho Steelheads (42-8-1-2, 87pts) defeated the Kansas City Mavericks (25-22-6-0, 56pts) by a final score of 5-2 Saturday night at the Cable Dahmer Arena in front of 2,967 fans for their sixth straight win. Idaho will take on Kansas City Saturday night at 6:05 p.m. and then Sunday at 3:05 p.m. (MT).
Jordan Kawaguchi (22nd) scored at 7:18 of the first period giving Idaho a 1-0 lead. Pascal Laberge netted two power-play scores moments later to make it 2-1 Mavericks. Idaho was outshot 13-6 in the opening 20 minutes of play and trailed 2-1.
Minutes into the second period Ryan Dmowski (22nd) evened the score at 2-2. Midway through the frame Idaho went to work on their first power-play of the game and nine seconds in Ty Pelton-Byce (11th) gave Idaho a 3-2 advantage. The Steelheads led by one through 40 minutes outshooting the Mavericks 12-6 in the period.
Idaho scored twice in the final frame as A.J. White (18th) made it 4-2 early on and Pelton-Byce (12th) grabbed his second of the game with a few minutes to play in regulation.
Josh Boyko made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win while Shane Starrett recorded 23 stops on 28 shots in the loss.
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