INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – The Idaho Steelheads (37-8-1-2, 75pts) defeated the Kansas City Mavericks (22-18-6-0, 57pts) by a final score of 3-2 in overtime Friday night at the Cable Dahmer Arena in front of 3,939 fans. Idaho will wrap up the three-game road swing Saturday night at 6:05 p.m. (MT).
Neither team scored in the first period as Idaho outshot Kansas City 9-7 and went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill.
About midway through the second period A.J. White (17th) gave Idaho a 1-0 lead. Minutes later Keegan Howdeshell (12th) tied it up. With just 93 seconds left in the frame Cody Haiskanen (1st) notched his first professional goal with a power-play score. The Steelheads led 2-1 through 40 minutes of play with shots 13-10 in favor of Kansas City in the frame.
Cole Coskey (13th) tied things up with just 5:55 to play in the third period eventually forcing overtime.
It took just 1:58 for Zane Franklin (11th) to find the back of the net and give the Steelheads a 3-2 overtime victory.
Adam Scheel made 30 saves on 32 shots for the victory while Shane Starrett turned aside 27 of 30 shots in the loss.
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