BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Steelheads fell to the Allen Americans by a final score of 7-2 Friday night in front of a sellout 5,059 fans at the Idaho Central Arena but still lead the Mountain Division Finals two games to one. Idaho will take on Allen Saturday night for Game Four at 7:10 p.m. and Sunday for Game Five at 4:10 p.m. Tickets for both games are on sale HERE.
Colton Kehler (2nd) gave Idaho an early lead squeezing a shot through the five hole of Chase Perry from the right circle just 89 seconds into the game. At 3:41 Colton Hargrove (4th) tied the game at one and then Allen received a pair of goals midway through the frame from Liam Finlay (2nd) and the second of the game from Hargrove in a stretch of 3:58 to grab a 3-1 advantage.
3:57 into the second period Chad Butcher (2nd) increased the Allen lead to 4-1. Ryan Dmowski (4th) capitalized on the power-play 3:31 later on a wrist shot from the right circle with Owen Headrick and to pull the Steelhead back within two. Hank Crone (1st) scored on a breakaway with just 44 seconds left in the period to send Allen into the dressing room ahead 5-2 after 40 minutes of play.
Grant Hebert (2nd) and Justin Young (1st) scored 16 seconds apart from one another in period three en route to Allen’s 7-2 victory.
Adam Scheel made 16 saves on 23 shots in 49:32 of play while Josh Boyko made five saves on five shots in relief. Chase Perry turned aside 54 of 56 shots.
Idaho leads series 2-1
Game 1 – IDAHO 5 at Allen 4
Game 2 – Allen 2 at IDAHO 6
Game 3 – ALLEN 7 at Idaho 2
Game 4 – Saturday, May 13 at 7:10 p.m. MT at Idaho
Game 5 – Sunday, May 14 at 4:10 p.m. MT at Idaho
Game 6 – Tuesday, May 16 at 7:05 p.m. CT at Allen (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Wednesday, May 17 at 7:05 p.m. CT at Allen (If Necessary)
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