Steelheads Throttle Oilers in 6-1 Victory

BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Steelheads (35-8-0-2, 72pts) defeated the Tulsa Oilers (15-20-7-1, 38pts) 6-1 Friday night at the Idaho Central Arena in front of 5,264 fans in front of the 20^th sellout in the 22^st home game including the 19^th straight. Idaho and Tulsa will meet for the final time this season Saturday night in Boise at 7:10 p.m.

Tag Bertuzzi (16^th) gave the Oilers an early 1-0 lead just 84 seconds into the game. A few minutes later Willie Knierim (10^th) would notch a goal for his second straight game tying things up at 1-1. Alex Kromm and Nick Canade dropped the gloves with just 1:50 left in the opening period as the teams headed to the dressing room with the score even. Shots were 10-9 Idaho.

Justin Ducharme (8^th) gave the Steelheads their first lead of the night making it 2-1 just 90 seconds into the second period. Jade Miller (11^th) made it 3-1 with just 6:28 to play in the middle frame as shots were even at 14-14 with Idaho leading 2-1 through 40 minutes of play.

The Steelheads scored three power-play goals in the third period Ryan Dmowski (20^th), Colton Kehler (13^th), and Dawson Barteaux (1^st) notched his first as a Steelhead.

Rémi Poirier made 33 saves on 34 shots in the victory while Daniel Mannella made 30 saves n 36 shots in the loss.

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