Norfolk, VA – Coming off a three-game road trip, the Norfolk Admirals returned to Norfolk Scope for a three-game series against their division rivals, the Greensboro Gargoyles. The Admirals delivered one of their most complete offensive performances of the season, exploding for nine goals in a dominant win over Greensboro at Scope.

Isaac Poulter made his 33rd appearance in goal for the Admirals and finished the night with 17 saves out of 21 shots faced in the victory.

The Norfolk Admirals delivered one of their most complete offensive performances of the season, exploding for nine goals in a dominant win over Greensboro at Scope.

Norfolk struck almost immediately, as Jaydon Dureau (14) opened the scoring just 53 seconds into the game off a feed from Brody Crane. After Greensboro briefly tied things, the Admirals regained control late in the first with Marko Reifenberger (6) finishing a play from Carson Musser and Nathan Noel to give Norfolk a 2-1 lead after one.

The second period was all Admirals.

Kristóf Papp (19) extended the lead early, finishing a setup from Dureau and Crane before Grant Hebert (10) buried another just over two minutes later off a pass from Brady Fleurent. The offense kept rolling as Brandon Osmundson (19) scored shorthanded to make it 5-1, showcasing Norfolk’s dominance in all situations.

Greensboro found the net once in the period, but Norfolk answered emphatically. Jack Pascucci (1) notched his first of the season, and just 34 seconds later, Osmundson (20) struck again for his second of the night, pushing the lead to 7-2 heading into the third.

Norfolk didn’t let up.

James Hardie (6) added a power-play goal early in the third, his first as an Admiral, before Greensboro added another. Just 13 seconds later, Hebert (11) answered with his second of the night off a strong passing play from Fleurent and Osmundson, capping off the nine-goal performance.

Sentara Three Stars of the Game

1. NOR – J. Dureau (1 goal, 3 assists, +4)

2. NOR – B. Osmundson (2 goals, 1 assist, +2)

3. NOR – G. Hebert (2 goals, 1 assist, +1)

WICHITA, Kan.  – Wichita returned home on Friday night for the first time in over a month, falling to Kansas City, 5-2, at INTRUST Bank Arena in front of a lower bowl sell out of 6,001. 

Jay Dickman led the way for the Thunder with a goal and an assist. Roddy Ross suffered the loss in a relief effort, stopping 15 shots.

Dickman opened the scoring near the midway point of the first. Wichita won a battle behind the Kansas City net. Kirby Proctor fired a shot from the high slot and Dickman redirected it past Logan Terness.

Jack Randl tied it at 17:09. He walked around a Thunder blueliner and beat Matt Davis for his 21st of the season.

At the start of the second, Davis didn’t return to the Thunder crease and Ross came into the game.

Bates connected at 1:38 of the second on a pretty passing play to make it 2-1. Dickman was denied on a breakaway but fed a pass from the right circle to Bates. He slipped a backhand through Terness for his 17th of the year.

Lucas Sowder tied the contest at 10:23 when he blew by two players at the Wichita line and beat Ross for his ninth of the season.

At 15:02, Bobo Carpenter picked the pocket of a Thunder defender at the red line, skated down on a breakaway and beat Ross to make it 3-2.

Kansas City tacked on a late power play goal after Michal Stinil was called for a high stick. Justin Janicke salted the game away at 19:10 after he was left all alone in front of the net and made it 4-2.

Hudson Wilson added an empty netter at 19:51 to close the scoring.

Dickman reached the 20-goal mark for the fifth-straight season. Bates has points in four straight and netted his first goal since February 18. Stinil appeared in his 300th ECHL game.

Wichita went 0-for-2 on the power play. Kansas City was 1-for-3 on the man advantage.

The two teams play once again at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24 at INTRUST Bank Arena.

BOISE, Idaho — The Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls, and powered by Community Care, lost 6-0 to the Idaho Steelheads on Friday night at Idaho Central Arena in Boise, Idaho.

Mitch Wahl didn’t take long to find the eventual game winner, beating Vyacheslav Buteyets just 3:27 into the action. Liam Malmquist extended Idaho’s lead to 2-0, registering his second goal in many games just 40 seconds before the midway mark of the opening period.

Jade Miller opened the second-period scoring only 1:05 into the frame, beating

Buteyets in tight with a lob finish. Back-to-back pro debut goals in the seventeenth-minute of the second period—the first from Morgan Winters and the second from Nick Young — resulted in a change of Tulsa netminders and a 5-0 Idaho lead headed into the third period.

Ty Pelton-Byce beat David Tendeck with a short-handed goal 3:18 into the final frame, closing Idaho’s victory 6-0.

Jake Barczewski stopped 36-of-36 for his second shutout of the season.

The Oilers and Steelheads face off in a rubber match tomorrow, Friday, March 21 at Idaho Central Arena, with puck drop at 8:10 p.m. CT.

Bloomington, IL — Iowa Heartlanders forward Isaac Johnson scored with 57 seconds to go to make it a one-goal game, but Bloomington Bison goaltender Dryden McKay blocked 36 shots and 14 in the third period to best the Heartlanders, 3-2, Friday at Grossinger Motors Arena.

Lou-Felix Denis gave the Bison a 2-1 edge with 10:46 to go and Sullivan Mack’s empty-net strike provided insurance for a 3-1 Bloomington lead. Iowa did not relent in the final minute, answering Mack’s goal 24 seconds later with a bank shot off the goalie from Johnson for a 3-2 deficit. The Heartlanders pumped more shots on net in the final minute but couldn’t solve McKay, who moved to 5-0-1 ever vs. the Landers.

Iowa outshot Bloomington, 16-8, in a scoreless first frame.

The second period increased in excitement as it went along. First, Grant Porter sniped in a bottom of the right circle show on a two-on-one, giving the Bison the game’s first goal at 13:10 of the second. Next, five minutes later, Riley Mercer saved back-to-back chances on a breakaway, then a two-on-one, giving the Landers breathing room to pick up their goalie. Seconds later, Max Patterson sniped in Iowa’s first goal on a three-on-two rush, wristing it top shelf from the left dot for his tenth of the season.

The Heartlanders and Bison play twice more this weekend in Illinois – Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 4:00 p.m. Iowa is next at home Fri. Mar 27 at 7:00 p.m. vs. Cincinnati for Landerpalooza, pres. by iHeartMedia. The Heartlanders continue the weekend with Hard Hats on Ice, pres. by Van Meter on Sat., Mar. 28 vs. the Cyclones. Iowa concludes the homestand vs. Cincinnati on Sun., Mar. 29 for Cartoon Day.

Tickets start at $10 for all Heartlanders home games. Heartlanders Family 4 Packs (4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 sodas, 1 large popcorn starting at $69) and the Deer & Beers Ticket Bundle (1 ticket and 2 domestic beers for $25) are now available.

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