Americans hang on in the final period to defeat Yellowstone 5-3

Oct 18, 2013 | News, Uncategorized

By Kevin Scott

GREAT FALLS, Mont., October 18, 2013 — The Great Falls Americans recorded two goals in the final nine minutes to defeat the Yellowstone (WY) Quake 5-3 in a tight AWHL game on Friday night in front of 685 fans at the Great Falls Ice Plex.

A power play goal by Lucas Lomax in the first 1:45 of the opening period put the Americans in front first but that lead would be short-lived as Sawyer Scanlan tied the game up eighteen seconds later. Tommy Toohey gave the Cody, Wyoming club their first lead as he found the back of the net. Jimmy Tich recorded his second assist on the power play goal. Aaron McInnis scored his eight goal of the season to finish off the period with each team recording two goals.

The Americans of coach Jeff Heimel added one goal forty eight seconds into the second period to increase their lead to 3-2 as Zachary Mese and Brady Christiaens found Cody Page open for the score over Yellowstone goalie Sean Leahy.

Jimmy Tich’s short-handed goal tied the AWHL contest up at 3-3 for the Wyoming franchise. Erik Gatson and Steven Goran each scored a goal to secure the victory for Great Falls. Goran and Lucas Lomax led the team with one goal and two assists for the night.

The Americans racked up 45 shots on goal while Yellowstone finished with 29. Goaltender Evan Hauser stopped 26 shots by the Quake. Sean Leahy had 40 saves on the night as both teams incurred 14 minutes in penalties. Lomax and McInnis’ scored on power play opportunities in the first period for the league leadings Americans.

Great Falls lead the AWHL standings with a 7-0 record while Yellowstone falls to fifth place with a 3-5-1 record.

NEXT CONTEST: Great Falls will remain at home on Saturday October 19th with game two of the series against the Yellowstone Quake (Cody, WY) at 7:30 p.m.

 

Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Final
Great Falls 2 1 2 5
Yellowstone 2 0 1 3

 

First Period – 1, Great Falls, Lucas Lomax (power play) (assists by Steven Goran, Aaron McInnis), 1:45. 2, Yellowstone, Sawyer Scanlan (Jimmy Tich, Ryan Garvey), 2:03. 3, Yellowstone, Tommy Toohey (power play) (Jimmy Tich), 11:52. 4, Great Falls, Aaron McInnis (power play) (Lucas Lomax, Steven Goran), 17:36.

Second Period –5, Great Falls, Cody Page (Zachary Mese, Brady Christiaens), 0:48.

Third Period – 6, Yellowstone, Jimmy Tich (short-handed) (Mike McCullen), 8:39. 7, Great Falls, Erik Gatson (Lucas Lomax, Donovan Mattfeldt), 10:49. 8, Great Falls, Steven Goran (Patrick Anaruk, Austin Krantz), 17:38.

Shots on Goal – Great Falls 45, Yellowstone 29.

Power-play Opportunities – Great Falls 2-for-8, Yellowstone 1-for-7.

Attendance – 685.

Box Score: Yellowstone @ Great Falls

Final Great Falls Iceplex    Fri, Oct 18, 2013 7:30 PM MST
Yellowstone 3 Great Falls 5

 

GAME DETAILS
SCORING SHOTS
1 2 3 TOTALS
Yellowstone 2 0 1 3
Great Falls 2 1 2 5
1 2 3 TOTALS
Yellowstone 12 5 12 29
Great Falls 14 19 12 45

 

POWERPLAYS
Yellowstone 1 – 7 : Great Falls 2 – 8

 

SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Great Falls – Lucas Lomax (power play) (Steven Goran, Aaron McInnis) 1:45
Yellowstone – Sawyer Scanlan (Jimmy Tich, Ryan Garvey) 2:03
Yellowstone – Tommy Toohey (power play) (Jimmy Tich) 11:52
Great Falls – Aaron McInnis (power play) (Lucas Lomax, Steven Goran) 17:36
Period 2
Great Falls – Cody Page (Zack Mese, Brady Christiaens) 0:48
Period 3
Yellowstone – Jimmy Tich (short handed) (Mike McCullen) 8:39
Great Falls – Erik Gatson (Lucas Lomax, Donovan Mattfeldt) 10:49
Great Falls – Steven Goran (Patrick Anaruk, Austin Krantz) 17:38

 

PENALTIES
Period 1
Yellowstone – Tommy Toohey – (Interference), 2 MIN, 1:42
Yellowstone – Tommy Toohey – (Tripping), 2 MIN, 6:23
Great Falls – Paul Sartuche – (Tripping), 2 MIN, 10:28
Great Falls – Donovan Mattfeldt – (Elbowing), 2 MIN, 10:54
Great Falls – Dylan Garton – (Checking from Behind), 2 MIN, 13:15
Yellowstone – Ryan Garvey – (Delay of Game), 2 MIN, 16:56
Yellowstone – Averi Lison – (Abuse of Officials) (Bench Minor), 2 MIN, 17:36
Period 2
Great Falls – Connor Barta – (Holding), 2 MIN, 4:11
Yellowstone – Averi Lison – (Hooking), 2 MIN, 7:40
Yellowstone – Jimmy Tich – (Hooking), 2 MIN, 9:55
Great Falls – Austin Krantz – (Tripping), 2 MIN, 18:27
Period 3
Great Falls – Steven Goran – (Slashing), 2 MIN, 2:07
Great Falls – Connor Barta – (Interference), 2 MIN, 5:13
Yellowstone – Ross Mullen – (Elbowing), 2 MIN, 6:53
Yellowstone – Mike McCullen – (Head Contact), 2 MIN, 11:19

 

 Yellowstone  Great Falls
# NAME G A PTS +/- S PIM
3 Elder, Edison 0 0 0 -1 0 0
7 Scanlan, Sawyer 1 0 1 -2 0 0
11 Toohey, Tommy 1 0 1 -2 0 4
12 Mullen, Ross 0 0 0 -1 0 2
13 Lison, Averi 0 0 0 -1 0 2
14 Kaiser, Reed 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tich, Jimmy 1 2 3 0 0 2
16 McCullen, Mike 0 1 1 +1 0 2
17 Garvey, Ryan 0 1 1 +2 0 2
19 Yapello, Cosimo 0 0 0 -2 0 0
29 Leahy, Sean 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Hansen, Case 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Yapello, Rocco 0 0 0 0 0 0
# NAME G A PTS +/- S PIM
00 , Bench 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Powell, Erik 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Strong, Bridger 0 0 0 +1 0 0
4 Sartuche, Paul 0 0 0 +1 0 2
5 Krantz, Austin 0 1 1 +1 0 2
6 Garton, Dylan 0 0 0 +1 0 2
7 Page, Cody 1 0 1 -1 0 0
8 Lomax, Lucas 1 2 3 0 0 0
9 Goran, Steven 1 2 3 +1 0 2
10 Keller, Doug 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Kaercher, Max 0 0 0 +1 0 0
13 Mattfeldt, Donovan 0 1 1 0 0 2
14 Carpenter, Jonnathan 0 0 0 -1 0 0
16 Mese, Zack 0 1 1 0 0 0
17 Gatson, Erik 1 0 1 +1 0 0
20 Christiaens, Brady 0 1 1 0 0 0
26 Bushey, Malachi 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Anaruk, Patrick 0 1 1 +1 0 0
29 Barta, Connor 0 0 0 -1 0 4
30 Hauser, Evan 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 McInnis, Aaron 1 1 2 +1 0 0
  GOALIES
NAME DEC Min SHOTS SAVES
29 Sean Leahy LOSS 59:56 45 40
30 Case Hansen (b)
31 Rocco Yapello (b)
NAME DEC Min SHOTS SAVES
30 Evan Hauser WIN 60:00 29 26
1 Erik Powell (b)

 

PENALTY TOTALS
Yellowstone 16 minutes on 8 infractions Great Falls 14 minutes on 7 infractions

 

 

OTHER FACTS
Game Length: 2:35
Attendance: 685