Kale
Kerbashian had a pair of goals including the game winner as the Allen
Americans defeated the Missouri Mavericks, 5-1, Friday night at Allen
Event Center. The Americans scored three third-period goals and
goaltender Aaron Dell stopped 28 of 29 shots in the win. Mavericks’
leading scorer Sebastien Thinel scored the lone goal for the Mavericks,
his team-leading 20th goal of the season. Missouri returns home
Saturday night to take on the Tulsa Oilers at Independence Events
Center.
“It
was a tough night all over the ice,” said Mavericks’ Head Coach Scott
Hillman. “We were beat by a good team, and they looked like a first
place team. The challenge is to put this behind us and play a great game
tomorrow night on home ice.”
Allen
jumped out to an early lead when Jamie Schaafsma redirected a pass from
Anthony Maiani and beat Mavericks’ goaltender Corbeil. The goal came
at the 4:26 mark of the opening period and Americans’ defenseman Mike
Montgomery earned the second assist on the play. The Americans took a
2-0 lead at the 8:59 mark when Kerbashian blasted a slapshot from just
inside the blueline and it beat Corbeil to the stick side.
Missouri
bounced back and made it a one-goal game on Thinel’s 20th goal of the
season. He took a centering pass from Andrew Courtney and beat
Americans’ goaltender Dell with 5:02 remaining in the opening frame.
Neither
team was able to score in the second period, and the Americans held a
2-1 lead on the scoreboard and a 25-19 lead in shots.
Both
teams had their chances throughout the first 10 minutes of the final
period, but the Americans finally broke the game open with 7:02
remaining. Jason Deitsch scored on a wrist shot from the left circle to
make it 3-1. Less than three minutes later, Adam Pineault scored a
shorthanded breakaway goal to make it 4-1. Finally, Kerbashian added
his second goal of the night into the empty net with just under two
minutes remaining.
The Mavericks will host the Tulsa Oilers on Saturday at Independence Events Center.
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