Americans Even up the Series at Two, with 4-2 Game 4 Win
June 3, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Allen Americans News Release
Wheeling, West Virginia - The Allen Americans evened up the Kelly Cup Finals at 2-2 after a 4-2 victory on Friday night at WesBanco Arena in front of a standing room only crowd.
The Americans scored what turned out to the game winner in third period, as Chad Costello scored on a breakaway for his sixth of the playoffs at 3:38 of the final period from Rick Pinkston. The Americans would add an empty net goal late from Eric Roy to seal the victory.
"We made a couple of mistakes that could have cost us, but Riley (Gill) bailed us out with some huge saves," said Americans forward Gary Steffes, who opened the scoring with his 12th of the playoffs. "This is a huge win for us and insures the series will go back to Allen."
Riley Gill stopped 32 of 34 shots for the Americans to pick up his tenth win of the playoffs. Gill denied the Nailers on all four power play attempts. The Americans failed to cash in on the power play tonight as well going 0 for 2.
"The late second period goal from Nikita (Jevpalovs) gave us a lot of momentum going into the third period," said Americans Head Coach Steve Martinson. "Chad Costello made a great play to get the puck to Arseneau who set up the play for Jevpalovs to score the tying goal.
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