CHL Allen Americans

Americans Overcome Two-Goal Deficit To Beat Mississippi 3-2

February 2, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Allen Americans News Release


SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi - The Allen Americans overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat the Mississippi RiverKings in a strange game full of penalties, fights and controversy. The win advanced Allen's record to 29-10-3 (61 points).

Mississippi lit the lamp early in the first when Ryan Held scored off a rebound at 2:38. Britt Dougherty fired up the Americans immediately following the goal with a beating of RiverKing Adam Smyth. With about five minutes left in the opening frame, Brandon Straub had a goal waived off, and the Americans found themselves at a 5-on-3 disadvantage. Mississippi's Glenn Detulleo netted a power play tally on a deflected shot to bring the score to 2-0 at 16:56. Despite giving up two goals, Americans goalie Chris Whitley made big saves to keep the club in the game.

In a penalty-filled second, the Americans killed off a 5-on-3 and got two on the scoreboard. Both goals came from forward Nino Musitelli, and the second was on the power play. Brandon Straub, who took the game by storm, battled David Simoes to earn a few minutes in the sin bin for fighting.

More penalties waited the teams in the third, and Ryan Fairbarn emerged with his fifth game-winning goal of the season at 8:14 to give Allen their first and only lead of the game. Tyler Wooddisse took on Darrell Stoddard at 11:56 of the last period to round out the night of fights, giving fans one in each period.

The Americans went one for seven on the power play, while Mississippi was one for eight. Whitley made 32 saves in the game.

Prior to the game, defenseman Erik Adams was activated from injured reserve, and Chris Kaufman was placed on 14-day IR.

Allen hosts Mississippi and Rio Grande Valley in back-to-back games Friday and Saturday at the Allen Event Center. Feb. 5 is McDonald's night, and Allen will be paying tributes to the King of Rock and King of Pop with Elvis and Michael Jackson impersonators Feb. 6. Both games begin at 7:30 p.m.

The box score is available on Pointstreak.com: http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid1067738

Single Game Tickets on sale now Tickets start as low as $7. To order, call 1-866-4-GET-TIX (1-866-443-8849), go to gettix.net or stop by the Allen Event Center Box Office. The Box Office is open from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Fans interested in 10 tickets or more to any one game or tickets to multiple games are encouraged to speak with an Allen Americans representative regarding group discounts and savings off walk-up prices at 972.912.1000.

The Americans, the Dallas Stars' CHL affiliate, began play last fall in the newly built Allen Event Center in The Village at Allen. Season tickets, partial plans and group tickets are on sale now, and corporate partnerships are also available. Ticket plans start as low as $33 per seat. For information, call 972.912.1000 or visit allenamericans.com. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday.

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