Americans Slip-Up Against Oilers, Fall 5-0
December 18, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Allen Americans News Release
ALLEN, Texas- Attempting to win their third consecutive game, the Allen Americans fell to the Tulsa Oilers 5-0 tonight in front of 4,090 at the Allen Event Center. Despite controlling the majority of the play in the opening period, the Americans found themselves down 2-0 after twenty minutes of play. Tulsa defenseman Brennan Barker struck first 15:06 into the frame, followed by forward Derek Eastman who scored on the power play with 0:13 remaining in the period.
The Americans continued to generate chances in the second period but were still unable to find the back of the net as Tulsa netminder Ian Keserich stood tall and turned shot after shot aside.
The Oilers would extend their lead to 4-0 in the middle frame behind goals from Evan Kotsopoulos at 6:16 and Gary Steffes at 10:06.
Harrison Reed scored Tulsa's fifth and final goal of the night 0:27 into the third period.
Allen netminder Adrien LeMay finished the night with 20 saves on 25 shots while Tulsa goaltender Ian Keserich earned the shutout with 45 saves.
With the loss, Allen drops to 18-5-1 on the season and falls to second place in the Berry Conference with 37 points. However, the Americans stand just one point behind first place Bossier-Shreveport, with four games in hand.
The Americans will closeout their pre-Christmas schedule on Tuesday night at the Allen Event Center when they take on the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs at 7:30 PM. Fans are invited to stay after the game for a special post-game skate with the players and Santa Claus.
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