Americans Tame the Mavericks 4-1
November 26, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Allen Americans News Release
Independence, Missouri - The Allen Americans won their ninth game of the season on the road against the Missouri Mavericks Friday evening, 4-1. Backstopped by another excellent performance by CHL Goaltender of the Week, Marco Cousineau stopping 38 of 39 shots faced and a determined Americans penalty kill unit that blanked the Mavericks power play 0-6, Allen improves to 9-2-3 on the season and moves back into first place in the Berry Conference.
"The guys played really well in front of me," said Cousineau I felt really good out there.
"When the team plays that way for 60 minutes we are going to win."
Allen opened the scoring early on a power play goal by Brian McMillin at 1:55 of the first period, Jim McKenzie and Nick Layton assisted. The score remained unchanged until past the midway point of the middle frame when Trevor Ludwig extended the Americans lead to 2-0 on his second goal of the year at 12:08 of the second period. Spencer Edwards notched his first point in his first game with the Americans and Brian McMillin got his second point of the night with their assists on the Ludwig goal. Cole Ruwe put Missouri on the board at 6:05 of the third period, cutting the Americans lead in half. Play was back and forth until late in regulation when the Americans were able to put the game out of reach with a pair of goals. Keith Johnson scored his 100th career goal at 18:37 to extend the Americans lead to 3-1, Bruce Graham contributed with the assist. Brian McMillin then notched his second goal of the evening and third point of the game, with an empty net goal at 19:27. Assisting on the goal, for his second point of the evening was Nick Layton.
"With the regular season race as tight as it is, this was a big win for us," said Americans Head Coach and GM Dwight Mullins.
The Americans now head to Bloomington to take on the Blaze Saturday night, puck drop is set for 7:05PM.
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