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Ully Logs OT Winner for Idaho

December 13, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Idaho Steelheads News Release


Allen, TX - Cole Ully's first goal as a Steelhead was the overtime winner as the Steelheads (9-14-4) upended the Allen Americans (15-9-0), 3-2 at Allen Events Center.

In on the forecheck during 3-on-3 overtime, Ully stripped the puck away from Aaron Gens and circled back towards the top of the left circle. With no one challenging him, Ully took a couple strides in and rifled a shot over the left shoulder of Americans' goaltender Riley Gill to give the Steelheads back-to-back wins to cap their four-game road trip.

Playing their fourth game in five nights, the Steelheads outskated the Americans for the first 20 minutes, a team that hadn't played since the last meeting between these two teams on Wednesday, and outshot them 14-1. The Steelheads opened the scoring on the power play with Emil Molin's one-time blast from the top of the right circle past the glove of Gill at 3:26.

The Steelheads took the 1-0 lead to the locker room, but league-leading scorer Chad Costello hammered his tenth of the season at 3:21 of the second from nearly the same spot as Molin's shot, tying the game.

The Steelheads hung in through a much more evenly played second period and grabbed a 2-1 lead when Brandon Magee flew in on the forecheck behind the Allen net and won a 1-on-3 battle while the rest of the Steelheads were changing. Magee somehow worked his way free behind the net and slid a pass out front for Andrew Carroll just off the bench for Carroll's third goal of the year at 18:03.

It was arguably Carroll's best game of the year, contributing offensively and answering the bell physically, dropping the gloves with Allen's Dyson Stevenson right off the game's opening face-off. There were three tilts in the first period alone of a game that totaled 36 penalty minutes, but only six of them from minors. There wasn't a minor penalty called after the 13:22 mark of the first period as the officials let the players play.

The Americans tied the score again at 2-2 when Gary Steffes found a rebound in the slot and snapped it past Philippe Desrosiers, who made 16 saves for his fourth win of the season. That set the stage for overtime and Ully's winner.

The win moves the Steelheads back within one point of eighth-place Fort Wayne, who fell to Evansville earlier in the day.

Idaho returns to CenturyLink Arena for a three-game home stand heading into the Christmas break, starting Wednesday night against the Utah Grizzlies. Puck-drop is scheduled for 7:10pm MT, with the game available on 1350AM KTIK and seen on Cable One Channel 72 and ECHLTV.

STEELHEADS STATS:

Goals: Molin (7), Carroll (3), Ully (1)

Philippe Desrosiers: 16 saves on 18 shots

Power Play: 1-for-2

Penalty Kill: 1-for-1

CENTURYLINK THREE STARS OF THE GAME

1. Cole Ully IDH

2. Garry Steffes ALN

3. Chad Costello ALN

COORS LIGHT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME

Cole Ully: Game-winning OT goal, assist, three shots, plus-1 rating.

Play of the Game:

The Steelheads were going to have to buckle down and outwork a rested Allen team to have success, and the entire evening can be summed up in the play leading up to the Steelheads' second goal. After a lengthy shift in the Idaho zone, the Steelheads were finally able to carry out to the neutral zone, with Ully and Magee skating in 2-on-2. Ully flipped the puck deep in a spot where Magee would be able to win the race. Magee won that race and then fought off three Americans behind the net. Not only did Magee kill enough time for the Steelheads to finish a change, but he also came away with the puck. Carroll finished the play, and while it didn't hold up as the winner, it's exactly the kind of effort that led to two points.

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