Berbube tries to win the puck (Photo courtesy of the Arizona Sundogs)

Allen, Texas– The Allen Americans came home to the Allen Event Center to face the same Arizona Sundogs they defeated on Saturday night, 2-1. They went into the game with no energy and no puck control as they lost 3-2 against the Arizona Sundogs. The Americans got goals from Anthony Maiani and Tyler Ludwig while the Sundogs got goals from Kevin Petovello and Ron Myers (2 goals). Steve Silverthorn stopped 29 out of the 32 shots he faced. David Brown stopped 20 out of the 22 shots he faced.

1st Period

The Americans were lacking energy and it showed as the Arizona Sundogs took the lead from a rebound in front of the net by Kevin Petovello who scored his 5th goal of the season at the 4:26 mark that went passed Steve Silverthorn’s blocker side. Then at the 7:35 mark, the Sundogs lead went from one goal to two goals from a deflected goal by Ron Myers, who scored his 6th goal of the season as Silverthorn could not see the shot.

Kip Brennan tried to get energy into the fans as he dropped the mitts with Adam Smyth at the 17:39 mark in the first period as Smyth took down Brennan. On the power play, the Americans cut the lead in half as Tyler Ludwig scored his 4th goal of the season as he blasted the puck from a pass by Brett Skinner at the 19:34 mark as David Brown couldn’t see the shot.

2nd Period

The Americans tried to make it 3-2 but Brown made a sprawling save on Bootland to keep this game tied at 2-2. The Americans tied the game up at 2-2 as Darryl Bootland shot the puck as it rebounded off Brown’s pad as Anthony Maiani buried it for his 13th goal of the season at the 4:41 mark. Mike Berbube and Petovello, who was on fire, dropped the mitts as Petovello took down Berbube.

3rd Period

Ron Myers scored his 2nd goal of the game and 7th goal of the season as he was in front of the net at the 17:58 mark as the Americans fall to the Sundogs, 3-2. The next game for the Allen Americans is on Friday night when they face the Bloomington Blaze at the Allen Event Center.

Americans tried to score against Arizona (Photo Courtesy of Chip Crail)

The Allen Americans went on the road looking to snap their losing streak at two games against the Arizona Sundogs at the Tim Toyota’s Center. They saw their losing streak hit to three games as they lost 4-3 in OT to the Arizona Sundogs on Friday night. On Saturday night, the Allen Americans came back and snap their losing streak at 3 as they won 2-1 against the Arizona Sundogs. The Americans are 25-6-4 for 54 points on the season, and sitting in 1st in the Barry Conference.

Allen Americans vs. Arizona Sundogs: 4-3 OT loss

The Americans saw their losing streak hit to three games as they lost 4-3 in OT. In the first period, the Arizona Sundogs took a 1-0 lead with Chad Nehring scoring his 24th goal of the season at the 3:01 mark. After Nehring’s goal, their lead went from 1-0 to 2-0 with Jeff Kyrakos scoring his 10th goal of the season at the 13:34 mark. Then Darryl Bootland, who has scored goals for the Americans, scored his team leading 16th goal of the season at the 17:01 mark. There was only one goal in the 2nd period as Bootland scored his 2nd goal and 17th goal at the 6:20 mark. The Americans then took their first lead of the game as Anthony Maiani scored his 12th goal of the season at the 11:44 mark. Then with 12 seconds remaining in the third period with an extra attacker, the Sundogs tied the game at 3-3 with Matt McCready scoring his 3rd goal of the season at the 19:48 mark. The Arizona Sundogs handed the Americans their third loss in a row as Kevin Petovello scored the game winning goal and his 5th of the season in OT at the 1:43 mark.

Allen Americans vs. Arizona Sundogs: 2-1 Win

Then on Saturday night, the Americans snapped their losing streak at 3 games as they won 2-1. In the first period, Darryl Bootland picked up where he left off last night, putting a loose puck into the open net as he scored his 18th goal of the season at the 10:56 mark. In the second period, the Arizona Sundogs tied the game at 1-1 as Chad Nehring scored his 25th goal of the season on the power play at the 7:59 mark. Adam Pineault gave the Americans the 2-1 lead with 16:24 remaining in the third period as he scored his 7th goal of the season. Steve Silverthorn who was in net for the Americans, stopped 47 out of the 48 shots he faced in-goal.

After Saturday’s game, they travel back home to face the same Arizona Sundogs on Monday before facing the Rapid City Rush on Friday and Bloomington Blaze on Saturday night.