Allen Wins 4-2 & Other Thoughts

The Americans got back to their winning ways Sunday afternoon. My thoughts on the game and other things:

- How about the first goal by Lukin - off the stick, over the net, off the glass, off the goalies back, into the net
- Howes 7 day IR & Skinner 14 day IR - OUCH!
- How big is having Howes & Skinner on IR - when they got injured they had 44 of the 176 points scored thus far this season. The two of them have accounted for 25% of the offense
- With his game winning goal  Brian McMillin has 6 goals in 12 games this year. Last year he had 16 goals in 64 games. He continues to lead the CHL in scoring percentage (38%) with 6 goals on 16 shots. Don't know what the face off stats were but he rarely lost one on Sunday including several where the coach put him out just for the face off.
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- If you haven't been checking out  the many interviews Tommy Daniels has been doing (Americans Podcast  http://allenamericanshockey.podbean.com/) give him a listen
- Hope to do a player profile feature sometime this week. If there is a player you would like to hear about please use the comment section below to let me know
- Next game is Friday (7:05 pm) versus the Denver Cutthroats at the AEC

GAME DETAILS SCORING SHOTS   1 2 3 TOTALS Fort Worth 0 2 0 2 Allen 2 1 1 4   1 2 3 TOTALS Fort Worth 11 11 5 27 Allen 8 8 9 25

POWERPLAYS Fort Worth 0 - 5 : Allen 1 - 3

SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 Allen - Jarret Lukin (Adam Pineault, Drew Daniels) 7:36 Allen - Anthony Maiani (Jason Deitsch) 19:10 Period 2 Fort Worth - Nick Schneider (Sy Nutkevitch, Jake Morley) 5:12 Allen - Brian McMillin (power play) (Tyler Ludwig, Anthony Maiani) 8:06 Fort Worth - Shawn Szydlowski (Austin Mayer, Erik Spady) 16:54 Period 3 Allen - Jamie Schaafsma (unsuccessful penalty shot) 2:38 Allen - Adam Pineault (Jamie Schaafsma, Jarret Lukin) 5:45

PENALTIES Period 1 Allen - Kip Brennan - (Elbowing), 2 MIN, 2:39 Allen - Ryley Grantham - (Slashing), 2 MIN, 9:26 Allen - Ryley Grantham - (Elbowing), 2 MIN, 9:26 Fort Worth - Phil Fox - (Roughing), 2 MIN, 11:31 Fort Worth - TJ Fox - (Tripping), 2 MIN, 12:09 Period 2 Allen - Darryl Bootland - (Hooking), 2 MIN, 2:08 Fort Worth - Tomas Klempa - (Holding), 2 MIN, 7:24 Period 3 Allen - Darryl Bootland - (Too Many Men) (Bench Minor), 2 MIN, 18:00