Idaho Steelhead | STEELHEADS TAKE SERIES VS. KNIGHT MONSTERS WITH 5-2 SATURDAY WIN

BOISE, ID – The Idaho Steelheads (10-7-1-0, 21 points) defeated the Tahoe Knight Monsters (8-5-1-2, 18 points) Saturday night with a final score of 5-2 in front of a sellout crowd of 5,235 fans at the Idaho Central Arena, the 10th^Th Sold out 10 home games this season and the 43rd^approx Back-to-back regular season sellouts. Idaho goes on the road next week for a three-game series against the Trois-Rivières Lions on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. MT.

Each team took 16 shots in the first period, but Tahoe had a 1-0 lead when Simon Pinard drained a one-timer from the right circle at 7:10.

Idaho scored three goals in 7:31 of the second period and led 3-1 after the second period. Jade Miller (2nd^nd) The contest ended 1-1 at 10:57 a.m. when a point shot from Connor Punnett was deflected forward. 3:04 later Punnett (2nd^nd) gave Idaho the lead at 14:01 with a wrist shot from the left circle after a setup from center by Hank Crone. 88 seconds left in the verse Nick Canade (3^approx) received a pass from Brendan Hoffmann across the halfway line of the offensive zone and Canade beat Jordan Papirny to increase the score to 3-1. The shots were 19-8 Idaho.

Sloan Stanick made it a one-goal game at 6:24 of the third period. Lynden McCallum (8^Th) used 3:48 to play in the game when a Knight Monsters player attempted to clear the puck but his stick broke. McCallum grabbed the puck in the left circle and shot it from his wrist to make it 4-2. On the next faceoff, Tahoe pulled Papirny and Connor MacEachern (10^Th) scored in an empty net with 2:57 to play, making the final score 5-2.

Tomas Sholl made 38 saves on 40 shots in the win Jordan Papirny made 35 saves on 39 shots in the loss.

BOX score

ICCU Three stars
1) Nick Canade (IDH, 1-1-2, +2, 1 shot)
2) Tomas Sholl (IDH, 38 saves)
3) Connor Punnett (IDH, 1-1-2, +2, 5 shots)

GAME NOTES

• Idaho went 0-2 on the power play while Tahoe went 0-3.
• Each team had 40 shots.
• Thomas Caron (DNP), Romain Rodzinski (DNP) and Slava Demin (INJ) did not dress for Idaho.
• Brendan Hoffmann increased his point streak to five games with two assists.
• Lynden McCallum and Connor MacEachern each scored goals in consecutive games.
• Connor Punnett and Nick Canade each finished the game with a goal and an assist.

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