Idaho Steelhead | STEELHEADS SUFFER A LOSS TO KNIGHT MONSTERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT

BOISE, ID – The Idaho Steelheads (8-7-1-0, 17 points) fell on the Tahoe Knight Monsters (8-4-1-2, 18 points) Wednesday night with a final score of 7-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 5,170 fans at Idaho Central Arena, the eighth sold-out game in eight home games this season. Idaho and Tahoe meet in Boise Friday and Saturday at 7:10 p.m

Idaho trailed 1-0 after the first half when Sloan Stanick scored on a breakaway with 3:14 left. The Knight Monsters outscored the Steelheads 10-5 as both teams went 0-1 on the power play.

Each team scored two goals in the second period, giving Tahoe a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes of play. CJ Walker (4^Th) At 9:36 the score was 1-1. Behind the net, Brendan Hoffmann fed Walker in the left circle, where he sent a shot into the right corner of the net. Just 18 seconds later, Chris Dodero gave Tahoe the lead back. Three minutes after Dodero’s goal, Idaho conceded a shorthanded goal when Stanick scored his second goal at 12:54 to make it 3-1. There are only 54 seconds left in the picture AJ White (2nd^nd) Around the blueline, Paint managed to get the puck on target and reduce the deficit to 3-2. Thomas Caron sent the puck into the net from the right corner. Idaho’s shots were 16-10 as the Steelheads went 0-2 on the power play and 1-1 on penalties.

Tahoe quickly made it 5-2 when Luke Adam scored 36 seconds into the third period and then Adam Pitters scored at 1:34. Chris Dodero extended the lead to 6-2 with a power play marker at 9:33. Connor MacEachern (6^Th) scored the game-winning goal on a two-on-one with AJ White with 5:03 to play. White from the right circle fed MacEachern to the left circle, where he sent a wrist shot to the short side. Dodero crowned the evening with his third goal a minute before the end of the game to make the final score 7:3.

Bryan Thomson made 24 saves on 31 shots in the loss Jesper Vikman Made 24 saves on 27 shots in the win.

BOX score

ICCU Three stars
1) Chris Dodero (TAH, 3-0-3, +3, 7 shots)
2) Sloan Stanick (TAH, 2-0-2, 4 shots)
3) Brennan Kapcheck (TAH, 0-2-2, +1)

GAME NOTES

• Idaho went 0-for-3 on the power play while Tahoe went 1-for-3.
• Tahoe defeated Idaho 31-27.
• Tomas Sholl (IR), Jade Miller (DNP), Chandler Romeo (DNP) and Slava Demin (INJ) did not dress for Idaho.
• AJ White extended his point streak to three games, scoring a goal and providing an assist for his second multi-point game of the season.
• Brendan Hoffmann extended his point streak to three games with an assist.
• Ty Pelton-Byce extended his point streak to three games with an assist.
• CJ Walker has scored in back-to-back games.
• Blake Swetlikoff picked up his first pro point with an assist, while Connor Punnett and Thomas Caron tallied an assist.
• Lynden McCallum led all Idaho skaters with four shots on net.

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