Idaho Steelhead | TY PELTON-BYCE REACHES THE WINNER IN EXTRA TIME AS STEELHEADS COME FROM BEHIND

TY PELTON-BYCE REACHES THE WINNER IN EXTRA TIME AS STEELHEADS COME FROM BEHIND

TROIS-RIVIERÈS, QC – The Idaho Steelheads (11-7-1-0, 23 points) defeated the Trois-Rivières Lions (9-3-2-0, 20 points) Wednesday evening with a final score of 3:2 in front of 1,659 fans in the Colisée Vidéotron. Idaho and Trois-Rivières meet Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m

Idaho trailed 2-0 after the opening period despite defeating Trois-Rivières 13-5. Anthony Beauregard made it 1-0 after 6:06 and Jakov Novak finished the power play 3:31 later.

The Steelheads scored two goals in the second period and tied the score at 2-2 after 40 minutes of play. Connor MacEachern (11^Th) In his fourth straight game, Hank Crone and Matt Register opened the scoring six minutes into the half. Then Crone (9^Th) The game ended at 12:26 with a one-timer from below the right circle. He led a three-for-two on the ice and fed MacEachern at the right circle in the middle lane. From there he led Crone back below the right circle where he beat Hunter Jones deep. Shots were 12-7 Idaho, while Trois-Rivières needed 11:20 to hit the first shot of the quarter.

In the third period, Connor Punnett and Wyatt McLeod dropped the gloves, and the score was still 2-2 with 7:56 left in regulation. The game transitioned to four-on-four when Reece Harsch and Logan Nihjoff went to the penalty box with 4:27 left. Idaho started its third power play of the night with 2:13 left, but it ended just 27 seconds later when the Steelheads were assessed a penalty. The Steelheads outscored the Lions 12-7 in the final stanza, but the game needed overtime to decide on a winner as the score was still tied at 2-2 after 60 minutes.

Idaho began overtime down by 14 seconds and managed to end overtime. Pelton Byce (11^Th) ended the game 84 seconds into overtime with a wrist shot from the high slot that beat Jones’ low blocker for a 3-2 win. The play started through the neutral zone as Register sent Crone down the right wing. Crone reached the right circle and cut to the middle, but the puck was ripped off his stick. Register from the circle helped get it back to Pelton-Byce, where he stepped into the shot.

Ben Kraws made 17 saves on 19 shots in the win and improved to 6-1-1 on the season Hunter Jones made 37 saves on 40 shots in the loss.

BOX score

ICCU Three stars
1) Ty Pelton-Byce (IDH, 1-1-2, +2, 7 shots)
2) Anthony Beauregard (TR, 1-1-1, 1 shot)
3) Connor MacEachern (IDH, 1-1-2, +1, 5 shots)

GAME NOTES

• Idaho went 0-for-3 on the power play while Trois-Rivières went 1-4.
• Idaho beat Trois-Rivières 40-19. It was the third straight game in which the Steelheads took 40 shots.
• Mark Olver (DNP), AJ White (INJ) and Slava Demin (INJ) did not dress for Idaho.
• Idaho has outscored its opponents 11-2 in the second period in their last four games.
• Idaho has won two of its last four games while trailing after the first half and is now 3-3 when trailing after the first 20 minutes of play.
• The Steelheads have fallen 1-0 in four straight games but have won three of them.
• Idaho has won three games in a row for the second time this season… They have won five of their last six games and four straight games on the road.
• Ty Pelton-Byce earned his fourth career regular-season overtime winner as a Steelhead, scoring a goal and an assist for his team’s eighth multi-point game of the season…His 24 points rank second, while his 11 goals rank third… He led all skaters with seven shots.
• Connor MacEachern extended his scoring streak to four games, the longest by an Idaho skater this season. He finished with an assist in his sixth multi-point game of the year. He leads all rookies with 21 points.
• Hank Crone went scoreless in six games and finished with two assists in his seventh multi-point game of the year… His 24 points puts him tied for second in the league.
• Matt Register finished with two assists… He has four, two assist games in his last six contests… His 17 assists this season lead all league skaters.

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