BOISE, ID – the Idaho Steelheads Collected fourth defeat in a row Utah Grizzlies 3-2 tonight in front of 4,509 fans at Idaho Central Arena. The Steelheads will face the Allen Americans in the Mountain Division Finals, with release dates tomorrow.
Zane Franklin (first) He gave the Steelheads a 1-0 lead at 9:04 of the first period. He slid a shot through a hole-five from Trent Miner into the high hole with help from Ty Pelton-Byce and Casey Johnson. The shots were 10-8 Idaho in the first 20 minutes of play.
Kyle Bates (3rd) tied the score at 1-1 with only 6:48 to play in the second half on an unfortunate rebound for the Steelheads. After initially shooting a high hole shot high, Bates made a second with a wrist shot that hit the back of an Idaho skater in front and fell into the cage. Shots were 11-9 in the middle frame.
Dylan Fitze (3rd) scored on a blast from the right circle at 8:58 of the third period to give Utah its first lead of the night. 1:36 after that AJ White (third) The game was tied again with a goal at the top of the crease. The shots were 9-3 Steelheads in the final frame but for the fourth straight out the game was headed to overtime.
In overtime, Casey Johnson started to break through from behind the net. After interlacing in the central circle Jack Baker (1st) I collected the disk in the attacker’s blueline. From inside the top of the left circle, Becker unleashed a wrist shot that hit the side of Trent Miner’s low glove.
Adam Shell He made 21 saves on 23 shots in the victory while Trent Miner gave up 29 of the 32 he faced.
With the launch of the Idaho Steelheads