Boise, Idaho — The Idaho Steelheads defeated the Toledo Walleye 3-0 on Saturday night powered by a 29th-earth from Adam Schell to take a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals in front of a crowd of 4,883 at Idaho Central Arena. . Game two is on Sunday in Boise at 4:10 p.m. click here for tickets.
Adam Schell has stopped all 66 shots he faced in the last two games while Jade Miller, Ty Belton-Base (PP) and Willie Knierim (ENG) have all scored for Idaho. Matt Register had two assists in the bluelines while Patrick Kudla, Owen Hedrick and Colton Keeler had an assist each.
After a scoreless first period, Idaho kicked off the second period on a penalty kick that they were able to kill. At 4:11 of the second period, Matt Register fed Jade Miller (2Abbreviation II) into the right circle as Miller fired a wrist shot wide of Sebastien Cossa to give the Steelheads a 1-0 lead.
At 7:38 of the third period, Andrew Sturtz got five minutes to go on the fly and misconducted ten minutes from a hit on Zane Franklin. From the top of the point, Owen Hedrick fed Patrick Kudla into the left circle. From there Kudla slid the puck to Ty Belton-Paes (5y) where he hit a shot upstairs on Kusa making it 2-0 at 11:30 of the frame.
With Kousa on the bench for an additional forward late in the standings, Matt Register ousted Willie Knierim (4th) from center as he buried himself on an empty net for 50 seconds to seal a 3-0 victory for Idaho.
Adam Schell made 29 saves for the putt while Sebastien Cossa managed 30 of 32 shots.
Idaho leads the series 1-0
Game 1 – Toledo 0 at IDAHO 3
Game 2 – Sunday, May 21 at 4:10 PM Idaho Time
Game 3 – Wednesday, May 24 at 7:15 PM ET in Toledo
Game 4 – Friday, May 26 at 7:15 PM ET in Toledo
Game Five – Saturday, May 27 at 7:15 PM ET in Toledo (if required)
Game 6 – Tuesday, May 30 at 7:10 PM Idaho Time (if applicable)
Game 7 – Wed, May 31 at 7:10 PM Idaho Time (if applicable)
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