Friday, January 24, 2014

Allen blows out St. Charles, 5-2

Allen Event Center    Fri, Jan 24, 2014
The Allen Americans were firing on all cylinders against the St. Charles Chill, and when the final buzzer sounded Americans emerged with a 5-2 win.
Allen got the win thanks to a great game by Spencer Asuchak, who had two goals and one assist. Asuchak scored the first of his two goals at 1:53 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Allen. Tyler Ludwig provided the assist. Asuchak's next tally made the score 4-1 Allen with 18:28 left in the second period.
The Americans put 35 shots on net during the contest, more than the 27.7 they average per game.
Allen also got points from Alex Lavoie, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Others who scored for Allen included Darryl Bootland and Jonathan Lessard, who scored one goal each. In addition, Allen received assists from Kale Kerbashian, who had two and Daniel Tetrault, Jamie Schaafsma, and Ross Rouleau, who each chipped in one.
St. Charles put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Allen to score on any of its three power plays. The 22 shots that the Chill put on net surpassed St. Charles' average of 13.9 shots per game this season.
The Chill were helped by Kyle OKane, who grabbed one goal. OKane scored on the power play 17:49 into the first period to make the score 3-1 Allen. St. Charles had gotten the advantage when the Americans' Lessard was sent off for slashing. Sean Muncy picked up the assist. St. Charles also got a goal from Frank Littlejohn as well. More assists for St. Charles came via Dan Weiss and Martin Hlinka, who contributed one a piece.
Bryan Pitton recorded 20 saves for Allen. The Americans incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. The Chill's starting goalie, Robert Moss, made seven saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Linus Lundin, who stopped 23 shots. St. Charles incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.

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