The Tahoe Knight Monsters took on the Allen Americans on Saturday. Puck drop was at 7:00 PM. The game was at the Tahoe Blue Event Center in Stateline, Nevada. It was the fifty-fifth game of the season. The Tahoe Knight Monsters were coming off of a 3-2 overtime victory over the Allen Americans. The Tahoe Knight Monsters had a record of 31-19-4. The Knight Monsters were in 12th place in the ECHL. The Knight Monsters were 6th in the Western Conference and 3rd in the Mountain Division. The Allen Americans played fifty-three games. The Americans were coming off of a 2-3 overtime loss to the Tahoe Knight Monsters. The Americans were on an eleven game losing streak. The Americans had a record of 13-31-9. The Americans were in 29th place in the ECHL. That is last place. The Americans were in 14th place in the ECHL Western Conference. The Americans are in 8th place in the ECHL Western Conference Mountain Division. The all-time record between the Tahoe Knight Monsters and the Allen Americans was 3-0-0.
The Tahoe Knight Monsters played one more game. The Knight Monsters had eighteen more wins. The Knight Monsters had the better points percentage. The Knight Monsters had scored sixty-three more goals. The Allen Americans had allowed forty-one more goals. The Knight Monsters had the better goal differential. The Knight Monsters had thirty-one more points. The Tahoe Knight Monsters had 484 penalty minutes. The Americans had 655 penalty minutes. Would the Knight Monsters start a winning streak? Would the Americans break their losing streak?
#30 Jordan Papirny got the start in net for the Tahoe Knight Monsters. It was his twenty-first game played this season. #39 Dylan Wells got the start in net for the
Allen Americans. It was his nineteenth game played this season. On Saturday, the Americans activated forward Noah Kane from reserve. Forward Kamerin Nault was placed on reserve by the Americans.
Two minutes into the game, Anthony Collins of the Tahoe Knight Monsters received a penalty for fighting. Reid Perepeluk of the Allen Americans also received a penalty for fighting. Anthony Collins was pumping up the crowd after the fight. He was even trying to get the crowd pumped while in the penalty box.
Five minutes into the game Logan Nelson of the Knight Monsters received a penalty for tripping. Thirty seconds later Miko Matikka of the Americans received a penalty for slashing. Ten minutes into the game, the Knight Monsters took the lead. The goal was scored by #28 Logan Nelson. His goal was assisted by #9 Troy Loggins and #14 Patrick Newell.
With under seven minutes left in the first period, Mike Van Unen of the Americans received a penalty for holding. With thirty-eight seconds left in the period, an Allen player went down after taking a stick to the face. That player hit one of the Knight Monsters players with his stick multiple times up high before taking one up high and going down. The score was 1-0 Tahoe Knight Monsters after the first period.
Two minutes into the second period, Mike Van Unen of the Allen Americans received a penalty for tripping. On the powerplay, the Tahoe Knight Monsters took a two goal lead. The goal was scored by #19 Luke Adam. His goal was assisted by #9 Troy Loggins and #28 Logan Nelson.
With under two minutes to go Bear Hughes of the Knight Monsters received a penalty for tripping. On the penalty kill the Knight Monsters almost scored twice. They got a breakaway that hit the post. They almost scored on the following shot. With one second on the clock, goaltender Dylan Wells of the Americans received a penalty for tripping. The horn went off. Both teams had to come back on the ice to play the final second of the period. The score was 2-0 Knight Monsters going into the third period.
Forty-six seconds into the third period, Jake McGrew of the Tahoe Knight Monsters received a penalty for slashing. The Allen Americans would pull their goalie. They did score with the extra attacker with under three minutes left in the game. #91 Miko Matikka scored the goal. His goal was assisted by #23 J.C. Brassard and #2 Quinn Warmuth.
The final score was 2-1 Tahoe Knight Monsters.
The Tahoe Knight Monsters out played and out skated the Allen Americans almost the whole game. The only thing keeping the Americans in the game was their goalie. The Tahoe Knight Monsters are now on a winning streak. The Allen Americans have now lost their last three games in a row.
The Allen Americans had six more shots. The Tahoe Knight monsters had the better shot percentage The Americans had two more penalty minutes. #30 Jordan Papirny saved 35 shots for a 97% save percentage again. #39 Dylan Wells saved 26 shots for a 93% save percentage.
The Tahoe Knight Monsters have a record of 32-19-4 with 68 points in 55 games. The Knight Monsters are now in 10th place in ECHL. They are now in 4th place in the ECHL Western Conference. They are now in 2nd place in the ECHL Western Conference Mountain Division. They are in a playoff spot. They are five points into a playoff spot. They have the second highest points percentage in the division. The Knight Monsters are thirteen points away from the top spot in the ECHL. The Knight Monsters are nine points away from the top spot in the ECHL Western Conference.The Knight Monsters are nine points away from the top spot in the ECHL Western Conference Mountain Division.
The Tahoe Knight Monsters take on the Allen Americans for game fifty-Six on Sunday, March 2nd. It will be a home game. Puck drop is scheduled for 3:00 PM. This will be a divisional game. It will be the last of three games at home against the Americans. It will also be the second night of retro weekend.
Zac Electrifly 
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