Game Day Preview: Americans at Wichita, 4:05 PM

Photo: Ed Bailey

Wichita, Kansas - The Allen Americans, ECHL affiliate of the Ottawa Senators (NHL), and Belleville Senators (AHL), play the final game of a three-game series this afternoon in Wichita. The Americans won the first two games and look for the sweep this afternoon. Game time is 4:05 PM.

Allen Americans Tonight: 

Pregame Show: 3:50 PM CST

Puck Drop: 4:05 PM CST

Watch Live: FLOHOCKEY.TV
Listen Live:  AMERICANS 24/7

On the Call: Tommy Daniels 

Next Home Game: 1/10/24 vs. Utah, 7:10 PM CST 

Sinclair earns eighth win of the season: Mark Sinclair made the start in net on Saturday stopping 32 of 36 Thunder shots to get the win in a 5-4 victory over the Wichita Thunder. Sinclair improved to 8-8-0 on the season. He has won three of his last four starts and his save percentage improved to 0.900. 

Lucky 13 for the MVP: Hank Crone continued his domination on opposing goaltenders scoring his 12^th goal of the season on Saturday night to extend his point streak to a season-high 13 games. Crone scored on a breakaway early in the contest to beat Wichita goalie Beck Warm. He finished the night with a goal and an assist setting up Colby McAuley on his 16th goal of the year a power play goal that turned out to be the game winning goal. The last time he didn’t produce a point was December 6^th in Utah.

Brodzinski does the three-game dance: Easton Brodzinski has a goal in three straight games, putting his 13^th of the season in the back of the net on Saturday night on a backdoor feed from Gavin Gould. With the goal on Saturday night, he stays within three goals of Colby McAuley for the team lead.

Power Play back on track: The Americans went 1-for-5 on the power on Saturday night ending their drought.  The Americans are 2-for-14 over their last three games. Colby McAuley scored his team-leading ninth power play goal of the season in the Americans victory. 

Comparing Allen and Wichita

Allen Americans

Home: 6-8-0

Away: 9-9-1

Overall: 15-17-1

Last 10: 7-3-0-0

Allen Americans Leaders:

Goals: (16) Colby McAuley 

Assists: (23) Hank Crone 

Points: (35) Hank Crone

+/-: (+13) Blake Murray

PIM’s: (68) Jordan-Ty Fournier 

Wichita Thunder:

Home: 7-8-0-0

Away: 3-10-4-0

Overall: 10-18-4-0

Last 10: 1-7-2-0

Wichita Thunder Leaders:

Goals: (18) Peter Bates

Assists: (23) Peter Bates

Points: (41) Peter Bates

+/-: (+4) Devon Becker               

PIM’s (68) Jeremy Masella