Boise, Idaho - The Allen Americans, ECHL affiliate of the Ottawa Senators (NHL), and Belleville Senators (AHL), open a two-game set against the Idaho Steelheads on Friday night at Idaho Central Arena. The Americans dropped three straight games in Idaho in late November.

Allen Americans Tonight: 

Pregame Show: 7:50 PM CST

Puck Drop: 8:10 PM CST

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

On the Call: Tommy Daniels

Next Home Game: Friday, January 30th vs Rapid City, 7:10 PM CST

ECHL All Star Classic: The Allen Americans hosted the 2026 ECHL All Star Classic on January 19^th at Credit Union of Texas Event Center. Brannon McManus (3 goals and 2 assists), and Brooklyn Kalmikov (2 goals and 3 assists) led the way for Team Stripes. Each player had five points in the game. Team Stripes, coached by Americans Head Coach Steve Martinson, won the game 17-12. The 29 goals scored in the game was an ECHL All Star Classic record. Colton Hargrove had four points for Team Stripes (2 goals and 2 assists). Spencer Asuchak had a pair of goals. For Team Stars, Toledo’s Brandin Hawkins had five points with a hat trick (3 goals and 2 assists). Hank Crone had a goal and two helpers. Brayden Watts had a goal and three assists. Florida’s Wil Cranley was the star between the pipes, allowing just one goal on 16 shots. Cranley picked up the win for Team Stripes. 

Last Time Out: The Americans six-game winning streak came to an end last Saturday night in Tulsa, as the Oilers scored four times in the third period splitting the series. The Americans took a 2-1 lead to the third period, but Tulsa’s Cade McNelly scored a pair of goals his first and second of the season to put the Oilers ahead for good. The Oilers scored a pair of empty net goals to make the score more lopsided than the game really was. Brayden Watts (16), and Sam Sedley (4) had the Americans goals.

Americans and Idaho Head-to-Head: The Idaho Steelheads swept a three-game series from the Americans in November. The Americans picked up one of a possible six points in a 3-2 overtime loss in the middle game of the three-game series.  Allen is 0-2-1 against the Steelheads this season.

Jackson Parsons Returns: Jackson Parsons returned to the Americans lineup last weekend in Tulsa. Parsons stopped 30 shots in defeat last Saturday. In 11 games this season with Belleville, he had a record of 5-3-1.

Comparing Allen and Idaho

Allen Americans

Overall: 20-13-3-0

Home: 10-4-1-0

Away: 10-9-2-0

Last 10: 7-3-0-0

Allen Americans Leaders:

Points: (37) Brayden Watts

Goals: (18) Danny Katic

Power Play Goals: (6) Danny Katic

Assists: (26) Sam Sedley

Power Play Assists: (18) Sam Sedley

+/- (+12) Sam Sedley

PIM’s (67) Braidan Simmons-Fischer

Idaho Steelheads:

Overall: 23-11-3-0

Home: 13-7-0-0

Away: 10-4-3-0

Last 10: 6-4-0-0

Idaho Steelheads Leaders:

Points: (36) Brenden Hoffmann

Goals: (21) Brenden Hoffmann

Power Play Goals: (4) Ty Pelton-Byce and Francesco Arcuri

Assists: (15) Ty Pelton-Byce and Brenden Hoffmann

Power Play Assists: (7) Liam Malmquist

+/- (+20) Sam Jardine

PIM’s (84) Jason Horvath