Photo credit: Griffyn Klemm Inside the Rink

Dallas/Allen, Texas - The Allen Americans, ECHL affiliate of the Ottawa Senators (NHL), and Belleville Senators (AHL), play the middle game of a weekend series tonight against the Rapid City Rush at CUTX Event Center. The Americans have won five of the seven games in the season series

Allen Americans Tonight: 

Pregame Show: 6:50 PM CST

Puck Drop: 7:10 PM CST

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

On the Call: Tommy Daniels and Maurice Fitzgerald

On-Ice Reporter: Isabella Keating

Game Night Producer: John Beifuss

Editor and Stats: Matthew McDowell

Next Home Game: Wednesday, February 1, vs Norfolk, 7:10 PM CST

Top Gun Night: The Americans ended their three-game losing skid on Friday night beating the Rapid City Rush 5-4 at Credit Union of Texas Event Center. Ty Prefontaine scored the game winning goal for the Americans. His first game winning goal of the season. Harrison Blaisdell (12), Jake Chiasson (1), Danny Katic (19), and Hank Crone (11), were the other Americans goal scorers. Colton Hargrove led the Americans with six shots on goal. He leads the Americans with 112 shots on net this season. Marco Costantini made the start between the pipes, stopping 25 shots. It was Costantini’s fourth win in a row and his first start in net since January 11^th in Wichita. 

Americans and Rapid City Head-to-Head: The Americans have won five of the seven games in the season series with the Rapid City Rush including three in a row. The Americans are 3-0-1 in Allen this season against their division rival.

Americans on the Power Play: The Americans went 1-for-5 on the power play on Friday night. Danny Katic scored the lone Americans power play goal, his seventh of the year. He leads the Americans in that category.

Closing the Gap: With the Americans victory on Friday night they moved to within two points of third place Tahoe with two games in hand. Tahoe is on the road at Fort Wayne tonight while the Americans resume their weekend series against the Rush.

From the Affiliation: The Americans received two players from the Ottawa Senators on Friday. Defenseman Djibril Toure, and forward Jake Chiasson, were both assigned to the Americans by Ottawa, from their AHL affiliate the Belleville Senators. Both made their debut on Friday night. Jake Chiasson scored his first goal of the season. Djibril Toure had one shot on goal and two penalty minutes.

Comparing Allen and Rapid City

Allen Americans

Overall: 21-14-4-0

Home: 11-4-1-0

Away: 10-10-3-0

Last 10: 7-2-1-0

Allen Americans Leaders:

Points: (40) Brayden Watts

Goals: (19) Danny Katic

Power Play Goals: (7) Danny Katic

Assists: (29) Sam Sedley

Power Play Assists: (18) Sam Sedley

+/- (+13) Sam Sedley

PIM’s (67) Braidan Simmons-Fischer

Rapid City Rush:

Overall: 17-19-3-0

Home: 9-10-1-0

Away: 8-9-2-0

Last 10: 4-5-1-0

Rapid City Rush Leaders:

Points: (40) Ryan Wagner

Goals: (16) Ryan Chyzowski

Power Play Goals: (4) Ryan Wagner

Assists: (26) Ryan Wagner

Power Play Assists: (10) Blake Bennett

+/- (+10) Chaz Smedsrud

PIM’s (49) Blake Bennett