Photo Credit: Sarah Pietrowski
Reading and Idaho capped off their three-game set, Friday and Saturday night.
1 . 5 . 24 – Series clinching win came on Friday night, a 2-1 finish in Boise. Gahagen in back-to-back games faced 41 shots. In the contest on Wednesday, he gave up 3, and on Friday he gave up just 1. Ryan Chyzowski broke the scoreless tie, 5:32 into the second frame. Yvan Mongo in his first game back since November 25th, netted a tally in the third that would stand as the game-winning tally. Jack Becker netted his third in two games against the Royals following a big momentum-shifting fight in the third.
Final: 2-1 Reading
Royals Record: 13 – 14 – 1 – 1 = 28 PTS
Steelheads Record: 22 – 8 – 0 – 1 = 45 PTS
REA – Parker Gahagen 41 – SH | 40 – SV | 1 – GA (W)
IDH – Bryan Thomson 23 – SH | 21 – SV | 2 – GA (L)
Three Stars
1. Parker Gahagen – REA
2. Yvan Mongo – REA
3. Jack Becker – IDH
Game Length: 2:31 7:10 PM MST – 9:41 PM MST
Attendance: 5,201
Idaho Central Arena | Boise, Idaho
1 . 6 . 24 – Idaho showed why they can be the best in the league on Saturday. The Steelheads pulled away with a 5-2 win, Wade Murphy found twine twice for Idaho in the convincing dub. Tyson Fawcett and Will Zmolek made it a one-goal game but Idaho pulled away with Wade Murphy’s 19th and Keaton Mastrodonato’s 17th, an empty netter with under 4 minutes to play. Nolan Maier stopped 34 of the 38 Steelheads’ shots he faced in the contest.Â
Final: 5-2 Idaho
Royals Record: 13 – 15 – 1 – 1 = 28 PTS
Steelheads Record: 23 – 8 – 0 – 1 = 47 PTS
REA – Nolan Maier 38 – SH | 34 – SV | 4 – GA (L)
IDH – Bryan Thomson 33 – SH | 31 – SV | 2 – GA (W)
Three Stars
1. Wade Murphy – IDH
2. Willie Knierim – IDH
3. Will Merchant – IDH
Game Length: 2:27 7:10 PM MST – 9:37 PM MST
Attendance: 5,228
Idaho Central Arena | Boise, Idaho
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