BOISE, ID – The Idaho Steelheads (29-21-8-1, 67pts) fell to the Tahoe Knight Monsters (36-20-4-1, 77pts) Friday night by a final score of 4-0 in front of 5,309 fans at the Idaho Central Arena, the 63rd consecutive regular season sell-out crowd. Idaho will hosts Allen next Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
Idaho trailed 2-0 after the first period as Sloan Stanick got the scoring started at 9:09 and then Simon Pinard stretched the lead with 49 seconds to play in the frame. Shots were 15-12 Tahoe.
Luke Adam stretched the lead to 3-0 at 6:50 of the second period as the Knight Monsters took the advantage into the second intermission. Shots were 12-9 Idaho in the frame.
Anthony Collins secured the 4-0 win for Tahoe scoring with 5:06 remaining in the game.
Ben Kraws made 26 saves in the loss while Jesper Vikman pitched a 39 save shutout in the win.
ICCU Three Stars
1) Jesper Vikman (TAH)
2) Jake McGrew (TAH)
3) Sloan Stanick (TAH)
GAME NOTES
- Idaho finished 0-for-2 on the power-play while Tahoe was 0-for-3.
- Idaho outshot Tahoe 39-30.
- Jason Horvath (INJ), Patrick Kudla (IR), Mark Olver (IR), Ryan Foss (IR), and Demetrios Koumontzis (DNP) did not dress for Idaho.
- C.J. Walker made his return to the lineup after missing the last 24 games with an injury.
- Connor Punnett and Nick Canade led all Idaho skaters with five shots each.
- A.J. White played in his 600th professional game.
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