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Wichita at Kalamazoo, December 16th 2018

Kalamazoo, MI (Dec. 16th) - Wichita closed its three-game in three-city in three different state trip on Sunday, losing to Kalamazoo by the final of 3-2 at Wings Event Center. Tyler Biggs scored with just under two minutes left in regulation that would hold up as the game-winner to stun the Thunder. Cam Reid recorded his first of the season while Jeremy Beaudry netted his second of the season. Reid got the scoring started at 9:21 of the first. Ralph Cuddemi fed a pass to Mark MacMillan through the slot. He made a nice play at the side of the net and Reid was able to get to the blue paint to poke it home. The Wings answered just 28 seconds later as Eric Kattelus beat Stuart Skinner off a face-off from the deep slot. Reid Gardiner made it 2-1 at 17:44 after receiving a nice pass from Kattelus through the slot. After a scoreless second, Wichita was awarded a two-man advantage early in the third. Beaudry fired a one-timer past Jake Hildebrand that tied the game. Biggs netted the game-winner at 18:12 when he came in off the rush, cut across the grain and beat Skinner back to the far side to make it 3-2. Skinner was lifted the very next shift, but the Thunder couldn't sustain the pressure and lost the contest. The Thunder power play connected once again, going 1-for-3 on the man advantage. Cuddemi recorded an assist to extend his point-streak to eight games. Iacobellis added an assist to extend his point-streak to eight as well.

Wichita at Allen, December 1st, 2018

Allen, TX (Dec. 1st) - Wichita exploded for five goals in the third period en route to a 6-2 victory over Allen on Saturday night at the Allen Event Center. Dyson Stevenson, Steven Iacobellis and Mark MacMillan each had a goal and an assist while Dylan Wells stopped 33 shots to earn his second win of the season. Wichita got on the board first for the second night in a row. Stevenson found PC Labrie behind the Allen defense and he scored on a breakaway with a wrist shot past Kyle Hayton's blocker to make it 1-0. Allen tied it at one when Adam Miller let the teddy bears fly. He worked through two defenders and wristed it past Dylan Wells at 15:28. The Thunder had plenty of chances in the second, but couldn't solve Hayton. He made four outstanding saves to keep the game tied at one heading into the third. In the third, the scoring barrage started when Stefan Fournier scored on a wrap-around at 2:37 to make it 2-1. During a delayed penalty, Iacobellis put a backhand past Hayton at the left post to make it 3-1. At 9:38, MacMillan caught a feed from Texeira, skated through two defensemen and wired one to make it 4-1. Allen got one back just 13 seconds later from Joel Chouinard to make it 4-2. Stevenson erased any hope of a comeback bid as he scored at 15:39 on a breakaway to make it 5-2. Ralph Cuddemi made it 6-2 at 19:01 on the power play to close the scoring. Wichita has two or more power play goals in three of the last nine games. The Thunder offense had five different players find the back of the net. Labrie and Iacobellis collected their seventh of the season and Stevenson recorded his eighth. Wells has wins in back-to-back starts.

Wichita vs. Kansas City, November 27th 2018

Wichita, KS (Nov. 27th) - Behind a 33-save effort from Dylan Wells, Wichita snapped a five-game winless skid on Tuesday night with a 5-2 victory over Kansas City at INTRUST Bank Arena. Wells earned his first win as a pro and was named as the number one star of the game. Travis Brown scored twice to pace the Thunder offense while several others had multi-point outings. Mark MacMillan broke the scoreless tie at 9:17 of the first period. He found a rebound near the crease and slid it past Mason McDonald to make it 1-0. At 18:40, Cliff Watson tied the game. Right off a face-off, he moved to the deep slot and beat Wells with a long slap shot. Wichita re-took the lead with just two seconds left on the clock. Brown moved across the blue line and fired a long wrist shot to make it 2-1 with a power play goal. In the second, Brown recorded his second of the game on the man advantage. He fired another long shot at 2:48 for his seventh of the season to increase the lead to 3-1. Lane Bauer got into the act at 3:59 of the third. He caught a board pass up the left wing, came down on a two-on-one and beat McDonald to the glove side for his first of the season to make it 4-1. At 7:19, Jakob Stukel scored a highlight reel goal to make it 5-1. He got around a defenseman during a one-on-one chance, slid the puck to the right and superman dove with one hand on his stick to slide it through McDonald's five-hole for his fourth of the season. Kansas City added a late tally from Jared VanWormer, but the Thunder smothered the Mavericks the rest of the way for the win. Wichita extended its power play streak to seven-straight and 12 markers on the man advantage over its last nine contests. The Thunder have outscored Kansas City at home by a 9-2 margin. Steven Iacobellis recorded two helpers and extended his point-streak to 12 games. MacMillan has goals in three-straight since returning to the Thunder line-up. Dyson Stevenson collected three assists, which is a new season-high for assists in a game by a Thunder player. Keoni Texeira added an assist, giving him helpers in seven-straight games. Wichita went 2-for-4 on the power play. Kansas City was 2-for-8 on the man advantage.

Wichita vs. Allen, November 11th 2018

Wichita, KS (Nov. 11th) - Travis Brown scored with 1:15 left in regulation and Greg Chase potted the only goal in the shootout to help Wichita come back to take a 5-4 victory on Veterans Day at INTRUST Bank Arena. Brown and Chase led the way offensively with two points apiece and Stuart Skinner remained perfect in shootout situations stopping all three Allen shooters. Allen got on the board at 4:35 of the first with a goal from Dante Salituro. Mitch Maloney answered less than a minute later as he came out of the penalty box, fired a long shot on C.J. Motte and recorded his first goal as a pro. Pavel Jenys gave Allen a 2-1 lead at 9:40 with his second of the season. At 18:53, Zach Todd tied the game at two with a long shot from the blue line. Allen took advantage of a five-minute major penalty in the second called on Hayden Hodgson and re-gained the lead. Alexandre Ranger cut through the slot and put back a loose puck for a power play tally to make it 3-2. Early in the third, Wichita once again tied the game with a power play goal from Steven Iacobellis. Just five seconds into the man advantage, Brown fired a shot from the point and Iacobellis tipped home a backhand to make it 3-3. At 15:58, Thomas Frazee put home a rebound on the power play and gave the Americans a 4-3 advantage. Wichita tied the game at 18:45 as Skinner went to the bench for the extra attacker. Brown unloaded a shot from the left point that got through traffic and beat Motte. For the second time in the season-series, Wichita and Allen headed to overtime. Both teams had some great scoring chances during a wild extra session. Wichita had several two-on-one breaks that Motte kept out of the net. Jakob Stukel stepped away on a break late in overtime and was hauled down, but the play continued. The game couldn't be decided in OT and a shootout was needed. Skinner denied Braylon Shmyr and Salituro while Motte stopped Iacobellis. In the bottom of round two, Chase came down the slot and beat Motte to the glove side. Skinner stopped Spencer Asuchak at the top of round three and Wichita escaped with a 5-4 win. Skinner improves to 3-0 in shootout situations. PC Labrie and Iacobellis both extended their point streaks to four games. Todd tallied his first goal in a Thunder uniform. Ralph Cuddemi added an assist, was a +3 and had six shots on net. Wichita went 1-for-3 on the power play. Allen was 2-for-4 on the man advantage.

Allen at Wichita, October 19th 2018

Wichita, KS (Oct. 19th) - Colin Jacobs scored the only shootout goal and Stuart Skinner stopped all three Allen shooters to help Wichita to a 6-5 victory on Friday night at INTRUST Bank Arena. Dyson Stevenson led the way for the Thunder with three points while Colin Larkin and Hayden Hodgson each collected two a piece. In what was a low scoring game through the opening frame, the two teams erupted for eight goals combined in the second period. Ralph Cuddemi had the lone tally in the opening 20 minutes as he netted his first of the season. The Americans grabbed a 2-1 lead with back-to-back goals at the start of the second. Braylon Shmyr and Dante Salituro scored less than two minutes apart for the visitors. Tyler Elbrecht tied the game at three at 6:51 as he found a loose puck off the end wall behind C.J. Motte and tucked it in on his backhand. Shmyr, who recorded a hat trick, re-gained the lead for the Americans at 9:33. Just 14 seconds later, Hodgson caught a pass from Matt Schmalz and beat Motte to make it 3-3. Stevenson scored the next two with his first coming at 10:31 and second at 16:13 to give Wichita a 5-3 lead. Shmyr cut it to one at 17:42 with a nifty backhand during a two-on-one break. His goal ended the eight-goal onslaught with the two teams combining for 31 shots in the second. Alex Breton tied the game for Allen at 8:33 of the third. He fired a shot from the left point that got past Skinner to make it 5-5. Regulation wouldn't be enough and the two teams headed to overtime. Wichita began the extra session on a power play, but failed to convert. For the second-straight Friday, the Thunder headed to a shootout. Skinner denied Shmyr, Casey Pierro-Zabotel and Dante Salituro. Jacobs scored in the first round and that would be the only marker that would hold up as the Thunder escaped with a 6-5 win. Stevenson finished with two goals and an assist. Hodgson was a +2 with a goal and an assist. Larkin recorded his first pro multi-point outing with a pair of helpers. Skinner earned the win and is now 2-0 in shootout situations.

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Wichita vs. Idaho, October 12th 2018

Wichita, KS (Oct. 12th) - Colin Jacobs scored in the bottom of the fourth round of the shootout to help propel Wichita to a 3-2 win against Idaho on Friday night at INTRUST Bank Arena. The Thunder led by two at one point, but Idaho climbed back into the game and tied it with five minutes to go in the second. Both teams had power play chances down the stretch, but failed to convert. The Thunder had a power play in overtime and a penalty shot from Travis Brown, but couldn't solve Philip Desrosiers. Jakob Stukel recorded his first professional goal while Stuart Skinner earned his first victory as a pro, stopping 38 of 40 shots. Pierre-Cedric Labrie potted the other marker for the Thunder. Wichita grabbed a 1-0 lead with just over three minutes left in the first. Stukel intercepted a clearing attempt that John McFarland redirected and beat Desrosiers to make it 1-0. In the second, Labrie increased the lead to 2-0 as he posted up near the crease and put it in off the left post. The Steelheads scored the next two just 4:47 apart to pull even at two. Brad McClure stole the puck near the Wichita blueline, skated in on a break and put it past Skinner to cut the lead to 2-1. Brady Norrish tied it at two as he found a rebound off of Skinner at the left post. After a scoreless third period, the Thunder had a great opportunity in overtime when Jeremy Beaudry was pulled down near the left post. Idaho killed off the power play, but committed another violation as Brown was taken down with four seconds remaining. His shot caught the iron and a shootout was needed. The first seven shooters were denied in the shootout as Brad McClure, Steven McParland, Justin Parizek and Avery Peterson were denied by Skinner. Ryan Van Stralen, Stukel and Colin Larkin were stopped by Desrosiers. Jacobs scored the game-winner in the fourth round as he skated in and beat Desrosiers through the five-hole. Malcolm Cameron grabbed a win in his 700th game coaching in the ECHL. Larkin earned his first pro point with an assist. Kulevich and McFarland grabbed assists in their first game in a Thunder uniform. Wichita went 0-for-4 on the power play. Idaho was 0-for-4 on the man advantage.

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