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Americans Fall to RiverKings in the Shootout

By Ben Ellis

The Mississippi RiverKings and Allen Americans met at the Allen Event Center for the second game of their weekend back-to-back series on Saturday.  The two teams battled each other into the overtime period and on into the shootout, where the RiverKings’ Ryan Held ended the game with his shootout goal. Despite the OT loss, the... »

Allen Americans Rebound Strong Against Mississippi RiverKings

By Ben Ellis

Coming off of a difficult 6-1 road loss in Laredo on Thursday, the road-weary Allen Americans came home to the Allen Event Center on Friday to open a series of back-to-back games against the Mississippi RiverKings.  The Americans powered their way to victory thanks to a four-goal outburst in the third period and a... »

Allen Americans Gun Down Laredo Bucks

By Ben Ellis

The Allen Americans began a stretch of four games in five nights, and eight games over the next twelve nights, by hosting the Laredo Bucks on Thursday evening.  In a physical, high-scoring match, Allen came out on top, 6-4.  With the win, the Americans cut Odessa’s first-place lead in the Southern Conference to four... »

Americans’ Power Play Stings Killer Bees in 4-1 Victory.

By Ben Ellis

One night after a physical, hard-fought win against the Mississippi RiverKings, the Allen Americans hosted the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees for a Saturday night bout.  The Americans are fighting several injuries to key players from the past week, and came into the game against the Bees with a short bench.  Thanks to a... »

Corpus Christi IceRays Fall to Allen Americans

By Ben Ellis

The Allen Americans hosted the Corpus Christi IceRays on Friday night, and after a slow start in the first, showed the IceRays why they are currently the second-ranked team in the Southern Conference.  Behind a three-point night by their captain, Jarret Lukin (2 goals, 1 assist), the Americans handed the IceRays a hefty 6-3... »

Bowers, Whitley Lead Americans Past Mudbugs, 5-1

By Ben Ellis

The Allen Americans welcomed the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs to the Allen Event Center on Saturday night, having won the first game there, 4-3, on December 27th, and leading the season series 2-0.  Both wins for the Americans were by a single goal, so there were expectations of a tightly-contested game.  However, it was Allen’s night... »

Americans’ Big Third Period Silences Thunder

By Ben Ellis

After suffering a loss at the hands of one of the top teams in the Northern Conference on Friday night, the Allen Americans hosted the conference’s last-place team the following day, the Wichita Thunder (3-27-3).  But, the Thunder gave them a lot to handle, and played Allen tightly.  The game was tied at 2... »

Rapid City Rushes Past Allen Americans

By Ben Ellis

The Allen Americans hosted one of the top teams in the Northern Conference on Friday night – the Rapid City Rush.  The offensive firepower of the Rush overwhelmed an Americans defense that seemed to struggle for most of the game, and Rapid City powered their way to a decisive 6-1 victory. “It’s out third loss... »

Brahmas Blank Americans 3-0

By Ben Ellis

Game two of the “Vintage Game Series” between the Allen Americans (as the Dallas Blackhawks) and the Texas Brahmas (as the Fort Worth Wings) shifted the location to North Richland Hills, and a much more intimate environment.  Although the attendance was  over 2300, roughly the same as the first game of the series in... »

Americans Rally to Pick Up Third Win in Three Nights

By Ben Ellis

The Allen Americans played their third game in three nights on Saturday, as they hosted the Laredo Bucks at the Allen Event Center.  Though the fatigue of playing so often began to show in the Americans’ play as the game wore on, they were able to come from behind in the third period, and... »