The Allen Americans have yet to play a game in Allen this season, and they have hardly needed to. The ECHL club takes an 8-3-0 record and a season-high four-game winning streak into a 3:05 p.m. game at Tulsa today, the last stop before its first home game at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center on Friday, Nov. 20.
The Americans' two home games so far were played at the Comerica Center in Frisco, recently renamed Fifth Third Arena, and they won both. They are 6-3-0 on the road.
A comeback win Saturday
Allen beat the Oilers 4-3 on Saturday night in Tulsa, its first win over them this season, the team said in its game recap. The Americans trailed twice, first tying the score when Sam Lipkin poked the puck into an empty net after a mistake by the Tulsa goaltender, then again on a shot from the right circle by Brayden Watts.
Luke Mistelbacher put Allen ahead for the first time in the third period, and Andre Anania added an empty-net goal, his second goal in two nights, before Tulsa scored in the final minute.
Goaltender Jesper Vikman stopped 35 of 38 shots for his eighth win. He has started all 11 games and, counting the preseason, has played every minute in net this season, according to the team.
That streak was expected to end Sunday. The Ottawa Senators, Allen's NHL affiliate, sent goalie Kevin Reidler down from the AHL's Belleville Senators, and he was expected to start against Tulsa, the club said in its game-day preview.
Lineup notes
The Americans dressed an emergency backup goalie in both games this weekend. Defensemen Sam Sedley and Terrell Goldsmith remain out, and head coach Steve Martinson expects both back next weekend, the team said.
