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GF Tribune: Americans take Game 1

By Steve Schreck, sschreck@greatfallstribune.com 

March 24, 2016

GREAT FALLS, MT -- The Great Falls Americans played perhaps their best hockey game of the season Thursday night.

So the Americans are one win away from another championship.

Dominant on offense and defense, Great Falls cruised past the visiting Yellowstone Quake 4-1 in Game 1 of the Frontier Division finals before a crowd of about 1,000 at the Great Falls IcePlex.

“I think it was one of our better complete games,” Great Falls head coach Jeff Heimel said. “I actually think we have a lot that we can improve upon. But we had a game plan and that was to bottle them up, and I felt like we did that extremely well. I think the score showed it, and I think the amount of scoring opportunities they had showed it as well.”

Tegan Harrington, who didn’t have a point in the opening round against Bozeman, notched two goals and an assist as the Americans, the Frontier Division’s two seed, improved their record to 37-11-2. Yellowstone, the No. 1 seed, dropped to 37-10-4. Read More>