The Allen Americans found their offense last night, but lost their defense. The Americans scored six goals and still managed to lose to the Tulsa Oilers 7-6. Allen has scored as many as six goals only three times all season and lost two of those games 7-6. 

- If you like seeing a lot of goals the game was very entertaining. There have only been four ECHL games all season with more combined goals than the 13 goals Allen and Tulsa scored last night. The teams went back and forth scoring throughout the game. Tulsa scored first so Allen did most of the catching up, but the Americans led 4-3 in the second period and 6-5 in the third period. Here is the scoring sequence in the game. Don't ever remember a game with so much back and forth:

- Goal scorers for Allen were Trevor LeDonne with his first pro goal, Tyler Burnie (7), Jared Westcott (9), Brayden Watts (19) and Mark Duarte (22,23). Here are the video highlights: https://echl.com/videos/tulsa-oilers-vs-allen-americans-apr-11-2025

- Here are the game recaps from both teams:

Here are some stats from the game last night, the series and the season:

- You could come up with a lot of reasons why the game tonight is important for the Americans, however, in reality it is meaningless as the die has already been cast. I hope the guys stay healthy, just play hockey and enjoy what will be another big crowd there to support them.

- If you didn't like how the game was officiated last night, you probably won't like it tonight. The same referee has worked all three games against Tulsa. He worked with a partner on Wednesday and they called 10 penalties. He called 14 penalties last night. Last night he called five tripping penalties, four slashing penalties and a hooking penalty. He didn't let much go, so would expect the same tonight.

COACH'S COMMENTS

"It was a funny game tonight. Tulsa put three of the seven goals in the back of the the net. The other four  were tipped and one went off our defenseman's butt, right to their guy who put it in the open net."

"It was a ping pong type of game where you felt the last team to score would win. There were 13 goals scored and neither team had more than a one goal lead." 

"Mark Duarte played unbelievable tonight. The team, the fans and the building feeds off is energy as he is out there working his pants off." 

"I was proud of how our group never gave up and just kept fighting. The message on the bench was just keep going, forget about the last shift and just look forward. That happened a lot giving up seven goals." 

"In our last 25 games, everyone except the three in Utah have been against teams in the playoffs or fighting for playoffs. Even though we are out of the playoffs it has been a good experience for our young guys to play in these "for men only" games down the stretch where every inch of ice is contested."

"Luke Richardson will get the start in goal tomorrow."