The New Mexico Ice Wolves and the Lone Star Brahmas locked into a fierce battle Friday, October 9. The first period saw both teams with 10 shots each side and no goals allowed. Goaltenders Blake Clarke and Leo Gabriel made outstanding saves to keep the opposition off the board. The second period saw the Ice Wolves jump out to the lead as Antione Demers would score his first NAHL goal putting home a rebound. The Brahmas would find an equalizer with under a minute to go in the period with Dimitri Tioumentsev scoring his first goal of the game. In the third period the Brahmas would find their first lead of the game Dimitri Tioumentsev would get his second goal of the game with under eight minutes to go in the period and give Lone Star their first lead of the night. With under one minute to go in regulation the Ice Wolves would pull the netminder and Pete Lueke would find the back of the net to tie the game and send us to overtime. In overtime both goaltenders made clutch saved and neither team could find a winner and the game would go to a shootout. The Brahmas would end up winning the shootout 1-0 and secure the extra point in the standings. The teams will battle again Saturday, October 10 at 7:30pm CT/6:30pm MT and all of the action can be seen on NATV by selecting the away feed.
