Game No. 30 - Bucks at Americans

First Period: Game is under way, but no go on the audio. Wonder if I need an iTunes update or something. ... According to Pointstreak, the Bucks have taken the first five shots of the game. ... Make that first eight. ... A hooking penalty against Neil Trimm at 8:36 gave the Americans the first power play of the game and their first shot, apparently, as the Bucks' lead in that category is now 8-1. ... Made the mistake of noting that before the penalty was over, and now the Americans own a 1-0 lead where it counts on a power-play goal by Justin Bowers, assisted by Bruce Graham and Jordie Benn. ... And now Benn and Bear Trapp have taken coinciding roughing double minors. It'll be 4-on-4 for four minutes with the Bucks having to double shift a forward in Trapp's absence. ... End of the period, Americans lead 1-0, Bucks up 13-8 on shots.

Second Period: Trimm was charged with a delay of game bench minor at the end of the first period, so he'll serve two minutes for that to start the second. ... Graham went to the box for holding at 2:16, and Tyler Wooddisse went for tripping at 7:11, but the Bucks haven't been able to score on those power-play chances. ... And now they have, with Evan Schwabe scoring on a power play created by a roughing penalty on Graham. Penalty was called at 14:51, and the goal came at 15:34. Jarred Mohr and Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel are getting the assists, which leads me to believe the power play point men are being swapped or at least split up. Game tied 1-1. ... Less than a minute and a half later, the Bucks have a 2-1 lead on a goal by Eric Giosa, set up by Adam Rivet. ... And just over a minute and a half after that, the game is tied 2-2 on a power-play goal by Ryan Fairbarn assisted by Jarret Lukin. Robin Richards was in the box for roughing when that one was scored. ... End of the period, game tied 2-2, Bucks up 28-22 on shots.

Third Period: Not much I could tell you from the box score until Brandon Straub went to the box for roughing at 6:23. Lot of roughing in this one, eh? Bucks failed to capitalize on the power play. ... Dieude-Fauvel has given the Bucks a 3-2 lead on his first goal since the Bucks' loss to the Americans on Dec. 12, 2009, at 13:33 in the period. It's not listed as a power-play goal right now, but Straub was in the box again for holding the stick, so it should be one. As soon as I typed that, it got updated. So that's two power-play goals for the Bucks so far tonight. Schwabe and Richards get the assists. ... Jeff Bes to the box for holding at 16:21 to give the Americans a chance on the power play. ... Sean Perkins took advantage of that to tie the game 3-3 at 16:30, just nine seconds into the power play, on assists from Colton Yellow Horn and Fairbarn. ... End of the period, game tied 3-3.

Overtime: Nathan O'Nabigan scored at 3:42 on assists from Christian Gaudet and Chris Kaufman to keep the Bucks' winless streak going. The Americans ended up with a 40-34 shot advantage, meaning Pier-Olivier Pelletier made 36 saves tonight.

Game Over: Bucks lose 4-3 in overtime, fall to 13-10-7 (33 points) on the season, 0-1-2 against the Americans, who improve to 22-7-2 (46 points). Bucks play again tomorrow at 4 p.m. against the Texas Brahmas (16-11-5, 37 points) and will have a fun bus ride back to Laredo tonight.