WICHITA, Kan. (Nov. 14) – Ethan Scardina scored two minutes into the extra session to help Wichita knock off Idaho, 4-3, on Saturday night at INTRUST Bank Arena. 

The Thunder jumped out to a three-goal lead, but the Steelheads fought back into the game to force overtime. 

Wade Murphy led the way for Wichita with three points while Gavin Best had a goal and an assist. Yaroslav Korostelev claimed his second win in North America, stopping 37 shots. 

The Thunder scored twice in eight seconds to take a 2-0 lead. Murphy scored at 6:09 to make it 1-0. He found a rebound during a net-mouth scramble and tallied his third of the year. 

Right off the next faceoff, Spencer Blackwell created a turnover, skated into the zone and found Tyler Preziuso. He took it right to the net and beat Arno Tiefensee to make it 2-0. 

In the second period, Best increased the lead to 3-0 on the power play. He caught a pass at the left hashmark between the circles and leaked a shot through Tiefensee for his third of the year. 

Idaho fought back into the contest, scoring just 14 seconds later to make it 3-1. Ty Pelton-Byce took a pass off his foot from Liam Malmquist and beat Korostelev with a backhand. 

Kale Howarth made it 3-2 at 19:20. He spun in front of a defender near the right circle and put a backhand through Korostelev for his fifth of the season. 

Idaho was awarded a power play midway through the third period when Michal Stinil knocked down a defender going for a loose puck. Dylan Gratton unloaded a long-range shot from the blue line that got through traffic and tied the contest at three.

In the overtime session, Scardina tallied the game-winner at 2:19. He cut down the left wing, skated into the circle and fired a wrist shot to the short-side of Tiefensee for the victory. 

Wichita improves to 2-1 in games decided past 60 minutes with all three overtime games happening at INTRUST Bank Arena. For the second time in six days, the Thunder scored two goals in an eight-second span.

Scardina recorded his second game-winner in the extra period. Murphy had a season-high three points with a goal and two assists. Best has a goal and an assist in back-to-back games. Preziuso scored for the first time since the home opener. 

Both teams went 1-for-3 on the power play. 

The Thunder close a busy week tomorrow afternoon at 4:05 p.m. with a visit to Cable Dahmer Arena to face Kansas City.

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