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Baldy’s Puck Drop” Weekly E-Newsletter with Matt Leaf
Volume 76: September 25, 2025
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Dear Great Falls Americans Enthusiast: For those who followed the last couple of games, welcome to the Frontier Division version 2025! One of the things we have learned over the first few weeks of the season is that it is likely there will be a lot of very competitive and hard-fought games night-in and night-out! Last Friday night in Helena was no different with a 3-2 shootout loss and a gritty effort by our young team. Our staff believes our guys grew up a little bit with the effort and it was another steppingstone in their progress. It is never easy to win on the road in this division and definitely not easy in Helena. The point gained by taking the shootout loss could prove valuable at the end of the season, but more importantly the experience gained will bode well for future challenges and their overall development. Our players and staff are excited about the challenge again this week as they head to Bozeman on Friday night and then host Helena again on Saturday.
The last couple of Wednesday evenings have found several of our players helping with Youth Hockey as
they continue their efforts to grow the game with “Try Hockey for Free” Events. Another 30 plus kids have stepped on the ice for the first time as a hockey player and had a chance to work with our players along with 8U coaches and players from Great Falls Amateur Hockey. The foundation of any youth hockey organization is their 8U program and the future looks bright in Great Falls. That makes roughly 100 kids 4-10 years old that have been given the chance to try hockey over the past two months as we partner with youth hockey to identify the next generation of hockey-passionate players, coaches, officials and fans.
For those not making the trip to Bozeman on Friday night, consider stopping by OKTOBERFEST on the 100 block of Central Avenue starting at 5:00 PM. Admission is free with a live band and plenty of German food, beer and activities taking place, including the Americans setting up shop to promote our game and bring a little hockey to the downtown area. From there, you can head over to our “Official Watch Party” at Buffalo Wild Wings. A very special thanks goes out to Annie’s Taphouse for including us in the festivities and the opportunity to expose the community to Americans’ hockey.
Saturday sees Helena come back to the Icer Plex for our third match-up of the season. It is the first of our Toyota Nights as our partners from City Motors continue to support the Americans. Should be a fun night of hockey – hope to see you there.
Next Monday is the last opportunity to secure your pucks to chuck for the season as you can reserve your pucks for each game
through DASH (QR Code to the right). On each game night, you can then simply stop at the chuck- a-puck table to pick up your bag of Montana Air National Guard chuck-a- pucks. Thank you to our prize partners from Play It Again Sports, Montana Rib & Chop House, Fire Pizza, Teriyaki Madness and the world-renowned Sip-N- Dip Lounge who have provided the targets and the prizes available for our fans to win at each home game.
We are currently offering our fans the opportunity to purchase your very own customized version of our home and away jerseys for the 2025-26 season. Both our home(white) and away (blue) jerseys can be customized with your size, name and number for a limited time though our online store at www.greatfallsamericans.com. The deadline to order is October 9th with production time being 4-6 weeks and the goal of having them in well before the holidays. Don’t miss out on this one-time only opportunity to obtain your very own Americans’ jersey.
Player Profile – #14 Reid Lezubski (Chestermere, AB) 5’8” 135 lbs. FOR – Shoots Right DOB 04/15/2008
Favorite Team: Winnipeg Jets 
Favorite Player: Kyle Connor
Favorite Movie: Ratatouille
Favorite Actor/Actress: Andrew Garfield
Favorite Food: Pasta
Favorite Pre-Game Meal: Pasta
If you were animal: An Eagle – so I could fly!
Musical Group You Won’t Miss in Concert: Coldplay
Music Guaranteed to get you hyped: Rock
Person stuck with on a deserted Island: Jase Troyer
Hobbies other than Hockey: Lego’s and other sports
Three People you would invite to Dinner: Kyle Connor, Drake, Connor McDavid
College/University of Choice: University of North Dakota
Like Most About Great Falls: The Hockey Fans.
How would you define a successful season: Good run in the playoffs!
Here are the upcoming dates to add to your calendar:
- September 26th – Oktoberfest at Annie’s Taphouse 5:00-10:00 PM on the 100 Block of Central Avenue downtown.
- September 26th – Away game at 7:30 PM Puck drop and join our fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for our Official Watch Party location for all away games this season.
- September 27th – Home game versus Helena presented by Toyota. Puck drop is 7:05
- September 29th – last chance to purchase your season package of Montana Air National Guard Chuck-a-Pucks through our fan activation partner DASH.
- October 3rd – Away game at 7:05 PM Puck drop and join our fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for our official Watch Party location.
- October 4th – Away game at 7:05 PM Puck drop and join our fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for our official Watch Party location.
- October 9th – Last chance to order your custom jersey for the 2025-26 season through our online
- October 10th – Oktoberfest at Malmstrom AFB 4:41 PM-8:00
- October 10th – Away game at 7:30 PM Puck drop and join our fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for our official Watch Party location.
- October 11th – Away game at 7:05 PM Puck drop and join our fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for our official Watch Party location.
- October 17th – Away game at 7:05 PM Puck drop and join our fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for our official Watch Party location.
- October 18th – Away game at 7:05 PM Puck drop and join our fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for our official Watch Party location.
- October 24th and 25th – “Think Pink for the Girls” Breast Cancer Awareness weekend presented by Benefis Puck drop 7:05 both nights – come check out the pink ice and performances from the Great Falls Figure Skating Club.
Thank you to our corporate partners for their continued support.
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Tammy Quintrell-Stubbs
Gold, Silver and Bronze Level Partners (* new this season)
| All-State Signs | Beacon Ice House | Eagle Mount Therapeutic Recreation* |
| Floors & More Abbey Carpets | Central Avenue Meats | MNoel Photography |
| Havre Youth Hockey | Central MT Lock & Safe | Century Gaming |
| Life in Bloom Floral @ Gift Boutique | Hotel Arvon/Celtic Cowboy | Stifel l Finnicum Financial Group |
| Coca-Cola* | Craftmaster Cabinets | Culligan Water |
| Comparion Insurance | Play It Again Sports | Open Door Wellness |
| Big Sky Laboratory | Cascade Electric | Hampton Inn & Suites |
| Ferrin’s Furniture | Great Falls Hospital | She Bare Wax & Sugar Boutique |
| Jersey Mike’s | Karma Coffee | Murphy Law |
| Scheels | Stockman Bank | Traynor Capital |
| Voices of Hope* | Johnson Distributing | Mountain Title Company |
| Fire Pizza* | Montana Rib & Chop House* | Visit Great Falls |
| Croxford Funeral Home and Crematory | Bish’s RV of Great Falls* | StaRadio |
| Benski Towing & Recovery | Westgate Repair, Inc. | Annie’s Taphouse |
| Sip-N-Dip Lounge* |
Thank you for being a part of our hockey family!
Matt Leaf
Great Falls Americans HC Inc
MattL.GFAmericans@gmail.com