NOTE: A Special Thanks to Michael Noel (above, https://mnoelphotography.smugmug.com) for providing the photo.
By Kevin Scott
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CODY, Wyo., October 4, 2025 — The Great Falls Americans (4-4-0-1) and the Yellowstone (WY) Quake (0-8-0-0) met on the ice for the second consecutive night on Saturday evening inside Cody, Wyoming’s Riley Arena.
Due to the NA3HL’s scheduling, both squads will play all six of their meetings before the end of November and will not see each other throughout the rest of the regular season that commences in March 2026.
During their first encounter on Friday, Great Falls and Yellowstone did not score in the first frame but the Americans scored twice in the second period and added three additional goals in the third for a 5-0 victory that (temporarily) moved Great Falls to the #5 spot in the Frontier Divisiion and kept the Quake winless in seven games. Reid Lezubski, a first-year player from Chestermere, Alberta, Canada, scored two goals and netminder Cole Murphy won his third game in four outings by stopping all 32 shots. Logan Mese and Wyatt Hanna combined for six assists for head coach Greg Sears’ Montana NA3HL squad. Murphy’s counterpart, Damen Baxter (46 saves) was busy in the net and saw his record fall to 0-7-0-0.
Reid Lezubski was the star of the weekend for the Great Falls Americans. After scoring two goals on Friday, he scored three of the four Great Falls Americans goals on Saturday as they posted a 4-1 road win over the Yellowstone Quake in Cody, Wyoming. Fisher Hannesson and Bryce Webb contributed two assists each for the winning team.
Reid Lezubski, who scored two goals in Friday’s 5-0 victory over Yellowstone, lit up the lamp twice in the first stanza. Lezubski scored both goals during a four-minute frame with the first goal coming with 11:25 remaining with assistance from Fisher Hannesson and Bryce Webb while Yellowstone was in the sin bin followed by the second score with 7:40 left with Logan Mese and Wyatt Hanna setting up the scoring drive. Yellowstone’s Shayne Smith, a Billings, Montana native cut the Quake’s deficit (2-1) on an unassisted tally with four minutes left. Great Falls produced 17 shots and led 2-1 after the first period and allowed six shots by the home team.
Tallon Caron scored 56 seconds into the middle period with Cooper Clouse and Gordon Jennings picking up the assists to give the visiting team a 3-1 advantage. Reid Lezubski waited until the end of the period to score his third goal (hat trick) when Fisher Hannesson and Bryce Webb each earned their second assists of the game. The Americans captured their fourth goal while the Quake was in the penalty box. Great Falle entered the third period with a three-goal cushion.
Great Falls and Yellowstone skated out the third period without finding the back of the net.
The Americans outshot the host team, 32-19 after two periods and attempted 13 in the third frame for the 45-35 advantage.
Reid Lezubski had a great weekend in his first season with the Montana NA3HL franchise as he scored five goals over two days including a hat trick (three goals) on Saturday evening. Fisher Hannesson and Bryce Webb each assisted on two of Lezubski’s scoring plays. The Quake prevented a shutout in the second period with a goal by Shayne Smith.
Two of Lezubski’s tallies came on the power play. Great Falls went 2-for-5 on the power play. Yellowstone failed to score on their five power play chances.
Cole Murphy made 66 saves this weekend including 34 in Saturday’s win. The Americans netminder improved to 4-1-0-0 on the season. Damen Baxter (0-8-0-0) is still searching for his first win as a member of the Quake. The Omaha, Nebraska goalkeeper redirected 41 shots.
NOTES: The Americans are currently offering their fans to purchase a customized version of both their
home (white) and blue (away) Jersey that the players are wearing this season. The jersey’s are customizeable by size, name on back, and jersey number. This one time opporunity will end on October 9th with production time being 4-6 weeks with plenty of time to arrive before the holiday season. The jerseys listed as $110.00 each can be purchased by clicking here. Fans can also purchase other apparel, items, and gear on their online team store.
The Americans Booster Club is raffling off a Remote Controlled Zamboni Cooler with the ticket drawn at the October 25th contest against the Yellowstone (WY) Quake. Tickets are $10.00 each. Click here for more information. To purchase tickets, please see any of the Booster Club members at any of the home games or contact Adam Stanczak (406-564-6771).
AMERICANS E-NEWSLETTERS: The Americans have two email newsletters for fans to receive in their inbox this season. Kevin Scott, the Americans Media Coordinator, has an Americans E-Newsletter that you can get on Sunday’s during the regular season filled with game summaries, press releases, links, schedule, etc. Click here to subscribe (if you haven’t already).
Americans Owner Matt Leaf creates and sends out a weekly email called “Baldy’s Puck Drop” that features team news, player profile, sponsor information and lots of other tidbits relating to Americans hockey that is published on Thursday mornings. Click here to receive the weekly newsletter (if you haven’t already).
NEXT CONTEST: The Great Falls Americans will continue their NA3HL journey through the state of Wyoming on Friday and Saturday, October 10-11, 2025. The Sheridan (WY) Hawks will be the Americans opponent on Friday, October 10th with the puck dropping at 7:30PM (MST) at Whitney Rink in the M&M’s Center in Sheridan, Wyoming and then Great Falls will finish up the weekend on Saturday, October 11th in Cody, Wyoming for another date with the Yellowstone Quake starting at 7:05PM (MST) from Riley Arena. Both contests can be streamed online at NATV.
Great Falls will return to the Great Falls Ice Plex on October 24th (Sheridan Hawks) and October 25th (Yellowstone Quake) starting at 7:05PM (MST).
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom (1101 7th Street South) is the place to be after Friday and Saturday night home games where the Americans invite their fans and supporters to their post-game dinner.
Buffalo Wild Wings, located at 17 Northwest Bypass in Great Falls, hosts the “Americans Watch Party” this season when the Americans are on the road. Fans are invited to get food and drinks and watch the game.
NATV is the NA3HL’s new streaming platform and is the place to catch all the action for fans that are unable to attend the home and away games this season. Click here to learn more about how to view any of the Americans home and away contests.
For complete schedules/results, promotions, team stats, rosters and much more information, please go to our official website: www.greatfallsamericans.com