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he Great Falls Americans and Helena Bighorns could do without each other's company.rnrn"We definitely don't like each other," Americans forward Cody Page said. "Not at all. Every game is physical. Every game gets chippy."rnrnThe two will tangle in the best-of-3 Frontier Division Finals series starting Friday, when the 1-seed Americans host the 2-seed Bighorns at the IcePlex at 7 in a rematch of last year's championship series in which Helena swept Great Falls.

Russia native Arseny Ivanov netted two goals to lift the Great Falls Americans to a 5-2 win over the visiting Helena Bighorns in Game 1 of the 2015 NA3HL Frontier Division Finals in Great Falls on Friday night. The first game of the best-of-three series was attended by 685 spectators at the Great Falls Ice Plex watching the rivalry.

The North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) has announced its monthly player awards for the month of February. The Great Falls Americans had two players that made the Honorable Mention honors for the month of February. Lucas Lomax was named as an Honorable Mention as a Forward for the Easton Hockey Forward of the Month while Americans goaltender Jordan Moran was named to the Honorable Mention team as a goaltender.

Great Falls responded with two goals in each period and Lucas Lomax and Josh Larson combined for four goals and two assists to help the top-ranked Great Falls Americans rout the fourth-ranked Billings Bulls 6-2 to secure a spot in next week’s 2015 NA3HL Frontier Divisional Finals. Lomax contributed three goals for his second consecutive hat trick.

Lucas Lomax scored four goals Thursday night in front of 240 fans at the IcePlex as the Americans took Game 1 of the best-of-3 series with the Billings Bulls, 5-4, in the semifinals of the Frontier Division playoffs.

Top-ranked Great Falls posted a 5-4 win over the fourth-seeded Billings Bulls in Game 1 of the NA3HL Frontier Division Semi-Finals hosted by the Americans at the Great Falls Ice Plex on Thursday night. Arizona native Lucas Lomax recorded four of the five goals for a hat trick for Great Falls.

Jeff Heimel is the head coach of the Great Falls Americans Junior A hockey team. He is in his third year with the Americans.rnrnQ: Where are you from again, Jeff?rnrnA: St. Paul, Minnesota.