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BILLINGS, Mont., November 14, 2014 — The Great Falls Americans (14-1) were out for revenge against the Billings Bulls (10-6-1) on Friday night. The club from Billings is the only team in the NA3HL’s Frontier Division so far this season to defeat Great Falls.rn rnIt was exactly one week ago when the Bulls handed the Americans a 1-0 loss in Great Falls with the lone goal coming with less than a minute to play in regulation.rn

The NA3HL gives out a weekly "Divisional Star of the Week" award during each of the regular season. The awards, presented by Easton, are given to the top performing players in each of the four divisions (Central, East, Frontier, South) of the North American 3 Hockey League that are nominated by their head coaches.

Lucas Lomax scored a pair of goals and Evan Hauser kept the net clean for over 55 minutes Saturday night as the Great Falls Americans rebounded from their first loss of the season to grab a 4-2 victory over the Helena Bighorns in a wild NA3HL Frontier Division matchup.

GREAT FALLS, Mont., November 8, 2014 — After suffering their first loss of the season (1-0) on Friday night against the Billings Bulls, the Americans wanted to start a new winning streak as they entertained the Helena Bighorns (8-3) on Saturday night.rnrnEarlier in the season, Great Falls (13-1) edged the visitors from Helena, MT 1-0 in their first matchup of the season back on October 25th at home.rn

The Great Falls Americans’ undefeated season came to an end with the Billings Bulls’ 1-0 victory Friday night at the Great Falls IcePlex.rnrnBillings’ Nick Rizzo scored with 21 seconds left on assists from Ralfs Kerelis and Josh Pena to end the Americans’ season-opening win streak at 12 in front of a crowd of 690.

GREAT FALLS, Mont., November 7, 2014 — The Great Falls Americans (12-1) lost for the first time in thirteen tries as the Billings Bulls held on for a 1-0 victory over the Great Falls franchise on Friday night in front of 690 spectators in attendance at the Great Falls Ice Plex.rnrnThe game looked like it might go into overtime but the Billings Bulls scored a goal with 27 seconds left in the third period for their eighth victory of the season (8-4-1).rn

The Great Falls Americans have only allowed three goals in a single game once this season.rnrn"Really?" head coach Jeff Heimel laughed.rnrnIt's an impressive statistic for an Americans team that is an undefeated 12-0 during the early goings this year.