NOTE: A Special Thanks to Michael Noel (above, https://mnoelphotography.smugmug.com) for providing the photos.
By Kevin Scott
SIDNEY, Mont., November 14, 2026 — The Yellowstone Quake (8-8-1-1) defeated the Great Falls Americans (9-9-0-1), 4-2 inside the Richland Ranger Arena in Sidney, Montana on Saturday night to complete the weekend sweep. The Quake earned a 7-4 victory over their Montana rivals on Friday night.
Great Falls led 1-0 after the first period as Matthew DiPalma scored his first goal as an Americans with 2:50 left. Ace McLeslie and Jacob Weber each provided their third assist of the year. Both squads combined for 35 shots-on-goal.
Yellowstone’s offense needed seven minutes of the middle period to get on the scoreboard. Cameron Beaver netted his third score of the season on the unassisted play to even the score. Xander Troyer, the Americans goal scoring leader, added his eleventh goal off the stick of Jase Troyer (team assist leader) and Austin Gibson to put the visting team back on top, 2-1 29 seconds after Yellowstone put the biscuit in the basket. The Quake took their first lead of the game with the Americans in the sin bin as Chance Bryson and Carson Joersz assisted on a goal by Shayne Smith for the game-tying scoriing drive with eight minutes to go before the second intermission. Colby Jenssen, who suited up for the Butte Irish last season,scored his first goal with the Quake off a pass from Garrett Youngquist, who was playing in his hometown of Sidney, Montana, picked up his third assist to give the Wyoming NA3HL club the 3-2 advantage at the break.
Yelllowsone stayed in front of Great Falls, 3-2 and then tacked on their fourth goal with 25 seconds left. Carter Coleman’s pass to Grady Perry, who ensured the Quake’s win on the empty net score.
The Americans created 24 shots after the first stanza to finish with 45. The Quake took 20 of their 41 shot attempts in the second period.
The fourth meeting of the season between these two Frontier Division teams saw only the Quake turn any of their power play chances into a successful score as they went 1-for-7. Great Falls was denied any scores in their three power play chances.
Damen Baxter completed the weekend sweep over Great Falls as the Nebraska netminder stopped 43 shots while allowing two to give him his fourth win of the year (4-7-1-1). JD Stephens (7-5-0-1) accumulated 38 saves in the loss and is now 2-1-0-0 versus the Quake this season.
NEXT CONTEST: Great Falls will travel to Butte, Montana to face the Butte Irish on Friday, November 20th starting at 7:30PM (MST) from the Butte Community Ice Center. This will be their final contest before Thanksgiving.
After the contest with the Irish, Great Falls’ Xander Troyer and Gordon Jennings will suit up for the Frontier Division team at the 2026 NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament (Birth Years 2006-2007) on Sunday and Monday, November 22-23 from the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Click here for more information.
The Americans will return to the Great Falls Ice Plex on Saturday, November 28th when the Bozeman Ice Dogs come to town for a 7:05PM (MST) showdown. NATV will stream the Americans games all season long.
For complete schedules/results, promotions, team stats, rosters and much more information, please go to our official website: www.greatfallsamericans.com