Idaho
Steelheads fall in Game 1 of Kelly Cup Finals
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The Idaho Steelheads will now have to play catchup, after they dropped Game 1 of the Kelly Cup Finals.
Florida emerged victorious in Boise Saturday night. The Everblades put game 1 away in overtime, winning 3-2.
The game 1 loss at home isn’t completely uncharted territory for Idaho. The Steelheads lost the first two games of their opening round matchup against Utah, both games at home. However, this is the Steelhead’s first overtime loss of the season; Idaho was 4-0 in overtime in the playoffs coming into tonight’s game.
Things started out quick on both ends, with the Everblades thinking they had taken an early lead, only for the goal to be chalked off. Idaho was able to get on the board in the first, when two Everblades players were penalized in quick succession, leading to a 5-on-3 where Dawson Barteuax put the Steelheads 1-0 up.
In the second, Florida responded to knot it at 1-1. Things stayed tense, with both goaltenders making strings of saves to keep the score tied.
Finally, Idaho broke through in the 3rd period to make it 2-1 courtesy of Ryan Dmowski, but Florida responded with about eight minutes left in regulation.
After a short stoppage before overtime due to an ice issue, the long 5-on-5 overtime period began (ECHL does 3-on-3 OT in the regular season). Unfortunately for Idaho, Florida was able to find the net first; Oliver Chau put the puck in the net and put the game away to give the Everblades the series lead.
Idaho won’t have much time to think on the loss. The Steelheads and Everblades face off Sunday at 4:10 p.m., about 16 hours after the conclusion of Game 1. Following Game 2, the series will head to Florida for potentially three straight games. Tickets are sold out for Game 2, but you can still watch live on FloSports.
SERIES: 1-0 Florida
Cort Dennison, one of the University of Washington’s more decorated linebackers over the past decade and a half, has joined Thomas Ford’s new Idaho coaching staff as its defensive coordinator, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Dennison, 35, comes to the Vandals from Missouri State, where he was the defensive coordinator for one seasons for the FCS soon to be FBS program.
Considered one of college football’s rising assistant coaches and a proven recruiter, Dennison has been trying to rebuild his career since getting fired at Louisville in 2021 while serving the second of two stints with the Cardinals.
Sources: Cort Dennison has accepted the job as the defensive coordinator at Idaho. He was last the inside LB coach at Missouri State. He’s worked as an assistant at Louisville for two stints. He’s worked on staffs at Utah in 2023 and coached outside LBs at Oregon in 2018.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 26, 2024
According to reports, he was involved in a domestic dispute with another Louisville athletic department employee in which all allegations against him later were withdrawn.
A Salt Lake City native, Dennison went home and worked at Utah in 2023 as a defensive quality control coach for Kyle Whittingham.
For Louisville, he joined an ACC team headed up by coach Bobby Petrino in 2014-17 and again in 2019-21 for coach Scott Satterfield, holding a variety of assignments that included co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach.
Peter Sirmon, former UW linebackers coach in 2012-13 and now the California defensive coordinator, worked with Dennison as the Louisville DC in 2017.
Dennison spent the 2018 season with Oregon as its linebackers coach.
As a player, Dennison was recruited to the UW in 2007 by Tyrone Willingham’s staff. By 2011, the 6-foot-1, 234-pound linebacker was a team captain for Steve Sarkisian, a 30-game starter and a second-team All-Pac-12 selection who topped the conference in tackles with 128.
Dennison finished with 15 tackles in his final Husky outing, a 67-56 loss in the Alamo Bowl to Baylor and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III.
For the latest UW football and basketball news, go to si.com/college/washington
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