The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 8-2 Dec. 29 at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane.<\/p>\n
The first shot of the game put Seattle (15-13-3-4) in front 1-0. Travis Toomey beat Spokane goalie James Reid over the glove at 2:19 to give the T-Birds the lead. Erik Bonsor and Burke Gallimore had assists on Toomey’s sixth goal of the year.<\/p>\n
Spokane (21-10-3-2) tied the game 1-1 at 18:28 of the first on a goal from Marek Kalus. Brady Brassart and Davis Vandane had the assists<\/p>\n
The Chiefs outshot the T-Birds 17-5 in the first period. In the last 8:36 of the first period Spokane was on the power play for six minutes.<\/p>\n
Steve Kuhn put the Chiefs in front 2-1 at 5:27 of the second period. Kenton Miller had the only assist on the goal.<\/p>\n
Spokane scored two goals in 1:01 in the middle of the second to take a 4-1 leads. Tyler Johnson scored at 11:24 on assists from Dominik Uher and Levko Koper. Tanner Mort scored at 12:25 with Kuhn and Miller getting assists.<\/p>\n
Johnson scored at 15:31 and 19:10 of the second to put the Chiefs in front 6-1. Uher had the assists on both goals while Koper had an assist on the goal in the last minute of the period.<\/p>\n
Spokane outshot Seattle 22-4 in the second period.<\/p>\n
Seattle replaced goalie Calvin Pickard with Michael Salmon to start the third period. Pickard stopped 33 of 39 shots and was credited with the loss. His record is now 15-11-2-4.<\/p>\n
Matt Marantz got the Chiefs seventh goal of the game at 6:04 of the third period and Tyler Vanscourt scored at 12:43 of the third to make it 8-1 Chiefs. Brassart and Mort had the assists on Marantz’s goal and Brassart and Vandane had the assists on Vanscourt’s goal.<\/p>\n
Charles Wells scored with the T-Birds down two men at 19:26 of the third to get the T-Birds second goal. A Spokane player lost control of the puck in front of his net on the break out and Wells jumped on it. He beat Reid with a quick snap shot for his ninth goal of the year.<\/p>\n
Salmon stopped 15 of 17 shots in the third period.<\/p>\n
Reid made 13 saves on 15 shots and his record is now 21-7-2-1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
SCORING SUMMARY<\/p>\n
First period – 1, Seattle, Toomey 6 (Bonsor, Gallimore), 2:19. 2, Spokane, Kalus 3 (Brassart, Vandane), 18:28. Penalties – Kalus, Spo (interference), 6:03. Doty, Sea (goaltender interference), 11:24. Doty, Sea (goaltender interference), 14:12. Rouse, Sea (hooking), 16:10.<\/p>\n
Second period – 3, Spokane, Kuhn 10 (Miller), 5:27. 4, Spokane, Johnson 25 (Uher, Koper), 11:24. 5, Spokane, Mort 3 (Kuhn, Miller), 12:26. 6, Spokane, Johnson 26 (Uher), 15:31. 7, Spokane, Johnson 27 (Uher, Koper), 19:09. Penalties – Krzyzaniak, Spo (tripping), 1:59.<\/p>\n
Third period – 8, Spokane, Marantz 9 (Brassart, Mort), 6:04. 9, Spokane, Vanscourt 3 (Brassart, Vandane), 12:43. 10, Seattle, Wells 9, 19:26 (sh). Penalties – Vandane, Spo (holding), 6:47. Toomer, Sea (interference), 10:42. Ramsay, Sea (roughing), 13:59. Toomey, Sea (elbowing), 15:00. Dillon, Sea (major-fighting), 16:57. Kramer, Spo (major-fighting), 16:57. Doty, Sea (instigator, major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 17:35. Kalus, Spo (major-fighting), 17:35. Jacobs, Sea (major-fighting), 17:35. Brassart, Spo (major-fighting), 17:35. Elliot, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 17:35. Maranta, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 17:35.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal – Seattle 5-4-6 15. Spokane 17-22-17 56. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 39 shots-33 saves (15-11-2-4), Salmon 17-15; Spokane, Reid 15-13 (21-7-2-1). Power plays – Seattle 0-3; Spokane 0-6. A – 5,816. Referee – Ryan Bonnett, Brett Iverson. Linesmen – Jim Maniago, Scott Sharun.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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