{"id":21537,"date":"2009-12-16T10:33:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/thunderbirds-fall-to-spokane-chiefs-3-1-dec-15-at-showare\/"},"modified":"2009-12-16T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T18:33:34","slug":"thunderbirds-fall-to-spokane-chiefs-3-1-dec-15-at-showare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/thunderbirds-fall-to-spokane-chiefs-3-1-dec-15-at-showare\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbirds fall to Spokane Chiefs 3-1 Dec. 15 at ShoWare"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spokane Chiefs<\/a> defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds<\/a> 3-1 Tuesday night at the ShoWare Center<\/a> in Kent.<\/p>\n

Spokane (21-9-2-0) opened the scoring at 9:25 of the first period on Levko Koper’s 15th goal of the season. Mitch Wahl and Kyle Beach registered assists on the play.<\/p>\n

Seattle (12-19-1-3) outshot Spokane 15-11 in the first period.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs extended their lead to 2-0 at 5:41 of the second period on Brady Brassart’s 3rd goal of the year. Mitch Holmberg and Anthony Bardaro both had assists.<\/p>\n

Beach increased Spokane’s lead to 3-0 at 11:45 of the second period on his 24th goal of the season. Wahl and Kenton Miller were credited with assists on the play.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs outshot the T-Birds 18-9 in the second period and led 29-24 in total shots after two periods.<\/p>\n

The T-Birds cut the lead to 3-1 at 10:02 of the third period on Luke Lockhart’s second goal of the season. Jonathan Parker had control of the puck and put a shot on goal that was saved by Spokane goalie James Reid. The rebound bounced out to Lockhart who was waiting just above the crease. Lockhart spun around and put a backhand shot underneath Reid’s blocker to give Seattle their only goal of the night.<\/p>\n

Seattle outshot Spokane 14-9 in the third period. Both teams finished with 38 shots on goal in the game.<\/p>\n

Seattle goalie Calvin Pickard (10-15-1-3) made 35 saves on 38 shots in the loss.<\/p>\n

Spokane’s Reid (18-5-0-0) stopped 37 of the 38 shots he faced to earn the victory.<\/p>\n

These two teams meet Friday in Spokane in the second game of the home-and-home series. The T- Birds are at home to take on the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

SCORING SUMMARY<\/p>\n

First period – 1, Spokane, Koper 15 (Wahl, Beach), 9:25. Penalties – Spurgeon, Spo (tripping), 12:01. Gal, Spo (goaltender interference), 20:00.<\/p>\n

Second period – 2, Spokane, Brassart 3 (Holmberg, Bardaro), 5:41. 3, Spokane, Beach 24 (Wahl, Miller), 11:45. Penalties – Ramsay, Sea (roughing), 7:18. Wahl, Spo (roughing), 7:18. Jacobs, Sea (checking from behind), 12:14.<\/p>\n

Third period – 4, Seattle, Lockhart 2 (Parker), 10:02. Penalties – Jacobs, Sea (delay of game), 17:24. Gal, Spo (delay of game), 19:57.<\/p>\n

Shots on goal – Seattle 15-9-14 38. Spokane 11-18-9 38. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 38 shots-35 saves (10-15-1-3); Spokane, Reid 38-37 (18- 5-0-0). Power plays – Seattle 0-3; Spokane 0- 2. A – 4,108. Referee – Jason Nissen. Linesmen – Zach Brooks, Brian Fortin.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-1 Tuesday night at ShoWare Center in Kent.
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