{"id":22436,"date":"2016-09-11T19:19:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T02:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/americans-top-thunderbirds-whl-preseason\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T20:00:20","slug":"americans-top-thunderbirds-whl-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/americans-top-thunderbirds-whl-preseason\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans top Thunderbirds | WHL preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-2 Saturday night in Kennewick at the Red Lion Hotels’ Preseason Tournament at the Toyota Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The T-Birds, 3-2-0-0 in preseason, conclude their preseason schedule with a home-and-home series against Everett. The T-Birds host the Silvertips at 7:35 p.m. Friday and travel to Everett for a 7:05 p.m. game this Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Tri-City took a 1-0 lead at 3:10 of the second period on a goal from Jusso Valimaki. Jordan Roy and Riley Sawchuk had the assists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The T-Birds tied the game 1-1 at 9:07 of the second on a five-on-three power-play goal from Ethan Bear. Sami Moilanen and Donovan Neuls assisted on Bear’s second goal of the preseason.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The teams traded goals early in the third period. Morgan Geekie scored a power-play goal at 1:15 to give the Americans a 2-1 lead. Alexander True scored at 2:31 for the T-Birds to tie the game 2-2.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Americans converted twice more on the power play to get their third and fourth goals. Parker Wotherspoon gave the Americans a 3-2 lead at 8:33 of the third. Geekie scored his second of the night, at 13:07, to make it a 4-2 Tri-City lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Seattle goalie Logan Flodell had 21 saves on 25 shots.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Tri-City goalie Nicholas Sanders made 18 saves on 20 shots.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Tickets<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Single-game tickets for the 2016-17 season are on sale. Fans can purchase single game tickets online<\/a> or at the ShoWare Center box office.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

SCORING SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

First period<\/strong> – No scoring. Penalties – Yorke, Tri (high sticking), :45. Leth, Sea (roughing), 13:04. Ottenbreit, Sea (hooking), 16:30. Geekie, Tri (slashing), 17:26.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Second period<\/strong> – 1, Tri-City, Valimaki 2 (Roy, Sawchuk), 3:10. 2, Seattle, Bear 2 (Moilanen, Neuls), 9:07. Penalties – Lukin, Tri (holding), 8:10. Coghlan, Tri (delay of game), 8:40. Neuls, Sea (hooking), 19:37.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Third period<\/strong> – 3, Tri-City, Geekie 1 (Topping, Sandhu), 1:15. 4, Seattle, True 2 (Ottenbreit, Leth), 2:31. 5, Tri-City, Wotherspoon 2 (Topping, Sanders), 8:33 (pp). 6, Tri-City, Geekie 2 (Wotherspoon, Coghlan), 13:07 (pp). Penalties – Bench, Sea (too many men-served by Wight), 8:01. Wight, Sea (tripping), 11:09.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Shots on goal<\/strong> – Seattle 4-9-10 25, Tri-City 8-7-7 20. Goalies<\/strong> – Seattle, Flodell 25 shots-21 saves (0-2-0-0); Tri-City, Sanders 20-18 (2-2-0-0). Power plays – Seattle 1-5; Tri-City 3-5. Referees<\/strong> – Brett Iverson, Adam Griffiths. Linesmen<\/strong> – Jeremi Del Campo, Anthony Guzzo.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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