{"id":22806,"date":"2016-11-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/eansor-hat-trick-cracks-moose-jaw-whl\/"},"modified":"2016-11-06T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:00:00","slug":"eansor-hat-trick-cracks-moose-jaw-whl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/eansor-hat-trick-cracks-moose-jaw-whl\/","title":{"rendered":"Eansor hat trick cracks Moose Jaw | WHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Eansor had three goals to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 5-1 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors in Saskatchewan on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The T-Birds finished 4-2-0-0 on a six-game road trip through the East Division.<\/p>\n

Goalie Matt Berlin, in his T-Birds debut, stopped 29 of 30 shots to get the win.<\/p>\n

Eansor opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal at 7:37 of the first period. Eansor converted a Nolan Volcan pass on a two-on-one to give the T-Birds the lead.<\/p>\n

Moose Jaw outshot Seattle 10-9 in the first period.<\/p>\n

The T-Birds had a five-minute power play to start the second period and Eansor converted at 2:20 to give the T-Birds a 2-0 lead. Ryan Gropp and Jarret Tyszka had the assists.<\/p>\n

Seattle (7-7-0-1) extended the lead to 3-0 at 7:32 of the second on Reece Harsch’s first career goal. Luke Ormsby and Matthew Wedman had the assists on the goal.<\/p>\n

The T-Birds outshot the Warriors 15-14 in the second period. Both teams had 24 shots on goal after two periods.<\/p>\n

Zack Andrusiak scored off a Wedman assist at 9:01 of the third period to make it a 4-0 Seattle lead.<\/p>\n

Moose Jaw got on the board when Brayden Watts scored at 12:07 of the thirds period. Chantz Petruic and Dmitri Zaitsev had the assists.<\/p>\n

Eansor completed the hat trick at 17:43 of the third. Harsch assisted on the goal.<\/p>\n

Moose Jaw outshot the T-Birds 6-5 in the third period and 30-29 in the game.<\/p>\n

Moose Jaw goalie Brody Wilms had 24 saves on 29 shots.<\/p>\n

Coming home<\/strong><\/p>\n

The T-Birds’ next home game is Friday, No. 11, against the Calgary Hitmen at 7:35 p.m. at the ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n

Single-game tickets for the 2016-17 season may be purchased online<\/a> or at the ShoWare Center box office. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.<\/p>\n

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

First period<\/strong> – 1, Seattle, Eansor 4 (Volcan), 7:37 (sh). Penalties – Tyszka, Sea (tripping), 6:34. Schuldhaus, Sea (holding), 15:15. Halbgewachs, MJ (major-checking from behind, game misconduct), 19:43.<\/p>\n

Second period<\/strong> – 2, Seattle, Eansor 5 (Gropp, Tyszka), 2:20 (pp). 3, Seattle, Harsch 1 (Ormsby, Wedman), 7:32. Penalties – Hamaliuk, Sea (goaltender interference), 10:18. Allbee, Sea (tripping), 14:21. Jeannoff, MJ (tripping), 14:46. Wedman, Sea (holding), 17:01.<\/p>\n

Third period<\/strong> – 4, Seattle, Andrusiak 2 (Wedman), 9:01. 5, Moose Jaw, Watts (Petruic, Zaitsev), 12:07. 6, Seattle, Eansor 6 (Harsch), 17:43. Penalties – Watts, MJ (tripping), 1:19. Neuls, Sea (checking from behind), 6:19. Harsch, Sea (tripping), 12:31. Wedman, Sea (major-fighting), 19:40. Odgers, MJ (major-fighting), 19:40.<\/p>\n

Shots on goal<\/strong> – Seattle 9-15-5 29, Moose Jaw 10-14-16 30. Goalies<\/strong> – Seattle, Berlin 30 shots-29 saves (1-0-0-0); Moose Jaw, Wilms 29-24 (5-3-0-0). Power plays<\/strong> – Seattle 1-3; Moose Jaw 0-7. A – 3,204. Referees<\/strong> – Colin Watt, Derek Zalaski. Linesmen<\/strong> – Riley Fitzsimmons, Dawson Switzer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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