{"id":30243,"date":"2017-09-01T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/thunderbirds-fall-to-giants-in-preseason-opener-whl\/"},"modified":"2017-09-01T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T20:30:00","slug":"thunderbirds-fall-to-giants-in-preseason-opener-whl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/thunderbirds-fall-to-giants-in-preseason-opener-whl\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbirds fall to Giants in preseason opener | WHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vancouver Giants defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-1 Friday morning in the first game for both teams at the Delta Hotels Preseason Classic at Xfinity Arena in Everett.<\/p>\n

Classic play continues with the T-Birds facing the Everett Silvertips at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Classic ends for the T-Birds on Sunday with a 3 p.m. game against the Spokane Chiefs.<\/p>\n

Vancouver took a 1-0 lead 53 seconds into the game on a goal from Brendan Semchuk. Tyler Popowich and Owen Hardy had the assists. The Giants took a 2-0 lead on a four-on-four goal by Brad Morrison at 3:10 of the second period. Ty Ronning had the only assist on the goal.<\/p>\n

Todd Scott started for in goal for Vancouver. Midway through the second period Scott was replaced by Trent Miner. Scott made 14 saves.<\/p>\n

Vancouver made it a 3-0 lead on a power-play goal by Owen Hardy at 7:45 of the second. Kaleb Bulych and Semchuk had the assists.<\/p>\n

Payton Mount got the T-Birds on the board at 18:32 of the third period on an end-to-end rush on the power play. Mount gathered the puck behind his net as he skated away from a defender. Mount went around a defenseman at the Giants blue line and came in alone on Miner. Mount waited out Miner, skated to his right and slid the puck under the goalie at the post.<\/p>\n

Cole Schwebius played the whole game for the T-Birds in net. He made 30 saves on 33 shots.<\/p>\n

Single-game tickets are on sale on the T-Birds website<\/a> and at the ShoWare Center box office.<\/p>\n

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, Vancouver, Semchuk 1 (Popowich, Hardy), :53. Penalties –<\/p>\n

Lee, Sea (tripping), 1:10. McNelly, Sea (roughing), 4:41. Scott, Van (illegally handling puck-served by Torzsok), 5:07. Bulych, Van (interference), 12:24. Ormsby, Sea (roughing), 14:53.<\/p>\n

Second period<\/strong> – 2, Vancouver, Morrison 1 (Ronning), 3:10. 3, Vancouver, Hardy 1 (Bulych, Semchuk), 7:45 (pp). Penalties – McNelly, Sea (elbowing), 2:08. Semchuk, Van (slashing), 2:43. Bench, Sea (too many men-served by Pyne), 5:53. Plummer, Van (tripping), 8:04. McNelly, Sea (charging, roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 13:36. Popowich, Van (10-minute misconduct), 13:36. Kichton, Van (slashing), 17:05.<\/p>\n

Third period<\/strong> – 4, Seattle, Mount 1, 18:32 (pp). Penalties – Hardy, Van (hooking), 3:42. Cox, Van (cross checking), 8:28. Torzsok, Van (cross checking), 11:27. Sourdif, Van (hooking), 17:18.<\/p>\n

Shots on goal –<\/strong> Seattle 12-4-7 23, Vancouver 13-14-6 33. Goalies<\/strong> – Seattle, Schwebius 33 shots-30 saves (0-1-0-0); Vancouver, Scott 14-14 (1-0), Miner 9-8. Power plays<\/strong> – Seattle 1-9; Vancouver 1-6. Referees<\/strong> – Duncan Brow, Ryan O’Keefe. Linesmen<\/strong> – Cade Cooke, Michael McGowan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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