The Kootenay Ice defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-3 Saturday afternoon in a preseason game at Red Lion Hotels’ Preseason Tournament at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.<\/p>\n
The T-Birds wrap up preseason play with back-to-back games against the Everett Silvertips. They will play at 7:35 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15 at Xfinity Arena in Everett. The T-Birds will return home to the ShoWare Center on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. for their final preseason game.<\/p>\n
Seattle took a 1-0 lead at 3:59 of the first period on Zack Andrusiak’s third goal of the preseason. Tyler Adams and Matthew Wedman had the assists.<\/p>\n
The T-Birds extended the lead to 2-0 at 16:44 of the first on a goal from Samuel Huo. Andrusiak and Blake Bargar had the assists.<\/p>\n
Kootenay cut the T-Birds lead to one at 18:43 of the first on a goal from Max Patterson.<\/p>\n
Andrusiak put the T-Birds in front 3-1 on the power play at 5:48 of the second period with his second goal of the game. Dillon Hamaliuk and Huo were credited with the assists. <\/p>\n
Kootenay came back less than two minutes later and cut the lead to one when Ryan Pouliot scored. Noah Philp and Colton Kroeker had the assists.<\/p>\n
Cole Schwebius replaced Matt Berlin in net for Seattle midway through the second period. Berlin had 15 saves on 17 shots.<\/p>\n
The Ice tied the game 3-3 at 15:48 of the second on a goal from Barrett Sheen. Michael King and Keenan Taphorn had the assists.<\/p>\n
Seattle outshot Kootenay 10-9 in the second period. Kootenay had a 23-16 advantage in shots after two periods.<\/p>\n
Sheen scored at 10:33 and Philp at 11:46, on the power play, of the third period to give the Ice a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n
Kootenay outshot Seattle 8-7 in the third period and 30-23 in the game.<\/p>\n
Schwebius finished the game with nine saves on 13 shots.<\/p>\n
Kootenay goalie Mario Petit made 20 saves on 23 shots.<\/p>\n