{"id":37439,"date":"2018-10-31T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/spokane-skates-past-thunderbirds\/"},"modified":"2018-10-31T06:14:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:14:48","slug":"spokane-skates-past-thunderbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/spokane-skates-past-thunderbirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Spokane skates past Thunderbirds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-1 in Western Hockey League play Tuesday night at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.<\/p>\n

Spokane (8-4-1-2) took a 1-0 lead at 18:58 of the first period on Jake McGrew’s goal. Ty Smith had the only assist.<\/p>\n

Spokane outshot Seattle 15-9 in the first period.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs went in front 2-0 on Riley Woods’ power-play goal at 7:59 of the second period. Eli Zummack and Smith had the assists.<\/p>\n

Seattle (7-4-2-0) cut the Chiefs’ lead to one at 14:40 of the second. Jaxan Kaluski forced a turnover in the left corner of the Spokane zone. Kaluski threw the puck to the front of the Chiefs net where Noah Philp got a stick on it forcing a scramble. Dillon Hamaliuk slammed the puck past Spokane goalie Bailey Brkin for his eighth goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Spokane had a 25-18 advantage in shots by outshooting Seattle 10-9 in the second period.<\/p>\n

Woods scored a power-play goal at 6:20 of the third period off assists from Smith and Brkin to give the Chiefs a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n

Seattle goalie Liam Hughes was pulled with 1:51 left in the third period for an extra attacker.<\/p>\n

Spokane’s Egor Abruzov scored an unassisted empty-net goal at 18:57 to seal the win.<\/p>\n

Hughes finished with 28 saves on 31 shots.<\/p>\n

Brkin made 22 saves on 23 shots.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/strong><\/p>\n

The T-Birds travel to Prince George for back-to-back games against the Cougars on Friday and Saturday. Both games are at 7 p.m. They return home on Friday, Nov. 9 to face the Kelowna Rockets at the accesso ShoWare Center at 7:35 p.m.<\/p>\n

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

Fans who purchase the 24-flex ticket package will be able to select any available premium seat for any game, in any ticket combination, during the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n

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

First period<\/strong> – 1, Spokane, McGrew 6 (Smith), 18:58. Penalties – Lee, Sea (double minor, high-sticking), 10:47.<\/p>\n

Second period<\/strong> – 2, Spokane, Woods 9 (Zummack, Smith), 7:59 (pp). 3, Seattle, Hamaliuk 8 (Kaluski, Philp), 14:40. Penalties – McNelly, Sea (major-fighting), 3:16. Faith, Spo (major-fighting), 3:16. Toporowski, Spo (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:29. Kaluski, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct), 14:29. Kubicek, Sea (slashing), 7:03. McGrew, Spo (goaltender interference), 10:44. Wedman, Sea (charging, major-fighting), 15:16. Smith, Spo (unsportsmanlike conduct, major-fighting), 15:16. Zummack, Spo (holding), 16:34. Andrusiak, Sea (charging), 20:00.<\/p>\n

Third period<\/strong> – 4, Spokane, Woods 10 (Smith, Brkin), 6:20. 5, Spokane, Arbuzov 1, 18:57 (en). Penalties – Faith, Spo (tripping), 3:08. Williams, Sea (hooking), 6:00.<\/p>\n

Shots on goal<\/strong> – Seattle 9-9-5 23, Spokane 15-10-7 32. Goalies<\/strong> – Seattle, Hughes 31 shots-28 saves (7-3-1-0); Spokane, Brkin 23-22 (7-1-1-1). Power plays<\/strong> – Seattle 0-3; Spokane 2-5. A – 3,312. Referees<\/strong> – Mike Campbell, Mark Pearce. Linesmen<\/strong> – Tim Plamondon, Jackson Kozari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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