{"id":42457,"date":"2019-09-28T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/thunderbirds-fall-to-americans\/"},"modified":"2019-09-28T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T14:30:00","slug":"thunderbirds-fall-to-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/thunderbirds-fall-to-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbirds fall to Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-1 in a Western Hockey League game Friday night at the accesso ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n

Tri-City went in front 1-0 on Sasha Mutala’s power-play goal at 13:09 of the first period.<\/p>\n

The Americans took a 2-0 lead at 10:27 of the second period on Samuel Hu’s power-play goalo.<\/p>\n

Andrej Kukuca cut the Americans’ lead to one at 10:16 of the third period with a power-play goal. Kukuca took a pass from Simon Kubicek above the left circle. Kukuca skated to the top of the circle and snapped a puck through traffic past Tri-City goalie Beck Warm. Payton Mount had the second assist.<\/p>\n

With 1:47 left in the third Seattle pulled goalie Roddy Ross with a faceoff in the Americans zone. The T-Birds kept the pressure on Warm and the Americans, but Mutala hit the empty net with two seconds left to seal the win.<\/p>\n

Ross finished with 21 saves on 23 shots and Warm had 31 save 32 shots.<\/p>\n

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

The T-Birds’ next game is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the Kamloops Blazers. They return home Saturday, Oct. 5 to play the Victoria Royals at 6:05 p.m.<\/p>\n

Single-game tickets are on sale online<\/a> and at 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 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n

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

First period<\/strong> – 1, Tri-City, Mutala 2, 13:09 (pp). Penalties – Rybinski, Sea (slashing), :48. McNelly, Sea (instigator, major-fighting, 10 minute misconduct), 12:09. Roberts, Tri (major-fighting), 12:09.<\/p>\n

Second period<\/strong> – 2, Tri-City, Huo (Mutala), 10:27 (pp). Penalties – Roberts, Tri (boarding), :30. Rybinski, Sea (tripping), 8:01. Horon, Sea (delay of game), 9:41.<\/p>\n

Third period<\/strong> – 3, Seattle, Kukuca 2 (Kubicek, Mount), 10:16 (pp). 4, Tri-City, Mutala 3, 19:58.<\/p>\n

Penalties<\/strong> – Stewart, Tri (double minor-high sticking), 1:03. Kushniryk, Tri (tripping), 3:41. Bouchard, Tri (cross checking), 9:08. Bauer, Sea (checking to the head), 10:28. Stewart, Tri (roughing), 10:28. Mutala, Tri (tripping), 15:37.<\/p>\n

Shots on goa<\/strong>l – Seattle 7-14-11 32, Tri-City 11-7-6 24. Goalies<\/strong> – Seattle, Ross 23 shots-21 saves (1-1-0-0); Tri-City, Warm 32-31 (2-1-0-0). Power plays<\/strong> – Seattle 1-6; Tri-City 2-4. Referees<\/strong> – Jeff Ingram, Bobby Jo Love. Linesmen<\/strong> – Brett Mackey, Tim Plamondon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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