The Kamloops Blazers<\/a> defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds<\/a> 7-1 Friday at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Seattle (16-22-0-1) takes on the Portland Winterhawks on Saturday at ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kamloops scored four goals in the first 6:02 of the first period to take a commanding 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n JC Lipon scored 19 seconds into the period and Chase Schaber tallied 13 seconds later to make it a 2-0 Blazers lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Colin Smith made it a 3-0 game at 5:03 with a shorthanded goal and then Brendan Ranford scored at 6:02 of the first to give the Blazers a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Daniel Cotton replaced Calvin Pickard after the fourth Blazers goal. Pickard made five saves on nine shots and his record falls to 16-18-0-1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Bronson Maschmeyer scored a power-play goal at 18: 33 of the first to send the Blazers to a 5-0 first intermission lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kamloops (30-10-1-2) outshot Seattle 16-11 in the first period.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Dave Sutter got the T-Birds on the board at 6:21 of the second period just after a power play ended. Colin Jacobs got the puck to Branden Troock in the left corner. Troock held the puck as Sutter pinched down from the right point. Troock made a cross-crease pass to Sutter and he redirected the puck past Kamloops goalie Cole Cheveldave.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Blazers led 24-16 in shots after two periods.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Lipon scored at 3:32 of the third period and Dylan Willick scored at 7:56 to give the Blazers a 7-1 lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The T-Birds outshot the Blazers 8-4 in the third period but the Blazers finished with the game with a 28-24 advantage in shots.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Cotton made 16 saves on 19 shots in his 53 minutes of action.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Cheveldave stopped 23 of 24 shots and his record is now 22-5-1-1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n T-Birds single game tickets for the 2011-12 season are available online at the T-Birds website<\/a> and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n