{"id":6710,"date":"2011-11-05T23:09:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T06:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/edmonton-oil-kings-rule-over-seattle-thunderbirds-hockey\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T19:50:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T02:50:39","slug":"edmonton-oil-kings-rule-over-seattle-thunderbirds-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/edmonton-oil-kings-rule-over-seattle-thunderbirds-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oil Kings rule over Seattle Thunderbirds | Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Edmonton Oil Kings<\/a> defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds<\/a> 4-1 Saturday night at Rexall Place in Edmonton.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n This was the second of six games on the road for the T-Birds. They lost 8-2 to the Red Deer Rebels on Friday night. The T-Birds take on the Medicine Hat Tigers on Tuesday, November 8, at 6pm at the Medicine Hat Arena.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Edmonton (10-5-1-1) jumped out to a 1-0 lead at 4:58 of the first period on a goal from Kristians Pelss. Keegan Lowe and T.J. Foster had the assists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Oil Kings increased their lead to 2-0 at 10:32 of the first when Jordan Peddle scored. Stephane Legault and Mark Pysyk were credited with the assists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Pysyk scored with one second left in the first to give Edmonton a 3-0 lead heading into the first intermission. Michael St. Croix and Dylan Wruck had the assists.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Edmonton outshot Seattle 16-6 in the first period.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Seattle (5-9-0-0) got on the board at 5:18 of the first period on a power-play goal from Connor Sanvido. Brendan Rouse stole the puck from Edmonton goalie Laurent Brossoit behind the Edmonton net and centered it to Sanvido. Sanvido snapped the pass past a sprawling Brossoit to get his second goal of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Edmonton converted on a power play of their own at 18:34 of the first to go back in front by three goals. Curtis Lazar had the goal on assists from St. Croix and Josh Lazowski.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Oil Kings outshot the T-Birds 12-11 in the second period and led 28-17 in total shots after two periods.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Edmonton outshot Seattle 16-8 in a scoreless third period and 44-25 in the game.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Seattle goalie Calvin Pickard made 40 saves on 44 shots and his record fell to 5-8-0-0.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Brossoit stopped 24 of 25 shots and his record improved to 9-5-1-0.<\/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