{"id":9952,"date":"2009-10-04T19:58:41","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T02:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/pickard-makes-57-saves-to-lead-t-birds-to-shutout-victory\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T10:45:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T17:45:36","slug":"pickard-makes-57-saves-to-lead-t-birds-to-shutout-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/pickard-makes-57-saves-to-lead-t-birds-to-shutout-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickard makes 57 saves to lead T-Birds to shutout victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Thunderbirds<\/a> goalie Calvin Pickard stopped all 57 shots he saw Friday night to lead the Thunderbirds to a 1-0 victory over the Tri-City Americans at ShoWare Center in Kent.<\/p>\n

Pickard (2-2-0-0) stopped 25 shots in the first period, 16 shots in the second period, and 16 shots in the third period.<\/p>\n

“My eyes were following the puck pretty well tonight, and when that happens things are going to go well,” Pickard told T-Birds play-by-play voice Thom Beuning in a post game interview.<\/p>\n

Seattle (2-4-0-0) opened the scoring on the power play with one second remaining in the second period when defenseman Steve Chaffin, in an attempt to beat the buzzer, fired a shot from the blue line. Right wing Sena Acolatse was in front of Tri-City goalie Drew Owsley and deflected Chaffin’s shot into the right corner of the net.<\/p>\n

Tri-City (2-2-0-0) outshot the Thunderbirds 16-13 in the second period to give them a 41-18 advantage in total shots.<\/p>\n

The Americans pulled Owsley (2-2-0-0) with one minute remaining in the third period but were unable to convert as Pickard came up with several stellar saves.<\/p>\n

Tri-City outshot Seattle 16-2 in the final period, giving them an overall advantage of 57-20.<\/p>\n

Seattle travels to Spokane to take on the Chiefs 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They are home Oct. 11, to face the Americans at 5:05 p.m. at ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n

SCORING SUMMARY<\/p>\n

First period – No scoring. Penalties – Rai, Sea (slashing), 1:02. Wilgosh, Tri (interference), 3:56. Rai, Sea (hooking), 11:20. Schmidt, Tri (hooking), 13:42.<\/p>\n

Second period – 1, Seattle, Acolatse 1 (Chaffin), 19:59 (pp). Penalties – Acolatse, Sea (roughing), 8:12. Chaffin, Sea (holding), 11:03. Humphries, Tri (interference), 16:59. Humphries, Tri (hooking), 19:11.<\/p>\n

Third period – No Scoring. Penalties – Lund, Sea (tripping), 6:13. Toll, Tri (interference), 9:02.<\/p>\n

Shots on goal – Seattle 5-13-2 20. Tri-City 25- 16-16 57. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 57 shots- 57 saves (2-2-0-0); Tri-City, Owsley 20-19 (2-2-0-0). Power plays – Seattle 1-5; Tri-City 0-5. A – 3,009. Referee – Andy Thiessen. Linesmen – Chris Dehaan, Chris Carlson.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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