Warriors turn back T-Birds in overtime | WHL

Moose Jaw defeated Seattle 3-2 in overtime Saturday night, snapping the Thunderbirds’ nine-game home winning streak at the ShoWare Center.

Noah Gregor scored the game-winning goal for the Warriors on the power play at 1:14 of overtime. Gregor beat Seattle goalie Logan Flodell from the right circle with a wrist shot. Dryden Hunt and Brett Howden had the assists.

The T-Birds tied the game 2-2 at 18:27 of the third period on a coast-to-coast goal from Mathew Barzal. Jared Hauf passed the puck from behind the Seattle net to Barzal in the right circle in the Seattle zone. Barzal carried the puck up the ice and split the Moose Jaw defense at the blue line. Barzal deked left and slid the puck under Moose Jaw goalie Zach Sawchenko for the tying goal.

Seattle (16-7-2-0) took a 1-0 lead at 5:33 of the second period on a power-play goal from Ryan Gropp.  Barzal passed the puck from the right hash marks to Gropp in the right circle. Gropp took a wrist shot that beat Moose Jaw goalie Zach Sawchenko over the blocker. Ethan Bear had the second assist on the opening goal.

Moose Jaw (13-9-4-1) tied the game 1-1 at 11:57 of the second. The Warriors took a 2-1 lead at 6:10 of the third period on a power play goal.

Flodell had 20 saves and his record is now 10-4-2-0.

Sawchenko made 32 saves and improves his record to 10-5-2-1.

Next up: Spokane

The T-Birds next game is 7:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at the Spokane Chiefs. They return to the ShoWare Center on Saturday, December 5, to face the Tri-City Americans at 7:05 p.m.

Tickets are available online at the T-Birds website 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 game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.

Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.

SCORING SUMMARY

First period – No scoring. Penalties – Khaira, Sea (interference), 5:09. Kolesar, Sea (instigator, major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 7:56. Brown, MJ (major-fighting), 7:56. Jeannot, MJ (interference), 17:48.

Second period – 1, Seattle, Gropp 15 (Barzal, Bear), 5:33 (pp). 2, Moose Jaw, Jeannot 3 (Smejkal, Brook), 11:57. Penalties – Brook, MJ (interference), 1:31. Bargar, MJ (tripping), 4:44. Holowko, Sea (charging), 7:09. McNulty, MJ (interference), 14:47. Olhaver, Sea (holding opponents stick), 19:08.

Third period – 3, Moose Jaw, Gregor 12 (McNulty, Brook), 6:10 (pp). 4, Seattle, Barzal 7 (Hauf), 18:27. Penalties – Tyszka, Sea (interference), 5:52. Kolesar, Sea (interference), 10:49. Ottenbreit, Sea (interference), 19:20.

Overtime – 5, Moose Jaw, Gregor 13 (Hunt, Howden), 1:14 (pp). Penalties – No penalties.

Shots on goal – Seattle 12-9-14-0 34, Moose Jaw 11-5-4-2 23. Goalies – Seattle, Flodell 23 shots-20 saves (10-4-2-0); Moose Jaw, Sawchenko 34-32 (10-5-2-1). Power plays – Seattle 1-4; Moose Jaw 2-7. A – 4,032. Referees – Kevin Bennett, Jeff Ingram. Ingram. Linesmen – Zach Brooks, Nathan Van Oosten.